Rebecca (The Campbell Playhouse, 09/Dec/1938)

First broadcast on Friday 9th December 1938, as part of the The Campbell Playhouse series, this radio adaptation of Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca starred Margaret Sullavan and Orson Welles.

Producer David O. Selznick had previously secured the rights to the novel and radio historian Martin Grams, Jr. has speculated that he was keen to see how Welles tackled some of the trickier parts of the plot.

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Broadcast Details

• broadcast as part of The Campbell Playhouse
• date: 09/Dec/1938
• length: approx 60 minutes

Credits

• Orson Welles — producer
• Edwin C. Hill — commentator
• Ernest Chappel — announcer
• Ray Collins — narrator
• Daphne du Maurier — telephone interviewee
• Bernard Herrmann — composer and conductor

Cast

• Margaret Sullavan — Mrs. de Winter
• Orson Welles — Max de Winter
• Mildred Natwick — Mrs. Danvers
• Ray Collins — Frank Crawley
• George Coulouris — Captain Searle
• Frank Readick — the Idiot
• Alfred Shirley — Frith
• Eustace Wyatt — the Coroner
• Agnes Moorehead — Mrs. Van Hopper