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1. The Creative Impulse
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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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