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    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...
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    achievement in the theatre, it premiered November 11, 1937, as the first production of the Mercury Theatre, an independent repertory theatre company that presented...
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    The Mercury Theatre on the Air is a radio series of live radio dramas created and hosted by Orson Welles. The weekly hour-long show presented classic...
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  • up Mercury or mercury in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Mercury most commonly refers to: Mercury (planet), the closest planet to the Sun Mercury (element)...
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  • Mercury Theatre may also refer to: Mercury Theatre, Notting Hill Gate, London, 1933–1987 Mercury Theatre, Colchester, England, opened 1972 Mercury Theatre, Auckland...
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    The Mercury Theatre is a theatre in Auckland, New Zealand, located on Mercury Lane, off Karangahape Road. It was home to a theatre company of the same...
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    The Mercury Theatre is a theatre in Colchester, producing highly regarded original work under the title "Mercury Productions" and also receiving touring...
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    War of the Worlds" was a Halloween episode of the radio series The Mercury Theatre on the Air directed and narrated by Orson Welles as an adaptation of...
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  • Meredith Braun (category New Zealand musical theatre actresses)
    Academy of Theatre Arts. She began her West End career six months later with a lead role in short-lived musical Bernadette at the Dominion Theatre. Cameron...
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  • as an actor. Berry's first big break came when he was hired by the Mercury Theatre for its debut production, titled Caesar (1937). Berry acted in other...
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    Orson Welles (category American theatre directors)
    Rock in 1937. He and John Houseman then founded the Mercury Theatre, an independent repertory theatre company that presented a series of productions on...
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    Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City.) She performed in his The Mercury Theatre on the Air radio adaptations, and had a regular role opposite Welles...
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    At the time, he was also appearing in a number of theatre productions for Australia's Mercury Theatre. He made his feature film debut in the Australian...
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    Pam Ferris (section Theatre)
    family's bakery business. Ferris performed in her younger years at the Mercury Theatre in Auckland, and later with various regional companies in the UK. She...
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  • Aston has acted in many theatre plays for Mercury Theatre, Auckland Theatre Company, Silo Theatre, Fortune Theatre, Court Theatre. Turondat (1990) Fiddler...
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    Freddie Mercury (born Farrokh Bulsara; 5 September 1946 – 24 November 1991) was a British singer and songwriter who achieved worldwide fame as the lead...
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    Broadway success of Welles's Mercury Theatre and the controversial 1938 radio broadcast "The War of the Worlds" on The Mercury Theatre on the Air, Welles was...
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    the vision that informed his greatest work. On 5 September 1938 The Mercury Theatre on the Air presented an abridged radio-play adaptation, written by...
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    Misérables (1937).: 338  He became one of the original members of Welles's Mercury Theatre repertory company. On the stage Gabel portrayed Cassius in Caesar (1937)...
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  • Goethe's Faust at the Independent Theatre, and on his return he approached Sydney John Kay for a position in his Mercury Theatre. Again he played Papa in The...
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  • St James' Hall, Sydney (category Former theatres in Sydney)
    Theatre entrepreneur Sydney John Kay took over the lease in February 1952, re-naming it the Mercury Theatre for his (professional) troupe, Mercury Theatres...
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  • The Mercury Program, an American post-rock band formed 1997 The Mercury Theatre on the Air, radio program Mercury (TV series), TV program Mercury project...
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    Ray Collins (actor) (category Federal Theatre Project people)
    of Orson Welles for many years, Collins went to Hollywood with the Mercury Theatre company and made his feature-film debut in Citizen Kane (1941), as...
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    Ghosts. Welles invited Coulouris to become a charter member of his Mercury Theatre, and in 1937 Coulouris performed the role of Mark Antony in the company's...
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    John Houseman (category American theatre managers and producers)
    The Mercury Theatre on the Air featured an impressive array of talents, including Agnes Moorehead, Bernard Herrmann, and George Coulouris. The Mercury Theatre...
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    never publicly screened. It was shot to be integrated into Welles's Mercury Theatre stage presentation of William Gillette's 1894 comedy, but the film...
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    part in the battle sequences. 1937: Caesar, Orson Welles's famous Mercury Theatre production, drew fevered comment as the director dressed his protagonists...
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    germ of the Five Kings chronicle play to be presented by the Mercury this autumn to the Theatre Guild subscribers." Welles's professional stage debut: 37 ...
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  • The Mercury Theatre was an Australian theatre company that was co-founded by Peter Finch and existed from 1946 to 1954. It was named after the American...
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    program "The War of the Worlds", in which he also performed. One of the Mercury Theatre players who made their film debut in Welles's landmark film Citizen...
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