Lady Esther Presents Shredni Vashtar

The Mercury Theatre was an independent repertory theatre company founded in New York City in 1937 by Orson Welles and producer John Houseman. The company produced theatrical presentations, radio programs and motion pictures. The Mercury also released promptbooks and phonographic recordings of four Shakespeare works for use in schools.

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“Lady Esther Presents Shredni Vashtar.” Mercury Theater. Radio broadcast, September 15, 1941.