A play by James Bridie, adapted for broadcasting by the author
Cast in order of speaking:
Scene 1: An old-fashioned public-house in Roxburghshire in July, 1914
Scene 2: The corridor of the bridal suite of a third-rate London hotel, August, 1914
Scene 3: A military post on the North Persian road, June, 1918
Scene 4: The courtyard of a khan in Jangalistan, July, 1918
Scene 5: The living-room in a small terrace house in a London suburb, November, 1930
Scene 6: Nastasya's dressing-room at the Palaceum a few hours later
Produced by John Gough