>The papers of Orson Welles are housed in the Lilly Library of Indiana >University, Bloomington, IN 47405-3301. Tel: (812) 855-2452. Curator of Welles Collection: Rebecca Campbell Cape. They're tremendously cooperative and helpful. >With the exception of WAR OF THE WORLDS researchers will have difficulty >with Welles's scripts (aside from the problem of whether the Lilly library >will make copies). This is because Welles churned out most of his stuff >within a very short period of time, and was constantly revising up until >airtime. I have even heard that on occasion, east coast and west coast >versions of the same show were different (the production would be repeated >to compensate for the time zone difference). The scripts I have studied >have many pages torn, stapled, taped, and contain numerous emendations >in pencil. And they often weren't even broadcast according to the final script. >It's a treasure trove for the scholar - but a little tough if all you >want to do is try to perform the stuff. > >I would enjoy dicussing radio and radio drama. It's part of my >dissertation-in-progress, tentatively titled "The Radio Music of Bernard >Herrmann." Michael Ogden in Tallahassee is THE authority on Welles and radio. Voyager (800 446 2001) digitally remastered perhaps 20 of the Mercury broadcasts a few years ago and released them as a package on a single laser audio disc called something like Theatre of the Imagination; also on audiocassette. Christopher Usted at the Herrmann archive at Santa Barbara has always been generously forthcoming with me on Herrmann information and material. Good luck. RLC >Bob Kosovsky >Student, PhD Program in Music Librarian >Graduate Center Music Division >City University of New York The New York Public Library >[log in to unmask] [log in to unmask] >-------My opinions do not necessarily represent those of my institutions------- _____________________________________________ Robert L. Carringer, University of Illinois (e-mail [log in to unmask]) Office 217/333-2391 Fax 333-4321 Home 687-2613