One of my favorite old time radio shows is from the old time radio series, Favorite Story which uses a theramin!
"The Bet" was written by Anton Chekhov (1860-1904), a great playwright often referred to as the Russian Shakespeare. Chekhov was a master of the short story. He was a gentle soul with an unusual understanding of the heart of man and in this story you will find he proves himself a great searcher after truth.
This version has been expertly dramatized and directed by Jerome Lawrence and Robert Lee.
Two friends are debating over which is better, to be executed by the state or to spend a lifetime in prison. Ivanoff says that it is not the right of the state to take away from a man that which he cannot return and that if he were offered a choice between capitol punishment and life imprisonment he would choose imprisonment for it is better than no
life at all.
His friend, a rich banker who has wealth beyond belief, and without it would feel like his life was taken away from him, bets him two million roubles that he cannot spend five years in confinement. Driven by his greed and a challenge he could not refuse, he accepts the bet stating that for two million roubles he will be confined for 15 years.
What does a man think about when a prison door closes behind him when he sees the four walls that will be the boundary of his world what does he think?
He had undertaken this fearful confinement, as a bet. If he could last out 15 years it would bring him two million roubles, but what is two million roubles?
The story was chosen as his favorite story by Charles Boyer. Superbly acted by William Conrad and John Beal and the music sets the atmosphere perfectly in this old time radio show.
"The Bet" was written by Anton Chekhov (1860-1904), a great playwright often referred to as the Russian Shakespeare. Chekhov was a master of the short story. He was a gentle soul with an unusual understanding of the heart of man and in this story you will find he proves himself a great searcher after truth.
This version has been expertly dramatized and directed by Jerome Lawrence and Robert Lee.
Two friends are debating over which is better, to be executed by the state or to spend a lifetime in prison. Ivanoff says that it is not the right of the state to take away from a man that which he cannot return and that if he were offered a choice between capitol punishment and life imprisonment he would choose imprisonment for it is better than no
life at all.
His friend, a rich banker who has wealth beyond belief, and without it would feel like his life was taken away from him, bets him two million roubles that he cannot spend five years in confinement. Driven by his greed and a challenge he could not refuse, he accepts the bet stating that for two million roubles he will be confined for 15 years.
What does a man think about when a prison door closes behind him when he sees the four walls that will be the boundary of his world what does he think?
He had undertaken this fearful confinement, as a bet. If he could last out 15 years it would bring him two million roubles, but what is two million roubles?
The story was chosen as his favorite story by Charles Boyer. Superbly acted by William Conrad and John Beal and the music sets the atmosphere perfectly in this old time radio show.
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