Dead of Night -Audition

Ventriloquist Eric Hickson's dummy Toby begins speaking thoughts Hickson insists he never supplied, wrecking his act and provoking a bitter confrontation with another performer. After Hickson and the dummy are both injured, Toby appears to speak independently again, and Hickson accepts that the two are inseparable; Toby promises to behave, while reserving the right to his own ideas.

This Escape broadcast aired on March 21, 1947. It is listed as episode 0 in the archive. CBS Radio Network carried the broadcast. The cast includes Angus MacPhail, Berry Kroeger, Art Carney, and John Bains. Other credited names include John Moseman as director.

The surviving recording runs about 25 minutes.

Other versions or closely related recordings in the archive include Out of This World -Audition (February 28, 1947), another recording of the same script.

This surviving item is preserved as audition recording.