Campbell's Playhouse

"RABBLE IN ARMS"

by

Kenneth Robert

Produced and scripted by Orson Welles

STARRING

ORSON WELLES

PLOT SUMMARY:

The second of Kenneth Roberts' epic novels of the American Revolution, Rabble in Arms was hailed by one critic as "the greatest historical novel written about America" upon its publication in 1933. Beginning in 1776, the novel follows the fortunes of Peter and Nathaniel Merrill as they are drawn inexorably into bitter northern battles of the American Revolution


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 Campbells Soup and renamed The Campbell Playhouse.


Approximate play time of 1 hour.