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Tom Stoppard

Roy Plomley's castaway is playwright Tom Stoppard.

Tom Stoppard, the playwright, began his career as a journalist on a local newspaper in Bristol. In conversation with Roy Plomley, he talks about his writing, which has been mainly for the theatre and has included several free translations of plays including Rough Crossing; now in the repertoire of the National Theatre.

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

Favourite track: Careless Love by Bessie Smith
Book: Inferno in two languages by Dante Alighieri
Luxury: Plastic football

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40 minutes

Last on

Fri 18 Jan 1985 09:05
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Bessie Smith

      Careless Love

      Artist: Louis Armstrong

      • Nobody's Blues But Mine.

  • The Avon Cities Jazz Band

    Jump For Joy

  • The Beatles

    Love Me Do

    • 20 Greatest Hits.

  • Leonard Bernstein

    America (from West Side Story)

    Artist: Chita Rivera & Marilyn Cooper

    • West Side Story.

  • William Bolcom

    Graceful Ghost

    • Heliotrope Bocquet.

  • AndrΓ© Previn

    Every Good Boy Deserves Favour

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Andre Previn

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Fantasia On A Theme By Thomas Tallis

    Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields Conductor: Sir Neville Marriner

  • Keith Jarrett

    The Köln Concert

  • Book Choice

    • Inferno in two languages - Dante Alighieri

  • Luxury Choice

    • Plastic football

Credits

Presenter Roy Plomley
Interviewed Guest Tom Stoppard

Broadcasts

  • Sat 12 Jan 1985 18:25
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
  • Fri 18 Jan 1985 09:05
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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