What happens
Paris, 1793, during the Reign of Terror. Citizens watch executions daily, and the nobles' only hope is the Scarlet Pimpernel, a mysterious Englishman who smuggles aristocrats out of France, signing his exploits with a red flower. An old priest in a barber shop receives a warning: the Tourneys are to be taken to the guillotine, and a rescue plan is offered. The episode is part of the Lux Radio Theatre series, broadcast from Hollywood, starring Leslie Howard and Olivia de Havilland. Meanwhile Lady Marguerite Blakeney is pressed by the French ambassador Chauvelin to reveal the Pimpernel's identity to save her brother Armand.
Paris during the Reign of Terror in 1793, and fashionable London society
Characters: Sir Percy Blakeney, Lady Marguerite Blakeney, Chauvelin, Armand St. Just, Lord Hastings, Sir Andrew Ffoulkes, Madame Tourney
Listen for: The old priest's warning in the barber shop, and Chauvelin's bargain with Marguerite over her brother's life
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.