Les Misérables || The Trial | Cosette || Broadcast: August 6, 1937; August 13, 1937

01:20 || The Trial -- William Johnstone (Bishop of Digne, Prosecutor), Hiram Sherman (Man who announces Javert, Judicial Clerk), Orson Welles (Jean Valjean [Monsieur Madeleine], Champmathieu), Martin Gabel (Inspector Javert), Alice Frost (Fantine), Adelaide Klein (Nun), Ray Collins (Judge), others; Milton Katims, musical director

30:41 || Cosette -- William Johnstone (Judge, Second Inn Customer), Orson Welles (Jean Valjean), Martin Gabel (Inspector Javert), Ray Collins (Thenardier), Agnes Moorehead (Madame Thenardier) Hiram Sherman (First Inn Customer), Estelle Levy (Cosette)

Orson Welles adapted Victor Hugo's 1862 novel, directed the series, and starred as Jean Valjean. Marking the radio debut of the Mercury Theatre, Welles's Les Misérables was described by biographer Simon Callow as "one of his earliest, finest and most serious achievements on radio".

Orson Welles adapted the 1862 novel by Victor Hugo, directed the series, and starred as Jean Valjean. 

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