The War of the Worlds a faithful audio dramatisation of H. G. Wells' classic 1897 story, directed by Lisa Bowerman and adapted by Nick Scovell, will be released in July 2018 by Sherwood Sound Studios as a Collector's USB Edition, Limited Edition DVD, 2-Disc CD and Download format. It will be produced in native 5.1 surround sound. There is also a novel adaptation, set in Victorian Britain of 1898 about HMS "Thunder Child", called "The Last Days of Thunder Child" by C.A. Powell. The War of the Worlds The War of the Worlds is a science fiction novel by English author H. G. Wells, first
The War of the Worlds (radio drama) fell to Paul Stewart, the person Welles would later credit as being largely responsible for the quality of "The War of the Worlds" broadcast. Welles wanted the music to play for unbearably long stretches of time. The studio's emergency fill-in, a solo piano playing Debussy and Chopin, was heard several times. "As it played on and on," Houseman wrote, "its effect became increasingly sinister—a thin band of suspense stretched almost beyond endurance. That piano was the neatest trick of the show." Dress rehearsal was scheduled for 6 pm. "Our actual broadcasting time, from the first mention of the meteorites to