'Last
night I dreamt I went to Manderley again...' One of the most appealing
heroines in all of fiction. with a special magic that enthralls every
reader.
Rebecca
is known to millions through its outstandingly successful stage and
screen versions; and the characters in this timeless romance are
hauntingly real.
Brilliantly
conceived. masterfully executed. Daphne du Maurier's unforgettable tale
of love, mystery and suspense is a story-telling triumph that will be
read and re-read.
The Mercury Theatre on the Air, a show featuring the acclaimed New York
drama company founded by Orson Welles and John Houseman. In its brief
run, it featured an impressive array of talents, including Agnes
Moorehead, Bernard Herrmann, and George Coulouris. The show is famous
for its notorious War of the Worlds broadcast, but the other shows in
the series are relatively unknown.
The
show first broadcast on CBS and CBC in July 1938. It ran without a
sponsor until December of that year, when it was picked up by Campbell’s Soup and renamed The Campbell Playhouse.
