What happens
After the First World War, Captain Stephen Sorrow takes his young son Kit to the town of Staunton, where a planned job falls through when his prospective employer dies. Desperate for work, Stephen becomes a porter at the Angel Hotel, while Kit attends school and grows close to his father. Stephen's dedication to giving Kit a good future costs him dearly, and his hard labor wears him down. Starring Herbert Marshall as Stephen Sorrow, with Richard Carlson and Karen Morley, this adaptation of the Warwick Deeping novel is presented on the Lux Radio Theatre. The episode's broadcast date is given as January 1, 1940.
England, after the First World War: London, then the town of Staunton and the Angel Hotel
Characters: Stephen Sorrow, Kit Sorrow, Mrs. Marks, Buck, Mr. Rolland, Dr. Harvey, Mrs. Palfrey, Mr. Palfrey
Listen for: Stephen's reassurances to Kit about their new life, and the confrontation with Buck over the tips
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.