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Weekend with Willie

Author Somerset Maugham is visited at his French villa by his disapproving brother and an ardent ex-wife. Stars David March.

John and Daphne Maitland are an unsophisticated couple flattered to be invited to dinner by celebrated author William Somerset Maugham at his French villa.

But if they'd known the other guests were to be Willie's brother Freddie. his ex-wife Syrie, and his American friend, Gerald, they might have treated the invitation with slightly more caution...

Starring David March and Prunella Scales.

Written by Richard Huggett.

William Somerset Maugham .... David March
Syrie Maugham ...Prunella Scales
Sir Frederick Maugham ..... Richard Huggett
Gerald Haxton .... Barry Dennen
Martin Johnson ... Michael Cochrane
John D Hackerman .... Robert Beatty
Pierre .... Andrew Secombe
John Maitland .... Haydn Wood
Daphne Maitland .... Shirley Cooklin

Director: David Johnston.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1981.

1 hour, 30 minutes

Last on

Sun 3 Jul 202204:00
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