What happens
Sarah Farrelly returns to her family's home near Washington after eighteen years in Europe, bringing her husband Kurt Muller and their two children. Her mother, the Judge's widow, welcomes them, but Kurt's political work and a strained meeting with a Romanian count make the household uneasy. Sarah and Kurt must decide how much of their past to reveal to those they love. The Lady Esther Screen Guild Players present Act 1 and Act 2 of Watch on the Rhine, based on Lillian Hellman's play, starring Betty Davis, Paul Lucas, Lucille Watson, George Coulouris and Donald Woods. The broadcast also includes a Red Book Magazine award presentation.
A large house near Washington, D.C., in the United States, shortly before the Second World War ended
Characters: Sarah Farrelly, Kurt Muller, David Farrelly, Mrs. Farrelly, Joshua, Bodo, Babette, Count de Brancovis
Listen for: The tense confrontation with the Count de Brancovis over the briefcase and the $23,000, and Kurt's farewell to his family
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.