What happens
Vic and Sade is a daytime radio serial. In this episode, broadcast on July 25, 1944, Vic and young Russell spend an evening at home, with Vic playing solitaire and Russell reading a romantic adventure story aloud. Their neighbor Mr. Donahue, a railroad man, is dreading his upcoming two-week vacation, which Vic explains disrupts his sleep pattern and leaves him exhausted. Bernardine Flynn and Bill Idelson lead the cast.
The small house halfway up the next block, in the living room after supper, and the neighboring Donahue home.
Characters: Vic, Sade, Russell, Mr. Donahue, Mr. Montgomery, Third Lieutenant Clinton Stanley, Lady Margaret
Listen for: Vic explaining why Mr. Donahue dreads his vacation, and Russell's reading from the adventure story.
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.