Campbell Playhouse's

"REBECCA"

by Daphne du Maurier

Produced and Scripted by Orson Welles

guest starring

Margaret Sullavan

Author Dephne Du Maurier is interviewed
from London during the show


PLOT SUMMARY:

'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 Campbells Soup and renamed The Campbell Playhouse.

Approximate play time of 1 hour