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