The Old Bridge Public Library, in conjunction with the Garden State Speculative Fiction Writers Group (GSSW), will present a re-enactment of the 1938 “War of the Worlds” radio broadcast 2:30 p.m. Oct. 17 at the library Main Branch, Route 516 and Cottrell Road.
A group of seven GSSW members will perform, using the original radio script, incorporating live sound effects and wearing period costumes.
The “War of the Worlds” episode of the American radio drama anthology series “The Mercury Theatre on the Air” was originally performed Oct. 30, 1938, and aired over the CBS radio network. Directed and narrated by Orson Welles, the episode was an adaptation of the 1898 H.G. Wells’ novel and became famous for allegedly causing mass panic. The first two-thirds of the onehour broadcast was presented as a series of simulated news bulletins suggesting that an alien invasion by Martians was in progress.
The GSSW, a multi-genre writers group that holds meetings on the first Saturday of the month at the library, also hosts critique sessions, sample-copy libraries and contests.
For more information, log on to www.oldbridgelibrary.org or call 732-721- 5600, ext. 5033.