Maugham's Eye View

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Maugham's Eye View: 1. The Creative Impulse

1. The Creative Impulse

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Maugham's Eye View, 1. The Creative Impulse

A husband runs off with a cook. Starring Dirk Bogarde and Sylvia Sims.

When her husband runs off with the cook, a horrified author turns it to creative advantage. Stars Dirk Bogarde and Sylvia Syms.

The authoress Mrs Forrester is horrified when her husband runs off with the cook.

But she turns it to creative advantage.

A series of Somerset Maugham short stories dramatised by Neville Teller.

Dirk Bogarde is the narrator.  

Mrs Forrester    ......    Sylvia Syms 
Mr Forrester    ......    Desmond Barrit
Mrs Bullfinch    ......    Shirley Anne Field

Other parts played by: 

Geoffrey Whitehead  
Zulema Dene
John Hartley 
Tracy Wiles
David Collings 
David Timson

Director: Janet Whitaker

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 1996.

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Dramatisation of short stories by the great English writer Somerset Maugham

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