Sir Mark Rylance
From Beethoven to Nina Simone. Actor Mark Rylance shares his castaway choices with Kirsty Young. From February 2015.
Actor Mark Rylance shares his castaway choices with Kirsty Young.
Born in Kent and brought up in America where his father was a teacher, Mark played Hamlet for the first time while he was still at school.
Since then heβs become particularly well known for his acclaimed and award-winning Shakespearean stage roles. He won an Olivier and a Tony award for his portrayal of Johnny 'Rooster' Byron in Jez Butterworth's 'Jerusalem' onstage in both Britain and the USA.
Heβs also appeared in a number of film roles, was the first artistic director of Londonβs Globe Theatre - a post he held for a decade - and his portrayal of Thomas Cromwell in ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ TVβs adaptation of Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall brought him to a wider audience.
Sir David Mark Rylance Waters was created a Knight Bachelor in the 2017 New Year Honours for services to theatre.
DISC ONE: Body and Soul - Coleman Hawkins
DISC TWO: Henry Purcellβs βTis I that have warmed yeβ - Les Arts Florissants
DISC THREE: Charles Ivesβs βThey are Thereβ β The Kronos Quartet
DISC FOUR: Just like Tom Thumb's Blues - Nina Simone
DISC FIVE: Once a Man Twice a Child - Justin Hinds & the Dominoes
DISC SIX: Music from the soundtrack of Days and Nights - Claire van Kampen
DISC SEVEN: Arthur McBride And The Sergeant - Andy Irvine and Paul Brady
DISC EIGHT: Ludwig van Beethovenβs Quartet Number 16 in F sharp (2nd movement) β The Busch Quartet
BOOK CHOICE: Rumi - The Big Red Book
LUXURY CHOICE: A stand up bass
CASTAWAY'S FAVOURITE: Ludwig van Beethovenβs Quartet Number 16 in F sharp (2nd movement) β The Busch Quartet
Producer: Isabel Sargent
First broadcast on ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 in February 2015.
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