Mercury Summer Theatre
Around the World in Eighty Days
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Mercury Summer Theatre brings the Mercury Theatre’s dramatic style to a summer radio series. This broadcast presents an adaptation of Jules Verne’s Around the World in Eighty Days, the adventure of Phileas Fogg, who wagers that he can circle the globe within a strict deadline, and his resourceful companion Passepartout.
The story’s journey unfolds through changing places and obstacles, with the radio drama using dialogue, narration, and sound to carry listeners from one leg of the trip to the next. The central wager gives the adventure a clear sense of urgency, while the contrast between Fogg’s composure and the unpredictable world around him supplies much of its charm.
Orson Welles’s Mercury Theatre was known for ambitious adaptations and vivid ensemble performance. Here, Verne’s globe-spanning tale offers a lively blend of suspense, travel, and comic mishap, shaped for the imagination of radio listeners.
This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.