What happens
Sganarelle, a woodcutter in a small French village in 1666, quarrels with his wife Martine, beats her with a stick, and is scolded by a neighbour. Martine plots revenge. Two servants, Lucas and Valere, come seeking a physician to cure their master's daughter, Lucinde, who has lost the power of speech. Martine directs them to Sganarelle, who denies being a doctor until they beat him into admitting it. The episode is the Lux Radio Theatre broadcast of Moliere's farce The Physician in Spite of Himself, starring Robert Young, aired on July 13, 1953. The first part of the play is performed in the story's setting of 1666.
A village in France in 1666: the backyard of Sganarelle's house, a nearby forest, and later the home of Geronte.
Characters: Sganarelle, Martine, Lucas, Valere, Robert, Geronte, Jacqueline, Lucinde
Listen for: Sganarelle being beaten into claiming to be a physician, and Martine's plan for revenge.
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.