A New Lease of Life
Maurice's dull routine life is changed forever when he gets hit by a car. The concerned driver takes a great interest in his recovery but does he have an ulterior motive?
Three new dramatisations by Ronald Frame of stories by Georges Simenon.
When he wasn't writing Maigret, Georges Simenon produced a huge body of novels, often tough, gripping and psychologically-penetrating dissections of lives confounded by fate. In, The Other Simenon, we explore three more of his intriguing tales.
In A New Lease Of Life Maurice Dudon, a reclusive bachelor, who works as an accountant with no emotional or private life except for furtive and ritualistic visits to a prostitute every Friday finds his life changing after he is seriously injured in a car accident. In a private nursing home he forms a growing relationship with a nurse. But is it all fate or is his life being manipulated?
THE OTHER SIMENON
SERIES 3
A New Lease of Life
by Georges Simenon
Dramatised for radio by Ronald Frame
Other parts played by members of the cast.
Producer/director: David Ian Neville.
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Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Maurice Dudon | Alun Raglan |
| Anne-Marie | Selina Boyack |
| Philippe Lacroix-Gibet | Richard Addison |
| Madam | Eliza Langlands |
| Mother | Eliza Langlands |
| Monsieur Mallard | Michael Mackenzie |
| Priest | Kirk Bage |
| Director | David Neville |
| Producer | David Neville |
| Adaptor | Ronald Frame |
| Author | Georges Simenon |
Broadcast
- Fri 30 May 2014 14:15大象传媒 Radio 4
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