BBC Radio 4 Extra will next week rebroadcast readings of three Evelyn Waugh short stories. Each broadcast will last 15 minutes:
“Cruise”: Tuesday, 20 November, 11am. This was first broadcast in 2007 and is read by Abigail Docherty. It was originally published in Harper’s Bazaar, London, February 1933. (“Sailing round the Mediterranean, a young lady writes about the upper-class antics on board ship.”)
“Portrait of a Young Man”/”The Sympathetic Passenger”: Wednesday, 21 November, 11am. This was first broadcast in 2003 and is read by Crawford Logan. These stories were originally published, respectively, in The Isis, 30 May 1923 and The Daily Mail, 4 May 1939. (“A showcase of the author’s wit and irony – two tales of an unwanted guest and an outspoken hitch-hiker.”)
“The Manager of the Kremlin”: Thursday, 22 November, 11am. This story was first broadcast in 2003 and is read by Crawford Logan. It was originally published in John Bull, Â 15 February 1930. (“A refugee from the Russian Revolution finds himself running a successful night club in Montmartre.”)
All the stories will be available to hear over the internet on BBC iPlayer after the scheduled broadcasts. All are available in Waugh’s Complete Stories.
