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Armistead Maupin - Tales of the City

San Francisco, 1976. It is almost Thanksgiving and Anna Madrigal rents out the remaining rooftop apartment in Barbary Lane. From January 2013.

Anna Madrigal has an empty rooftop apartment in her lodgings at 28 Barbary Lane . Norman . a travelling salesman may be the perfect tenant . It's nearly Thanksgiving and romance is in the air -but nor for Dede who gets some unexpected news .

Directed by Susan Roberts

Set in 1976 in San Francisco , Tales of the City is the first in a sequence of novels about the denizens of the mythic apartment house at 28 Barbary Lane, Tales is both a sparkling comedy of manners and an indelible portrait of an era that changed the way we live forever.

15 minutes

Last on

Fri 5 Jan 2018 02:30

Credits

Role Contributor
Anna Madrigal Kate Harper
Mary Ann Lydia Wilson
Dede Nancy Crane
Mona Buffy Davis
Edgar Lou Hirsch
Binkie Bernice Stegers
Beauchamp John Guerrasio
Michael Jos Slovick
Jon Simon Lee Phillips
D'Or Valerie Cutko
Norman Kerry Shale
Director Susan Roberts
Writer Bryony Lavery

Broadcasts

  • Thu 31 Jan 2013 10:45
  • Thu 31 Jan 2013 19:45
  • Thu 4 Jan 2018 14:30
  • Fri 5 Jan 2018 02:30

An interview with Armistead Maupin

Armistead Maupin on the influences of Tales of the City and San Francisco in the 1970s.

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