What happens
Eve Harrington, a devoted young fan, befriends the stage star Margo Channing after attending her play night after night. Margo's husband Bill Samson and her friend Bertie Coonan are around her, and Karen Richards introduces Eve to Margo's circle. Eve tells her life story, of a farm girl who lost her husband in the war. Margo takes Eve in as a helper and soon gives her a chance to understudy the role. Lux Radio Theatre presents this 1954 adaptation of All About Eve, starring Anne Blythe as Eve and Claire Trevor as Margo, broadcast on November 23, 1954.
New York theatre world, and Margo Channing's home
Characters: Eve Harrington, Margo Channing, Karen Richards, Lloyd Richards, Bertie Coonan, Bill Samson, Addison de Witt, Miss Caswell
Listen for: Eve's rise from devoted fan to trusted assistant and understudy, and the growing tension between Margo and Bill
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.