Vanessa

A woman's lifelong love for her reckless cousin is tested by family tragedy, an impulsive marriage and her husband's devastating mental decline.

This The Mercury Theatre on the Air broadcast aired on December 10, 1939. It is listed as episode 40 in the archive.

Only 18 objects belong to Mercury Theatre on the Air proper; later items are separately profiled by historical program.

Listeners can expect drama, anthology drama in format, and dramatic in tone.