Broadcast on ABC radio as part of 'Radio Repertory' on Monday 14 August 1950, from 7:30pm/
Cast including Robert Bernard (Balzac), Ruby May (Anne-Charlotte-Laure Sallambier, Balzac's mother), Mary Disney (Laure, Balzac's sister), Margaret Mouchemore (Zulma Carraud, Laure's friend), and Elizabeth Wing (Madame de Habska, Balzac's wife).