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Susan Hill

Sue Lawley's castaway is novelist Susan Hill.

The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is one of the country's best-known novelists.

Author of I'm the King of the Castle, Strange Meeting and The Woman in Black, among many other books, Susan Hill will be talking to Sue Lawley about the inspiration for her recent and highly-acclaimed sequel to Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca; about the loneliness which characterised her childhood and about the relationship between tragedy in her own life and the way she writes about it in her novels.

[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]

Favourite track: Tom Bowling by Benjamin Britten
Book: The Pursuit of Love by Nancy Mitford
Luxury: The Barnes Collection (paintings)

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40 minutes

Last on

Fri 16 Aug 1996 09:05
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Cosi fan tutte Overture

    Soloist: J Baker, M Caballe, R Van Allan

    • Mozart: Cosi fan Tutte.
    • Philips.

  • Fred Astaire

    Yours

    • Let's Face The Music And Dance.
    • ASV.

  • Vincenzo Bellini

    Oboe Concerto in E flat major

    Orchestra: The Peterborough String Orchestra

    • Peterborough String Orchestra - Oboe Concert.
    • Helios.

  • Edward Elgar

    Cello Concerto in E Minor

    Soloist: Jacqueline Du Pre Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra

    • Jacqueline Du Pre: Works By Elgar.
    • EMI.

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Benjamin Britten

      Tom Bowling

      Soloist: Peter Pears

      • 6 Holderlin Fragments.
      • Ace Of Diamonds.

  • The Children Of Botley Primary School, Oxford

    One More Step Along The World I Go

  • Benjamin Britten

    Night covers up the rigid land

    Soloist: Ian Bostridge

    • The Red Cockatoo And Other Songs.
    • Hyperion.

  • The Beatles

    Love Me Do

    • The Beatles 1962 - 1966 (The Red Album).
    • Apple.

  • Book Choice

    • The Pursuit of Love - Nancy Mitford

  • Luxury Choice

    • The Barnes Collection (paintings)

Credits

Presenter Sue Lawley
Interviewed Guest Susan Hill

Broadcasts

  • Sun 11 Feb 1996 12:15
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
  • Fri 16 Feb 1996 09:05
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
  • Fri 16 Aug 1996 09:05
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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