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Howard Brenton

Sue Lawley's castaway is playwright Howard Brenton.

Sue Lawley's castaway is the playwright Howard Brenton. In the 1960s he was part of a movement called the New Jacobeans. They took drama out of the drawing room and on to a bigger stage. Often controversial, in Romans in Britain he drew parallels with Northern Ireland and earned the wrath of Mary Whitehouse for what she described as "procuring the cast to commit immoral acts".

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

Favourite track: Weichet nur, Betrube Schatten, from the Wedding Cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach
Book: Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer
Luxury: Champagne

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45 minutes

Last on

Fri 24 Jul 1998 09:00
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Well-Tempered Clavier Book 1 - Fugue in C minor

    Soloist: Glenn Gould

    • The Glenn Gould Edition.
    • Sony Classical.

  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Signor, deh, non partire (from The Coronation of Poppea)

    Orchestra: The English Baroque Soloists Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner

    • L’Incoronazione Di Poppea.
    • Archiv Produktion.

  • Gustav Mahler

    Das Trinklied vom Jammer der Erde (from Das Lied von der Erde)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra Soloist: Fritz Wunderlich Conductor: Otto Klemperer

    • Das Lied von der Erde.
    • EMI Classics.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Dove sono (from The Marriage of Figaro)

    Soloist: Kiri Te Kanawa Orchestra: London Philharmonic

    • Le Nozze Di Figaro.
    • Decca.

  • Bob Dylan

    One More Cup of Coffee

    • Desire.
    • CBS.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    O Delvig, Delvig! (from Symphony No. 14)

    Orchestra: Moscow Philharmonic Soloist: Evgeny Nesterenko Conductor: Kirill Kondrashin

    • Shostakovich.
    • Melodiya.

  • Benjamin Britten

    Now the bright morning star (from Spring Symphony)

    Orchestra: The Monteverdi Orchestra and Chorus Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner

    • Spring Symphony.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Johann Sebastian Bach

      Cantata No. 202: Weichet nur, betrΓΌbte Schatten

      Orchestra: Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra Soloist: Lisa Larsson Conductor: Ton Koopman

      • Complete Cantatas.
      • Erato.

  • Book Choice

    • Canterbury Tales - Geoffrey Chaucer

  • Luxury Choice

    • Champagne

Credits

Presenter Sue Lawley
Interviewed Guest Howard Brenton

Broadcasts

  • Sun 19 Jul 1998 11:15
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
  • Fri 24 Jul 1998 09:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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