Legacy Radio Theater - Old Time Radio Classics
Oct 10, 2026 · 30 min · 10 segments
Escape was a CBS adventure anthology built around stories of suspense and high adventure. In this August 11, 1947 broadcast, Jack Webb stars in an adaptation of Arthur Conan Doyle’s “The Ring of…
My actions so far had worked out according to my planned schedule.
I slept for exactly two hours, got up and dressed, donned a great coat, walked down the Avenue de l'Opera, and entered a side door of the Louvre.
Once inside, and amid surroundings entirely familiar to me, I made my way immediately to the Chamber of Egyptian Relics, or more specifically, to the cabinet in that chamber which contained the El Kab collection of papyri.
Drawing out the particular roll I wished, I placed it on a nearby table, sat down, began to study it, when I noticed one of the museum attendants who was polishing some brass work across the room.
His face struck me as being curiously Egyptian.
On sudden impulse, I decided to cross the room and speak to him.
Approaching closer, I was impressed at once by the appearance of his skin.
Drawn tautly across temple and cheek, it seemed as glazed and as shiny as varnished parchment.
And out of narrowed slits there glowed two green and vitreous eyes, misty with a dry shininess, eyes of a kind never seen in a human head before.
I, I beg your pardon.
I need one of the papyri from the Memphis collection.
Could you tell me where it is?
You'll find it in the last cabinet at the end of the room, monsieur.
Hmm.
Thank you.
Uh, you're Egyptian, aren't you?
No, monsieur.
I, I am a Frenchman.
But, uh...
Oh, I thought perhaps that-
If monsieur will excuse me now, I have other work to do.
[dramatic music]
My actions so far had worked out according to my planned schedule.
I slept for exactly two hours, got up and dressed, donned a great coat, walked down the Avenue de l'Opera, and entered a side door of the Louvre.
Once inside, and amid surroundings entirely familiar to me, I made my way immediately to the Chamber of Egyptian Relics, or more specifically, to the cabinet in that chamber which contained the El Kab collection of papyri.
Drawing out the particular roll I wished, I placed it on a nearby table, sat down, began to study it, when I noticed one of the museum attendants who was polishing some brass work across the room.
His face struck me as being curiously Egyptian.
On sudden impulse, I decided to cross the room and speak to him.
Approaching closer, I was impressed at once by the appearance of his skin.
Drawn tautly across temple and cheek, it seemed as glazed and as shiny as varnished parchment.
And out of narrowed slits there glowed two green and vitreous eyes, misty with a dry shininess, eyes of a kind never seen in a human head before.
I, I beg your pardon.
I need one of the papyri from the Memphis collection.
Could you tell me where it is?
You'll find it in the last cabinet at the end of the room, monsieur.
Hmm.
Thank you.
Uh, you're Egyptian, aren't you?
No, monsieur.
I, I am a Frenchman.
But, uh...
Oh, I thought perhaps that-
If monsieur will excuse me now, I have other work to do.
[dramatic music]
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