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Raymond Mander & Joe Mitchenson

Roy Plomley's castaways are theatre historians Raymond Mander & Joe Mitchenson.

Favourite track: The Ride Of The Valkyries by Richard Wagner
Book: Photo albums and A set of Who's Who in the Theatre
Luxury: Couch and coconut oil and an ultra-sensitive receiver to hear voices from the past

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40 minutes

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Tue 31 Jan 1978 12:20
大象传媒 Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Richard Wagner

      Ride of the Valkyries (Die Walk眉re)

      Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Georg Solti

  • George Bernard Shaw

    The Apple Cart

    Artist: Noel Coward, Margaret Leighton

  • Jacques Offenbach

    Fly Duet (from Orpheus in the Underworld)

    Soloist: June Bronhill, Eric Shilling Orchestra: Sadler's Wells Opera Orchestra Conductor: Alexander Faris

  • Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Swan Lake

    Orchestra: National Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Richard Bonynge

  • Judi Dench

    Cabaret

  • Yvonne Arnaud

    Organ Fugue On Piano

  • William Shakespeare

    Speak the speech, I pray you (from Hamlet)

    Artist: John Gielgud

  • Gilbert Vinter and His Orchestra

    The Arcadians

  • Book Choice

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  • Luxury Choice

    • Couch and coconut oil and an ultra-sensitive receiver to hear voices from the past

Credit

Presenter Roy Plomley

Broadcasts

  • Sat 28 Jan 1978 18:15
    大象传媒 Radio 4
  • Tue 31 Jan 1978 12:20
    大象传媒 Radio 4

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