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Podcast: 1001 RADIO DAYS
Episode: NBC RADIO BEST PLAYS "ON BORROWED TIME"
Description: This well acted and well-written play from John Chapman was a big hit on Broadway in 1938 then became a classic movie in 1939. The story itself is a twist on an old Greek fable in which death is tricked into climbing a pear tree which had been blessed by St. Polycarp to trap anyone who was trying to steal an old woman's pears. It this story, a wise old Grandpa uses the trick to trap a man who is bringing death to his home- that man's name is Brink. The main characters are Gramps and his wife Nellie and their orph...