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Eileen Atkins

Sue Lawley's castaway is actress Eileen Atkins.

Sue Lawley's castaway this morning is the actress Eileen Atkins. From dancing in working men's clubs as a child to portraying Virginia Woolf on Broadway and the snobbish Celia for Alan Bennett's Talking Heads monologue, she traces her life as performer and writer.

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

Favourite track: Get off of My Cloud by The Rolling Stones
Book: Moments of Being by Virginia Woolf
Luxury: An Atkinson Grimshaw painting

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45 minutes

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Fri 4 Dec 1998 09:00
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Robert Schumann

    Waldszenen, Op. 82

    Soloist: Sviatoslav Richter

    • Sviatoslav Ricther: Schumann.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • 42nd Street

    Artist: Wanda Richert and Original Broadway Company

  • Johannes Brahms

    Sonata in F minor

    Artist: Gervase de Peyer & Gwenneth Pryor

    • Brahms: Sonatas for Clarinet and Piano.
    • Chandos.

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Get Off My Cloud

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto for Two Violins, Lute and Continuo in D Major - 2nd movement

    Soloist: Rolf Lislevand

    • The Complete Works for Lute.
    • Auvidis.

  • PaPas

    California Dreamin'

    • California Dreamin’.
    • Polygram TV.

  • Francis Poulenc

    Improvisation No. 15 in C minor

    Soloist: Pascal Roge

    • Les Soirees de Nazelles etc.
    • Decca.

  • Orlando Gibbons

    O Clap Your Hands

    Choir: Oxford Camerata

    • Gibbons, Choral and Organ Music.
    • NAXOS.

  • Book Choice

    • Moments of Being - Virginia Woolf

  • Luxury Choice

    • An Atkinson Grimshaw painting

Credits

Presenter Sue Lawley
Interviewed Guest Eileen Atkins

Broadcasts

  • Sun 29 Nov 1998 11:15
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
  • Fri 4 Dec 1998 09:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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