 Your Coca-Cola bottler presents Claudia based on the famous play and novels by Rose Franken Brought to you transcribed Monday through Friday by your friendly neighbor who bottles Coca-Cola Relax and while you're listening refresh yourself. Have a coke And now Claudia How's the play going so far so good knock wood Keep your fingers crossed to their crossed already. I've got to remember done crossing when I go out on the stage What do you seem to like a second act didn't they? Didn't walk out So different playing in front of an audience everything goes so much better Personally I could do without opening night. It is too bad. You can't open a play on the second night, isn't it? Hey, don't you go on pretty soon another minute or so. Yeah, I don't like to stand too near the stage. It gets me sort of Nervous don't be nervous. You're doing okay almost over my one more scene of victory and I'll be through oh Don't forget to bring the cocktail glass on stage with you. I hate having to hold up my hands are shaking So it's one of the nice things about being on the stage the audience can't see your hands They can unless I spill everything that's in the glass don't say things like that Hey props bring Claudia a cocktail glass Joe bring down the spotlight slowly. We're up too high Victoria manners look beautiful If you did I wouldn't trust you for two seconds And That's you Claudia get out there known for Sam's sake There you are at last Here I am Stephanie. You wanted to talk to me. You bet. I wanted to talk to you. What is it? Stand there looking me in the eye and saying what is it? What is it Stephanie? I want to leave this house I want to leave this house and and never never come back I thought that's what you're going to say. I've been expecting it for a long time I'm ready to go Stephanie It's funny You're my sister, but somehow when I look at you all the love and all the Memories we shared They're all gone I'll go You had all this planned Didn't learn I don't know I I don't know anymore what I planned or even what I meant to do What I meant to say All I know is that I'm ready to leave and I don't care if I never come back and Where are you going? I bought a ticket for New York this morning If you like I'll let you know where I'm staying you need some money. I don't need anything You've taken away the only thing I ever really needed. I Love guy Stephanie. I love him more than you'll ever be able to love anybody But you've won him He's yours. I Wish you luck You're going to need it pretty words. Goodbye Stephanie. You're very proud. Yes. I am. I'm very proud For the first time in my life, I'm not afraid of you and I feel like I can manage without you Goodbye my beautiful sister and Body let's step over here by the door so we can talk Honey, I certainly didn't have to worry about you. I can't believe I'm all through I feel as if I'm Waking up out of a dream. You weren't asleep Nobody does what you did unless they're very very conscious at the time. I was out there. I felt like like another person Was it really all right? You heard the applause didn't you when you weren't off stage was that for me? Good frankly, I didn't know you had it in you had what? well Let's call it spunk, but it was so easy. I I didn't even think I just did it without well one piece of advice Stay out of Victoria Manners way if you're smart and after what you did out there. You are smart Oh, yes, it is Such a fool is to put my life in your hands Just look at Victoria Burns looking so angry about I've never seen her play the scene this way of you I cannot imagine why much What do you mean why for heaven's sakes? Well, I'll tell you something a leading lady doesn't like to have her play stolen and especially not by a trick Mr. Barney, I don't know what you're talking about. I wasn't trying to steal her play Tell my mother that well. Oh, well Anyway, it's almost over the opening nights almost over In a minute, Dave, it'll be here that all that you can think about If you were married to him, that's all you could think of too. Let's listen to the curtain line Guy, I'll even ask him to come back and live here. I'll show you I'm not afraid of There's no reason why the three of us can't be together guy Guy listen to me Guy edge for curtain calls everybody get out there. Come on. All right, take it up. All right one more for the property Kitten Cornell herself. Hello darling. Why didn't you come back to see me between act? I didn't come back because you didn't need me you were better off alone How'd you know that because I love you that wouldn't make any sense to anybody but us. That's all it's supposed to make sense, too Darling, nothing's real, but Mrs. Norton you're getting makeup all over me kiss me and shut up the idea coming in here without knocking I think nothing of it honey. It's show business, and you know what you can do with show business Why the devil can't you knock I came in to congratulate Claudia for giving an outstanding performance? And what do I get insults? I Then I always knew she would be I'm not married to the girl so I didn't know just what one could expect I wouldn't and not and if she pulls tricks on you the way she did on Victoria Manners. Oh What playing innocent Gonna go right on talking about me in front of my face. You bet we are A horde of people are outside who want to see you and also Victoria Julia and hardly and Roger came up. I didn't know you didn't tell me. I didn't want to make it nervous. Nothing. What David when do you invite? Oh Few days ago. Oh David darling, then you really had faith in me You weren't even afraid to have relatives in the audience. Oh by the way I saw Nancy Riddler outside, and we're all invited over to her house for a park. Oh wonderful Here where's mama? I think she was Julia and hardly they're out front. Did she like the play everybody liked the play where I hit And now my ulcers can rely Doesn't anybody knock in the theater Little double-crossing. Hello Victoria. You've met my husband. I'm too That's tough on me Parming yourself off as an amateur as a beginner Going around so sweet so so naive and innocent and playing the trick on me It's not in your career in the theater as ended finished as long as I live You'll never work again in my maternal grandmother lived to be 103 Not careful miss manners. You're talking to my wife Well, I don't know what you're talking about Victoria much who don't Cocktailed last you held in your hand during our last scene. I was supposed to hold it wasn't I yes You were supposed to hold it you weren't supposed to put it down on the back of a sofa Well, you see all of a sudden I realized my my hands were shaking So I got sure everybody out front had noticed it So I put the glass down on the sofa. Oh you did I well I didn't want to walk across the stage to put it on the table while you were talking Excuse you put it down on the back of soap and then walked off stage and left it there teetering Did I do that and there it was teetering through my most important scene? So who is the audience watching watching Victoria Manners no most important scene in the plane? Oh Every last I was fixed on that teetering cocktail glass that you planted that a steal attention away from you Did I do you most certainly dead and it was beautiful Awful of me if I thought you'd have done that on purpose and as few mr. North new stage door Johnny Pretending that your wife has eyes for knowing that you you'd better watch out or she'll play a trick on you Just the way she did on me. Well, don't think I'm not thinking of that Now you'll just remember Claudia during the rest of this play is run No more funny business Along Jim coming Victoria nice going kid She's quite emotional isn't she yes quite Now look me in the eye Mrs. Claudia brown not I'm looking at you mr. North you did not leave that cocktail glass Teetering on the sofa on purpose. Did you it's a pretty smart thing to do wasn't it come on confess That's not the kind of a girl you are and I know it what kind there's not that much deceit in you Oh, isn't there there isn't But you certainly had Victoria and Varney fool certainly did Listen if you ever tell them the truth about me. I'll break your neck and If you ever pull any of those tricks on purpose I'll break yours promise you bet Now come on hurry up get ready. Let's go to the riddle party Oh a pox on the riddle party my plans are for just you and me darling and the man in the moon and for my money a pox on the man in the moon Every once in a while that a picnic you'll hear the hostess say I wish entertaining were as easy as this the whole year round I'd give lots more parties But entertaining can be that easy summer winter spring and fall if you keep plenty of coke in the refrigerator Then all you need do is bring out bottles of ice-cold coca-cola and your guests will carry on from there It's not formality people want it's pleasant relaxed good times and coke helps bring everybody young or old The pause that represses. I'll put it there. Mr. King or in I don't know about you, Mr. Barney, but I counted on Claudia from the very start. Well, how do you know a better than I do I? Didn't think she had the spunk in her to play such a trick on Victoria manners Oh, Claudia's got a lot of spunk and a lot of heart, too. Yes. I knew that Claudia is able to take everybody for their own value no matter how different they are from the way she is Jared Tucker for example. He's that old farmer who lives down the road, isn't he? That's right You'll be meeting him tomorrow night. You don't say and it'll be some meeting take my word for it. So long, Mr. Barney, I'll see you tomorrow night Every day Monday through Friday Claudia comes to you transcribed with the best wishes of your friendly neighbor who bottles coca-cola So listen again tomorrow at the same time And now this is Joe King saying or of war and remember Whoever you are whatever you do wherever you may be when you think of refreshment Think of coca-cola or coca-cola makes any pause the pause that refreshes and ice-cold coca-cola is everywhere This broadcast of Claudia was supervised and directed by William Brown Maloney And now here's a word from your friendly neighbor who bottles coca-cola