The War of the Worlds is a fictional novel written by Herbert George Wells and it was first published in 1898. It describes a Martian invasion to the earth. It was then adapted for the radio by the name of "The War of the Worlds" , an episode of the American radio drama anthology series. The Mercury Theatre on the Air directed the Radio Drama and it was narrated by the actor and future film-maker Orson Welles.
The impact of the words chose by the Captain are specifically picked to produce the needed tone on the audience, the people listening to the Program was to frightened at that point that they needed to be alleviated. The tone of the speech is: Formal, calm, secure, reassuring.
It produced the effect that the audience needed at that time, calmness after the chaos. The audience was at the brink of mass hysteria.
This is part of the speech given by Captain Lasing:
<em>" All cause for alarm, if such cause ever existed, is now entirely unjustified. The things, whatever they are, do not even venture to poke their heads above the pit. I can see their hiding place plainly in the glare of the searchlights here."</em>
