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Beau Geste

The Campbell Playhouse · March 17, 1939 · 43 min · 6,469 words

The transcript of “Beau Geste”, an episode of The Campbell Playhouse first broadcast March 17, 1939. Press a time to play from that line (a 60-second preview; Potato Plus plays it all). Orson Welles on the Air plays The Campbell Playhouse free, live around the clock. Search inside this transcript.

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Good evening. This is Orson Welles. Tonight the English star, Mr. Lawrence Olivier, fresh from Hollywood where he's been making wuthering heights and just over from the Ethel Barramore Theatre where he's been rehearsing with Catherine Cornell in Gostromor Clinic's new production, No Time for Comedy, joins us at Campbell Playhouse as John Jestien Bojet.

With him is your favorite villain, Mr. Noah Burry, who will be devil Mr. Olivier and me and the bloodthirsty person of his original, Sargent Le John. Jean, which no a berry made famous in the silent picture version of PC Ren's celebrated romance about the foreign legion.

That is, Mr. Le Moxon. Yes, sir. If you remain 30 minutes rest, prepare to advance in open order to relieve 40 to the net.

Yes, sir. Yes, ma'am. Anderson, yes, sir? Anderson, you have seen war in the desert. Does anything here strike you as strange? a strange little sir if you want to move through yes I don't like it sir there's something about that thought seems praying is not to hear a sound out of them think they'd be cheering the relief force they may not have seen us the Sun is

behind us over there is that sound the regimental call no answer do you think it's an Arab trap I don't think so sir that's not the way the Arabs work courage I've seen him look nothing like this.

Agent, let me have your glasses. Here you are, sir. You see anything, sir? Yeah. Legs flying. The minute they'll place it along the wall. Rifle's level. It's stream, sir. It's not an arrow being placed.

Yes. When the bugle sounded, not one of them moved. Did you notice that? How about the lookout platform, sir? From that. Yes, sir? Once more, decal. You take a look. He's that man at the corner of the wall over on the right.

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