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2. Loose in Paris

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Freed from the strait-jacket of respectability, Charles Strickland is prepared to starve for his art. Stars Patrick Allen.

Freed from the strait-jacket of respectability, Charles Strickland is prepared to starve for his art.

Those who befriend him, it seems, are required to suffer too.

W. Somerset Maugham’s novel was inspired by the life of the artist Paul Gauguin.

Starring Ronald Pickup, Patrick Allen and Margaret Whiting.

Dramatised by Jeffrey Segal.

Maugham .... Ronald Pickup
Charles Strickland .... Patrick Allen
Amy Strickland .... Margaret Whiting
Dirk Stroeve .... Ronnie Stevens
Blanche Stroeve .... Rosalind Ayres
Dealer .... James Bryce
Jouvert .... William Hope

Director: John Cardy

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1984.

1 hour

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Wed 23 Oct 202405:00
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