Alison Lurie
Roy Plomley's castaway is academic and writer Alison Lurie.
Alison Lurie is not only a part-time professor of English at Cornell University where she teaches creative writing and children's literature, but she is also a very successful novelist. "Her seven novels", writes Malcolm Bradbury, "collectively form a biting record of American social, moral and sexual mores from the early 1960s to the present." In conversation with Roy Plomley, she talks about her work and she chooses the eight records she would take to the mythical island.
[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]
Favourite track: The Marriage Of Figaro - Overture by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Book: The Oxford Book of English Verse
Luxury: Telephone
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Castaway's Favourite
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
The Marriage of Figaro Overture
Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Herbert von Karajan
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Carl Sandberg
The Horse Named Bill
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto for Two Violins in D minor
Soloist: Perlman, Zukerman Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra Conductor: Daniel Barenboim
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Groovin' High
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Don Giovanni Act 2, Scene 5
Soloist: Siepi/Corena/Bohme Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
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Loretta Lynn
One's On The Way
- Best Of.
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John Gay
The Beggar's Opera (Act 1)
Soloist: Marjorie Westbury/Carmen Prietto Orchestra: Argo Chamber Ensemble
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Franz Schubert
Octet In F Major
Orchestra: The Vienna Octet
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Book Choice
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The Oxford Book of English Verse
Luxury Choice
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Telephone
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Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Presenter | Roy Plomley |
Interviewed Guest | Alison Lurie |
Broadcasts
- Sat 9 Mar 1985 18:25大象传媒 Radio 4
- Fri 15 Mar 1985 09:05大象传媒 Radio 4
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