When the Music Stopped

London, 1910. Twins Lester and Lillia Holdsworth are destined for the stage. Lester is a brilliant pianist; Lillia a magnificent opera singer. But their cruel father has other ideas for their future. Lester is sent to a military academy, while Lillia must marry Lord Dalton - a pompous friend of her father's looking for a young wife to give him an heir.

Their plans to defy their father's wishes are put on hold when war breaks out. Lester flies planes for the Royal Flying Corps and Lillia trains as a nurse. They wait - like the rest of Europe - for the war to end and the music to start again.