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Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Coral Browne.

Favourite track: Waltzing Matilda by Burl Ives
Book: The Happy Prince and Other Tales by Oscar Wilde
Luxury: Sable coat

30 minutes

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Mon 11 Sep 196113:10
Home Service

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Music Played

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Burl Ives

      Waltzing Matilda

  • Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Sleeping Beauty - Waltz

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra Conductor: Efrem Kurtz

  • Johnny Mathis

    Stranger in Paradise

  • Jack Buchanan & Elsie Randolph

    Fancy Our Meeting

  • William Shakespeare

    Sonnets Nos. 18 and 16

    Artist: John Gielgud

  • Johannes Brahms

    Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major

    Soloist: Sviatoslav Richter Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Erich Leinsdorf

  • Giacomo Meyerbeer

    Ombre légère (Shadow Song) (from Dinorah)

    Soloist: Maria Callas Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra Conductor: Tullio Serafin

  • Frank Bernardi & Armand Migiani Orchestra

    Mademoiselle de Paris

  • Book Choice

    • The Happy Prince and Other Tales - Oscar Wilde

  • Luxury Choice

    • Sable coat

Credits

PresenterRoy Plomley
Interviewed GuestCoral Browne

Broadcast

  • Mon 11 Sep 196113:10
    Home Service

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