What happens
Vera Kavalska, a former opera singer, tells the court why she killed Mikhail Mikhailov, a celebrated pianist and composer. The story moves back to Warsaw in 1912, where Vera, on the eve of her marriage to Captain Kirov, meets Mikhail at her farewell performance. Their past is revealed through a glittering party and a long friendship. Lisa Kozloff, a young student, testifies about her own brief relationship with Mikhail. Lux Radio Theatre presents this drama starring Miriam Hopkins and Claude Raines, with Richard Green and Anne Shirley, first broadcast on November 21, 1938.
A European capital in the present day, with a court trial, and flashbacks to Warsaw in 1912 and the years of the First World War.
Characters: Vera Kavalska, Mikhail Mikhailov, Lisa Kozloff, Captain Kirov, Stella, Zenya, Prosecutor, Judge
Listen for: Vera's account of her past with Mikhail in Warsaw, and how it connects to Lisa's testimony in the courtroom.
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.