The Lady: Have Gun, Will Travel (August 16, 1959)

“The Lady” is an episode of Have Gun, Will Travel, the old-time radio show, first broadcast August 16, 1959. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Paladin is hired by the Honorable Diana Coulter, an English woman, to guide her from San Francisco to Shiprock, Arizona, where she plans to live with her brother on his ranch. As they begin their journey through the rough Arizona territory, the proper and aristocratic Diana proves to be both demanding and resourceful, carrying a Martini Henry rifle and insisting on proper conduct from her American guide.

San Francisco in 1875, transitioning to the Arizona Territory en route to Shiprock

Characters: Paladin, Diana Coulter, Hey Boy

Listen for: The clash between English propriety and American frontier ways as Paladin and Diana navigate both their geographical journey and their cultural differences; Diana's expectations of decorum in the wilderness

Written from the episode itself; it never gives away the ending. Every recording is remastered for the stream: cleaned of rumble, hiss and mains hum (and the old TV whine where we found it), then levelled in two passes to steady broadcast loudness, so one show is never quieter than the next.