Les_Misérables_(radio_series)

<i>Les Misérables</i> (radio series)

Les Misérables (radio series)

1937 seven-part radio series

Les Misérables is a seven-part radio series broadcast July 23 – September 3, 1937 (Fridays at 10 p.m. ET), on the Mutual Network.[1][2] Orson Welles adapted Victor Hugo's 1862 novel, directed the series, and starred as Jean Valjean. The 22-year-old Welles developed the idea of telling stories with first-person narration on the series, which was his first job as a writer-director for radio.[3]: 338 

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Marking the radio debut of the Mercury Theatre, Welles's Les Misérables was described by biographer Simon Callow as "one of his earliest, finest and most serious achievements on radio".[4] The production costarred Martin Gabel as Javert, Alice Frost as Fantine, and Virginia Nicolson, Welles's first wife, as the adult Cosette. The supporting cast included Ray Collins, Agnes Moorehead, Everett Sloane, Betty Garde, Hiram Sherman, Frank Readick, Richard Widmark, Richard Wilson and William Alland.[3]: 338 

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Orson Welles while acting in and directing the Mutual Radio presentation of Les Miserables (1937)
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References

  1. [1]
    Hickerson, Jay (December 1992). The Ultimate History of Network Radio Programming and Guide to All Circulating Shows. Hamden, Connecticut: Jay Hickerson, Box 4321, Hamden, CT 06514. p. 232.
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    "Radio Programs Scheduled for this Week". The New York Times. July 25, 1937. Retrieved 2018-08-01.
  3. [3]
    Welles, Orson; Bogdanovich, Peter; Rosenbaum, Jonathan (1992). This is Orson Welles. New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers. ISBN 0-06-016616-9.
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    Callow, Simon (2006). Orson Welles: Hello Americans. New York: Viking Penguin. p. 160. ISBN 0-670-87256-3.
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    Dawson, Michael (1995). Les Misérables (Audio CD). Smithsonian Historical Performances. Schiller Park, Illinois: Radio Spirits, Inc. OCLC 32582886.


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