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The World of W. Somerset Maugham: ‘Quartet’ (1948), ‘Trio’ (1950) and ‘Encore’ (1951)

June 5, 2019 By retromoviebuff Leave a Comment

Dirk Bogarde in Quartet

“In my twenties the critics said I was brutal, in my thirties they said I was flippant, in my forties they said I was cynical, in my fifties they said I was incompetent and then in my sixties they said I was superficial.” So speaks W. Somerset Maugham in his wry introduction to Quartet, an […]

Filed Under: Reviews Tagged With: British Films, Cecil Parker, Dirk Bogarde, Drama, Francoise Rosay, Jean Simmons, Nigel Patrick, W. Somerset Maugham

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