This is a special presentation of Intercepted.

Evening at the talkhouse, a radio play in 3X, written by Wallace Sean.

Part 1

While this story is all really more or less about Robert.

You see, back in the old days when I knew him, Robert was a playwright.

His plays weren't always successful, but people had high hopes for him.

There was something I don't know, distinguished about him, some sort of attractiveness.

Robert was shy, gentle, charming, and handsome.

I was just a lowly waitress at a small club called the talkhouse, a friendly place where

people from the theater would often gather at night after their shows.

But Robert was always ready to talk to me about theater, plays, and acting.

I wanted to be an actress.

Robert's plays always took place in a sort of imaginary medieval world, with noble knights

and fair ladies, and all that sort of thing.

And eventually he wrote a play with a rather odd title, Midnight in the Clearing, with Moon

and Stars.

The Golden Antelope's had been placed on Burning Wood.

He was sure it was the best play he'd written, but it didn't do well at all, and that was

the last play that Robert wrote.

But the funny thing was that one night during the run of that play there was a certain

gentleman in the audience who really enjoyed it and admired it.

An amusing fellow who probably didn't even himself dream that night that he would very

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