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Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City

Dramatisation of Armistead Maupin's classic sequence of comic novels about the denizens of a San Francisco apartment house in the late 70s and early 80s
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  • Dramatising Tales of the City

    Tales of the City

    It all began with a chance encounter at the Perth Literary Festival. Producer Sue Roberts recounts how the Radio 4 dramatisation of Tales of the City came about...


    Read Sue Roberts' blog about Tales of the City

  • Armistead Maupin blogs on Tales of the City

    North Beach, San Francisco - the eclectic neighbourhood that provides the setting for Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City
    From newspaper serial to literary sensation to Radio 4 drama series... Armistead Maupin charts the success of Tales of the City.

    Read Armistead Maupin's blog post

  • Armistead Maupin's official website

    Armistead Maupin

    The official website of the author of Tales of the City.

     

    Armistead Maupin's website

An interview with Armistead Maupin

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Armistead Maupin on the influences of Tales of the City and San Francisco in the 1970s.

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