The performance that evening was an adaptation of the science fiction novel The War of the Worlds. Actors portraying news announcers described the landing of an invasion force from Mars that would cause widespread destruction on Earth.
وَفِي أَوَائِلِ ٱلْبَرْنَامَجِ ،‏ سَمِعَ ٱلنَّاسُ إِعْلَانًا بِأَنَّ سُكَّانَ ٱلْمَرِّيخِ يَغْزُونَ ٱلْأَرْضَ وَأَنَّهُمْ سَيُلْحِقُونَ بِهَا ٱلدَّمَارَ ٱلشَّامِلَ .‏