Queen of the Deadly Night
Description
A Jewish girl from medieval times searches for a legendary land where she hopes to rule as queen, but first she must prove herself worthy through a challenge.
Immediately after Rachel ben Zi, who lived in France in the year 900, is married to Isaac, she is ordered by Count Renaulf, the lord of the castle, to spend her wedding night with the Count. Isaac objects, challenges Renaulf to a duel, and is killed by the Count’s men-at-arms. While Rachel is in the Count’s bedchamber, Isaac’s apparition appears to inform her that she is destined to become the Queen of the Khazars—but only after she kills the Count.
A young Jewish woman of the Dark Ages seeks a rumored kingdom with the intention of becoming its queen. Before she can be queen, she must pass a test.
CBS Radio Mystery Theater is a radio drama series created by Himan Brown that was broadcast on CBS Radio Network affiliates from 1974 to 1982, and later in the early 2000s was repeated by the NPR satellite feed. In New York City it was not aired by the then all-news WCBS but by its originating station, WOR, which produced and announced it as simply Radio Mystery Theater.
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