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Women of Words

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Portraits of five women writers - some respected, others ridiculed - all prolific, immensely popular and legends in their own lifetimes.
5: Dorothy Parker (1893-1967) h? CHARLOTTE and DENIS PLIMMER
The life of the American humorist whose sardonic wit in conversation, short stories, verse and criticism won her a place at the famous Algonquin Round Table and caused her, in the 1920s, to be considered the wittiest woman in New York. Narrated by Gordon Dulieu
With PETER BALDWIN , JOHN BAY , BRIAN CARROLL , BLAIN FAIRMAN , MARGARET ROBERT SON and KENNETH SHANLEY Directed by GLYN DEARMAN long wave only

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Dorothy Parker
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Denis Plimmer
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New York.
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Gordon Dulieu
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Peter Baldwin
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John Bay
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Brian Carroll
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Blain Fairman
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Margaret Robert
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Kenneth Shanley
Directed By:
Glyn Dearman
Dorothy Parker:
Elaine Stritch

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