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4. Peace on Tahiti

Charles Strickland finds rest at last - but will he cheat the world of his artistic masterpiece? Stars Patrick Allen.

Charles Strickland finds rest at last - but will he cheat the world of his artistic masterpiece?

W. Somerset Maugham鈥檚 novel, first published in 1919, was inspired by the life of the artist Paul Gauguin.

Dramatised in four episodes by Jeffrey Segal.

Starring Ronald Pickup, Patrick Allen and Valerie Murray.

Maugham .... Ronald Pickup
Charles Strickland .... Patrick Allen
Nichols .... Douglas Blackwell
Tough Bill .... Henry Stamper
Australian .... Jon Strickland
Tiare Johnson .... June Tobin
Ata .... Valerie Murray
Capitaine Brunot .... Jeffrey Segal
Dr Coutras .... Andre Maranne
Amy Strickland .... Margaret Whiting
Robert Strickland .... Michael Tudor Barnes

Director: John Cardy

First broadcast on 成人快手 Radio 4 in June 1984.

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