Escape - October 15, 1939 - 00:57:01 - 9.8 MB

On October 15, 1939, Orson Welles and The Mercury Theater on the Air present
Escape by John Galsworthy. Cast: Orson Welles (Matt Denant), Wendy Barrie
(Lady in the hotel), Ray Collins (Murdered cop, Forgiving Judge, Unforgiving
Farmer), Jack Smart (another Cop, Farmhand), Edgar Barrier (Priest and Cabbie),
Bea Benaderet (Girl in park, Woman at picnic), Harriet Kay (Maid), Mabel
Albertson (Bessie), Benny Rubin (Man at picnic). Music by Bernard Herrmann.

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Escape was a 1926 British play in nine episodes written by John Galsworthy.
After a run in the London West End it transferred to Broadway where it ran for
173 performances. It was filmed in 1930, featuring Gerald du Maurier, Madeleine
Carroll, Ian Hunter and Nigel Bruce (in a bit part). A 1948 version, directed
by Joseph L. Mankiewicz starred Rex Harrison, Peggy Cummins, and William
Hartnell (now famous as the original Doctor Who).

Galsworthy won the Nobel Prize in 1932. He is probably best known now as the
author of The Forsyte Saga.