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Adrian Noble

Sue Lawley's castaway is Artistic Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company Adrian Noble.

This week the castaway on Desert Island Discs is Adrian Noble. Now the Artistic Director of The Royal Shakespeare Company, he says he learnt a lot about theatre from watching his father, an undertaker, conduct funeral services. He fell in love with the stage when, as a boy, he saw Laurence Olivier play Othello. A stage play, he says, whether Shakespeare or Chekhov, should not simply be good entertainment, but make people ponder on life itself. In conversation with Sue Lawley, he talks about his life and work and chooses eight records to take to the mythical island.

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

Favourite track: Mir Ist So Wunderbar by Ludwig van Beethoven
Book: The Art of Memory by Frances A Yates
Luxury: Wine

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45 minutes

Last on

Sun 26 Mar 2000 11:15
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Ludwig van Beethoven

      Mir ist so wunderbar (from Fidelio)

      Soloist: Ingeborg Hallstein, Christa Ludwig, Gottlob Frick and Gerhard Unger Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra Conductor: Otto Klemperer

      • Fidelio.
      • EMICMS.

  • Harry Mortimer and his Brass Band

    Abide With Me

    • Harry Mortimer’s World of Big Brass Band.
    • Decca.

  • William Shakespeare

    As You Like It

    Artist: Robert Stephens

    • The Princes Choice.
    • Hodder Headline.

  • Bob Dylan

    Like a Rolling Stone

    • Bob Dylan’s Greatest Hits.
    • Columbia.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Dove sono (from The Marriage of Figaro)

    Solost: Felicity Lott Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra

    • Le Nozze Di Figaro.
    • EMI Classics.

  • She Moved Through the Fair

  • Henry Purcell

    The Fairy Queen

    Orchestra: Les Arts Florissants Conductor: William Christie

    • Fairy Queen.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

  • Royal Shakespeare Company

    Long Live the Mountains

    • The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.
    • RSC.

  • Book Choice

    • The Art of Memory - Frances A Yates

  • Luxury Choice

    • Wine

Credits

Presenter Sue Lawley
Interviewed Guest Adrian Noble

Broadcast

  • Sun 26 Mar 2000 11:15
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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