"The Narrow Corner" by W. Somerset Maugham - BBC Radio Saturday Night Theatre - Drama

Support the Archive Buy Me A Coffee ☕ https://buymeacoffee.com/jr_the_old_r... Preserving classic radio drama, one story at a time. Classic Old Time Radio, vintage radio shows, the Golden Age of radio, BBC Radio, murder, mystery, drama, comedy, scifi, westerns. ========================================== BBC Radio's production of W. Somerset Maugham's The Narrow Corner is a tense and atmospheric drama set in the South Pacific. The story follows Dr. Saunders, an English doctor, who is traveling on a lugger with two enigmatic men: Captain Nichols, a treacherous and shifty skipper, and Fred, a handsome young Australian with a mysterious past. A storm forces the trio to take shelter on a remote island where they encounter Erik Christessen, a good-natured Dane, and his fiancée, the beautiful and alluring Louise. The tranquil setting is soon disrupted as Fred and Louise become entangled in a passionate affair, leading to a web of jealousy, murder, and suicide. The play explores themes of love, fate, and the complex, often contradictory nature of human morality, all against a backdrop of exotic intrigue and tropical tension. cccc