Dramatised by Ray Lawler
A series of outstanding BBC television programmes which have won awards at festivals and competitions in Britain and abroad.
Before the Party was the last play of the series which won the 1970 Production Award for Drama Series from the Society of Film and Television Arts.
Deep in the heart of Maugham country, the Skinner family hear how their son-in-law died in Malaya from his widow, their daughter Millicent.