Lydia Wilson and Kate Harper superstar in these BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisations from the first and second books in Armistead Maupin’s acclaimed ‘Stories of the Town’ series.

Set against the 1970s San Fransisco skyline, Maupin’s Stories of the town introduces the unconventional tenants of 28 Barbary Lane, the domain from the eccentric, marijuana-growing landlady Anna Madrigal.

Mary Ann Singleton, a naive young woman newly-arrived from Cleveland, Ohio, techniques into a flat there and shortly becomes about Stories of the town: Series 1 and 2: Two BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisations friends with additional tenants from the building: the hippyish bisexual Mona Ramsey; the strange Norman Neal Williams; and Michael Tolliver, a sugary and personable gay man known to his close friends as Mouse. Beyond the home, lovers and friends guide Mary Ann through her San Franciscan journeys…

In More Tales of the City, landlady Anna Madrigal reveals her secrets to her tenants, however they are getting ready to flee their cosy nest for adventures further afield.

Dramatised by Barbara Lavery, that is both a dazzling comedy of manners and a portrait of a free of charge and easy era.

Cast:

Anna Madrigal….. Kate Harper

Mary Ann….. Lydia Wilson

DeDe….. Nancy Crane

Mona….. Buffy Davis

Edgar….. Lou Hirsch

Frannie/Binkie/Mucca….. Bernice Stegers

Beauchamp….. John Guerrasio

Michael….. Jos Slovick

Jon/Brian….. Simon Lee Phillips

D’Or/Betty….. Valerie Cutko

Siegel/Hampton-Giddes/Norman/Bruno….. Kerry Shale

Burke….. Trevor White colored

Produced and directed by Susan Roberts