Episode 3
San Francisco, 1976. Mary Ann is considering going home while Michael hopes that Jon is moving in. Stars Lydia Wilson. From January 2013.
Disillusioned, Mary Ann Singleton's considering moving back to Cleveland. Mona and Michael cook up a scheme to pay the rent.
Directed by Susan Roberts
For more than 3 decades, Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City has blazed its own trail through popular culture-from ground-breaking newspaper serial to classic novel. This is the first time it has appeared on radio, dramatised by Bryony Lavery.
Set in 1976 in San Francisco , Tales of the City is the first in a sequence of novels about the denizens of the mythic apartment house at 28 Barbary Lane, Tales is both a sparkling comedy of manners and an indelible portrait of an era that changed the way we live forever.
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Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Anna Madrigal | Kate Harper |
| Mary Ann | Lydia Wilson |
| Dede | Nancy Crane |
| Mona | Buffy Davis |
| Edgar | Lou Hirsch |
| Frannie | Bernice Stegers |
| Beauchamp | John Guerrasio |
| Michael | Jos Slovick |
| Jon | Simon Lee Phillips |
| D'Or | Valerie Cutko |
| Siegel | Kerry Shale |
| Hampton | Kerry Shale |
| Writer | Bryony Lavery |
| Director | Susan Roberts |
Broadcasts
Wed 30 Jan 201310:45BBC Radio 4- Wed 30 Jan 201319:45BBC Radio 4
- Wed 3 Jan 201814:30BBC Radio 4 Extra
- Thu 4 Jan 201802:30BBC Radio 4 Extra
An interview with Armistead Maupin
Armistead Maupin on the influences of Tales of the City and San Francisco in the 1970s.
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