Stories by Somerset Maugham. In Singapore during the 1920s, Leslie Joyce has been arrested for shooting dead a family friend in self-defence. As she and her husband nervously await the trial, the events of the night of the shooting are gradually revealed. Maugham ...... David Troughton Mr Joyce ...... Jonathan Keeble Mr Crosbie ...... David Fleeshman Chi Seng ...... Paul Courtenay Hyu Leslie Crosbie ...... Olwen May Hammond ...... Andonis James Anthony Mrs Joyce ...... Barbara Marten Directed by Pam Marshall.