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Episode 2

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Last broadcast on Wed, 4 Nov 2009, 00:30 on BBC Radio 4 (see all broadcasts).

Synopsis

Barbara Flynn reads from Selina Hastings' biography of Somerset Maugham, which sheds new light on his complex character.

Still struggling to make ends meet, Maugham has a change of fortune when the manager of the Royal Court Theatre decides to stage his play, Lady Frederick.

Abridged by Libby Spurrier.

A Pier production for BBC Radio 4.

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  1. Tue 3 Nov 2009
    09:45
    BBC Radio 4 (FM only)
  2. Wed 4 Nov 2009
    00:30
    BBC Radio 4

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