Mercury Theatre on the Air

Rikki-Tikki-Tavi

English · Radio

Rudyard Kipling’s “Rikki-Tikki-Tavi” follows a courageous mongoose who is taken in by a human family and becomes their protector. In the garden, Rikki faces the dangerous cobras Nag and Nagaina, whose threat puts the family and its young son in peril.

Presented by Orson Welles’s Mercury Theatre on the Air, the story is adapted for radio drama, using performers, dialogue, and sound to bring Kipling’s animal characters and their setting to life. The tale combines adventure and suspense with a clear emotional center: Rikki’s loyalty to the family that has welcomed him.

Its compact, dramatic storytelling makes this a lively encounter with a classic adventure, balancing moments of danger with the warmth of a story about courage and belonging.

This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.