What happens
Nicky and Rudy Gallardo are brothers who work as flyers and catchers in a traveling circus. Rudy has grown jealous over Feather, a new flyer who has joined the act, and his bitterness toward Nicky grows as rehearsals turn tense and rumors spread about late nights in town. A storm strands the circus in the mud, and Rudy's resentment deepens as Feather and Nicky grow closer. The episode is a Suspense play from March 20, 1956, starring Victor Perrin.
A traveling circus in the years before the present day, with its performers' wagons, menagerie, and big top in the ring.
Characters: Rudy Gallardo, Nicky Gallardo, Feather, Princess Olga, Concello
Listen for: The tension in the rehearsal scenes, and the way Rudy's thoughts and narration reveal his growing jealousy toward his brother.
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.