Family Theater: William, the Terrified

Family Theater presents Fred Allen and Dennis Day. Hollywood, the mutual network in cooperation with Family Theater, bring you Dennis Day in William the Terrified. To introduce the drama, your host and narrator, Fred Allen.

Once upon a time, long, long ago in a far off land, lived a knight named Sir William. Sir William was different than all the other knights of his time.

He was a pretty good knight as knights went and was dearly loved by all who knew him. He'd rescued quite a few beautiful princesses in his time, and he'd been the only knight in the kingdom ever to get the best of an ogre.

But there was one thing that always bothered Sir William, and about this he worried constantly, Sir William wasn't brave. Or at least, that's what he thought. Every time he'd do something courageous, he'd become so frightened that he turned pale and tremble so violently that his armor would rattle.

He was so afraid of orgers and witches that his heart would pound aloud at even the mention of them. Sir William always wanted to do something about his great fear, but he could never find the time until one day out of sheer desperation, he took his problem to the king.

As he walked into the royal throne room, the king looked up. Oh, hello there, Sir Bill. The King always calls Sir William, Sir Bill, for short. Why aren't you out fighting dragons like the rest of the knights?

Well, Your Highness, it's my annual day off and besides, Sir, I've got a pretty serious problem. A problem, you see? Well, let's hear it. But no melodramana. Well, you see, Your Highness, to make a long story short, I'm tired of being a coward.

that is why we repeat each week the family that prays together stays together more things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of Hollywood family theatre has brought you Dennis Day as William the terrified with Fred Allen as host and narrator.

Others in our cast were Howard McNier, Jane Avello, Barbara Eiler, Charlotte Lawrence, Irene Tedro, and Ken Christie. William the Terrified was written by Robert O'Sullivan with music composed and conducted by Henry Mancini and was directed for family theater by Jaime DelVy.

This series of family theater broadcasts is made possible by the thousands of you who felt the need for this type of program by the mutual network which has responded to this need and by the hundreds of stars of staged screen and radio who have so unselfishly given their time and talent to appear on the Family Theatre stage.