A play by Lillian Hellman from the French of Emmanuel Robles
Adapted for radio by Peter Watts with Arthur Lawrence , Wyndham Milligan and Michael O'Halloran
Produced by Peter Watts
In Monlserrat the young Algerian dramatist Emmanuel Roblès forces his hero to choose between betraying Simon Bolivar (whom he idolises, and who is the last hope of liberation for all Spanish America) and causing the deaths of six innocent townsmen.
The scene is set in an ante-room in the palace of the Military Governor in the town of Valencia, Venezuela, in July 1812.