Candle in the Wind was a 1941 Broadway three-act drama written by Maxwell Anderson, produced by the Theatre Guild and the Playwrights' Company and directed by Alfred Lunt.
It ran for 95 performances from October 22, 1941 to January 10, 1942 at the Shubert Theatre as a part of the 1941-1942 play season.
The play takes place during the German occupation of France in World War II.
Fargeau, Henri and Deseze are talking about the war, Charlotte and Mercy are visiting from America and are trying to rebuild the past.
Moments later he appears in the distance and tells Madeline about his adventures in the war, how his ship sank and he helped hijack a plane.
Raoul, unable to produce them, saying they are lost at sea; gets arrested and taken to a concentration camp.
At the concentration camp, Colonel Erfurt allows the Fleury family to see their son only if they agree to help gather information for the German party.
Madeline and Lt. Schoen talk about the plan and she gives him her ring to pawn for money as a gift for helping her and Raoul.
Fargeau died trying to buy a gun, the shop didn't have any so he killed a German officer for one.
The idiom Candle in the Wind means something fragile which could finish at any time, a constant fight against all odds.