He may have been wrong. I have known cases of insomnia which proved to be of the very gravest importance.

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8 seconds sound clip from the Dr Knock (Theatre Royal 1954) classic radio drama series episode.

You can hear this line at 00:20:01.001 in the radio play.

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- While I'm here, there is one little thing. What with my tenants and my investments, I worry so much that a whole night I do assure you when I simply can't sleep, it's most exhausting.

- I suppose you don't know a cure for sleeplessness.

- Have you suffered from insomnia long?

- Did you ever consult Dr. Parpalaid about it?

- Oh, Dr. Parpalaid. He told me to buy a volume of law reports and read six pages every night in bed.

- He may have been wrong. I have known cases of insomnia which proved to be of the very gravest importance.

- Insomnia, for instance, which was due to some organic disease of the intracerebral circulation, that change in the arterial walls which we call atheroma.

- Your cerebral arteries, madame, that is, the arteries that feed the brain, it is possible may be as hard and as brittle as pipe stems.

- Oh, pipe stems.

- A common comparison.

- Oh, good heavens. Would smoking bring that on? I do smoke a little, you know.

- We may have to take that into account.

- Then again, insomnia may come from a constant sapping of the grey matter of the brain by nerves which are diseased.

- Oh, how dreadful. Oh, can you explain that, doctor?

- But of course.

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Enjoy Robert Morley's performance in the 1954 Theatre Royal radio play of Jules Romain's 'Dr Knock', and explore standout quotes on our website.

Actors: Robert Morley (Dr Knock), Sir Ralph Richardson (Host)

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