Mercury Summer Theater

Orson Welles made dramatic radio history with his MERCURY THEATER OF THE AIR, which started as a Summer series in 1938. On June 7, 1946, The Mercury Theater made one last appearance on radio for a Summer series, THE MERCURY SUMMER THEATER. Unlike the 1938 Summer series, these shows were only 30 minutes in length. Six shows were 30-minute versions of shows of 1938. 'I'm a Fool', one story of two in the broadcast of August 23, was also used in 1938. A total of 15 shows were broadcast. The series also includes one of the best-remembered shows, 'The Hitchhiker', first done in 1941 in the Mercury Theater series.