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Clemence Dane

Roy Plomley's castaway is writer Clemence Dane.

Favourite track: Shall I Compare Thee to a Summers Day? by William Shakespeare

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Tue 30 Oct 195118:20
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Music Played

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto for Two Violins in D minor

    Soloist: Yehudi Menuhin

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Voi che sapete (from The Marriage of Figaro)

    Soloist: Irmgard Seefried Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

  • Igor Stravinsky

    Apollon musagète

    Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Serge Koussevitzky

  • Noel Coward & Gertrude Lawrence

    Private Lives (Love Scene)

  • The Mantovani Orchestra

    Tune In G

  • Unknown - Acclamation and Fanfare, Coronation Of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Symphony No. 5 in D major

    Orchestra: Hallé Orchestra Conductor: John Barbirolli

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • William Shakespeare

      Shall I Compare Thee to a Summers Day? (Sonnet 18)

      Artist: John Gielgud

Credits

PresenterRoy Plomley
Interviewed GuestClemence Dane

Broadcast

  • Tue 30 Oct 195118:20
    Home Service

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