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Robert Emmet and Sarah Curran

[The following episode, from the "Famous Loves of History" series is written

by Katherine Seymour, assistant continuity editor of the National Broadcasting

Company. It is a good example of broadcast material built about actual

characters and incidents. The program was sponsored commercially and the

commercial announcements are included. The broadcast runs fifteen minutes.--

Peter Dixon, 1931]

-FAMOUS LOVES-

ROBERT EMMET AND SARAH CURRAN

BY KATHERINE SEYMOUR

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OPENING ANNOUNCEMENT:

(Theme song is played.)

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THE DUOLOGUE

NARRATOR: In many an Irish cottage, on many a night during the past century, a

favorite topic of conversation has been the brave lad Robert Emmet, a youthful

martyr to the cause for which he fought--the independence of his native land,

Ireland.

Robert Emmet, who lived during the latter half of the eighteenth century, was

a brilliant student at the University of Dublin, until he left college as a

protest against the political restrictions imposed by the English governors.

For three years he roamed on the Continent, meeting other exiled Irishmen, and

completing plans to free Ireland from the yoke of England. Finally, after an...