Compare and Contrast the War of the Worlds broadcast of '38 and Welles's other Mercury Theatre on the Air broadcasts.in addition, how these...

The Mercury Theatre aired several broadcasts without any
sponsors, and without sponsors the theatre group was doomed. Fortunately, I think it was
sometime in late spring or early summer 1938 that the Campbell Soup Company picked them
up and they were able to continue performing.  The similarties between the Mercury
Theatre performances were that they were live shows on the radio.  In addition, the
performances were mainly drawn from classic literature. What made the 1938 Halloween
performance different from their other shows was how Orson Welles framed the
performance. The War of the Worlds began with a musical tune,
anyone listening or just tuning in would think music. About 15 seconds into the music a
news announcer broke in with a special report.  It sounded like a news report very
similar in delievery and tone to the news reports Americans had become accustomed to
with regard to the rise of Nazi Germany. People took the performance to be an account of
an actual event. Since the theatre group was not introduced in the beginning of the
segement  (which was done deliberately under Welles' direction) it caused a fair amount
of anxiety and fear among those who were listening. There were even authentic reports
that stated people were actually running through the streets attempting to escape the
martian invasion.