Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds: Live
2006, English. Directed by David Mallet.
The live version of Jeff Wayne's 1978 bestselling album was brought to the stage in 2006 as part of a sell-out tour of the UK. Filmed at London's Wembley Arena, and using a blend of theatre, music and visual imagery, the production incorporates performers from the original recording, including Justin Hayward, Chris Thompson and Wayne himself. There's also audio and visual elements featuring Richard Burton, as well as the ten-piece Black Smoke Band and the 48-piece Ulladubulla Strings.
- Runtime
- 1h 50m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- English
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Cast & crew
- David MalletDirector
- Richard BurtonGeorge Herbert, The Journalist (archive sound)
- Justin HaywardThe Sung Thoughts of The Journalist
- Russell WatsonParson Nathaniel
- Chris ThompsonThe Voice of Humanity
- Tara BlaiseBeth
- James AlexisThe Artilleryman
- Anna-Marie WayneCarrie
- Lewis MacleodThe Martian Voices in The Prequel (voice)
- Jerry WayneThe Voices of NASA Control (voice)
Details
- Released
- 6 November 2006
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Written by
- Jeff Wayne
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Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds: Live (2006) was directed by David Mallet and stars Richard Burton, Justin Hayward, Russell Watson.