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Roy Plomley's castaway is director Elia Kazan.

Favourite track: String Quartet in A Minor by Ludwig van Beethoven
Book: The Iliad by Homer
Luxury: 20 tons of pine needles

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Tue 23 Jan 197912:20
BBC Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Zoe Fitonsi

    The North Star

  • Charlie Christian & Benny Goodman

    Royal Garden Blues

  • Mapika Ninoy

    Come As You Are

  • Elmer Bernstein and his Orchestra

    Streetcar Named Desire (Theme From Film)

  • Bessie Smith

    Do Your Duty

  • The Rolling Stones

    (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Là ci darem la mano (from Don Giovanni)

    Soloist: Eberhard Wachter, Graziella Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra Conductor: Carlo Maria Giulini

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Ludwig van Beethoven

      String Quartet No. 15 in A minor, Op. 132

      Orchestra: Quartetto Italiano

  • Book Choice

    • The Iliad - Homer

  • Luxury Choice

    • 20 tons of pine needles

Credits

PresenterRoy Plomley
Interviewed GuestElia Kazan

Broadcasts

  • Sat 20 Jan 197918:15
    BBC Radio 4
  • Tue 23 Jan 197912:20
    BBC Radio 4

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