Mercury Theatre

Summary

Mercury Theatre is a theatre company^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of theatre_company entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (260 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Mercury Theatre is located in New York City^[3].
• Mercury Theatre is in the country of United States^[4].
• Mercury Theatre's instance of is recorded as theatre company^[5].
• Mercury Theatre's instance of is recorded as former entity^[6].
• Mercury Theatre's founder is recorded as Orson Welles^[7].
• Mercury Theatre's founder is recorded as John Houseman^[8].
• Mercury Theatre's Commons category is recorded as Mercury Theatre^[9].
• 1937 marks the founding of Mercury Theatre^[10].

Product Details

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• Type: Group^[11]

• Country: US^[12]

• Began / founded: 1937-08^[13]

• Ended / dissolved: 1946^[14]

• MusicBrainz ID: aaefc91c-ec6c-4b3e-98b9-7e5df0f89b30^[15]

Body

Founding

Founders include Orson Welles^[7] and John Houseman^[8]. 1937 marks the founding of Mercury Theatre^[10].

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Mercury Theatre include it^[16], a theatre company^[17], in Australia^[18], founded in 1946^[19].

Why It Matters

Mercury Theatre ranks in the top 2% of theatre_company entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (260 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[20] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[21]

Entities named for it include it^[16], a theatre company^[17], in Australia^[18], founded in 1946^[19].