International: Ivan's Other Wife

Radio listeners in Russia can thrill to the sudsy sentiment of soap opera like anyone else. Last week Radio Moscow fed their dreams with a tender play about a collective farm boy and a girl tractor-driver whom fate had chanced to place on the same (moonlit) night shift.

Girl (letting her tractor stand idle for a moment): How wonderful it is to work on such a beautiful night under the full moon and do one's utmost to save petrol.

Boy (suddenly lost in her eyes): The night inspired me to overfulfill my quota by a higher and still higher percentage.

(In a matter of seconds the two are locked in each other's arms.)

Boy (huskily): I fell in love with your working achievements from the very first moment.