Mercury Theatre on the Air
Dracula
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Orson Welles and the Mercury Theatre company bring Bram Stoker’s Dracula to radio in a dramatic adaptation of the classic vampire story. The tale follows the threat posed by Count Dracula as it reaches beyond his Transylvanian home and into the lives of those who encounter him.
The program presents the story through ensemble acting and radio sound, using voices, atmosphere, and effects to suggest its unsettling world. Rather than a single narrator recounting events, the performance unfolds as a staged drama, with the cast carrying the action through dialogue and scene changes.
Welles’s Mercury Theatre productions are known for their literary adaptations and vivid theatrical style. This broadcast offers a compact, suspenseful encounter with a familiar Gothic tale, shaped for listeners by the immediacy and imagination of live radio drama.
This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.
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