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Robert Stephens

Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Robert Stephens.

Favourite track: Speak The Speech, I Pray You (from Hamlet) by William Shakespeare
Book: The collected works by Raymond Chandler
Luxury: Tobacco plant

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40 minutes

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Tue 6 Feb 1979 12:20
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Dooley Wilson

    Casablanca (Film Soundtrack)

  • Franz LehΓ΅r

    I'm off to Chez Maxim's (from The Merry Widow)

    Soloist: Jeremy Brett

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • William Shakespeare

      Speak the speech, I pray you (from Hamlet)

      Artist: Laurence Olivier

  • Patricia Quinn

    Science Fiction: Double Feature (from The Rocky Horror Show)

  • NoΓ«l Coward

    I'll See You Again

  • Laurel & Hardy & The Avalon Boys

    The Trail Of The Lonesome Pine

  • Pietro Mascagni

    Cavalleria Rusticana

    Orchestra: Rome Opera Orchestra Conductor: Silvio Varviso

  • Franz LehΓ΅r

    Girls were made to love and kiss (from Paganini)

    Soloist: Richard Tauber

  • Book Choice

    • The collected works - Raymond Chandler

  • Luxury Choice

    • Tobacco plant

Credits

Presenter Roy Plomley
Interviewed Guest Robert Stephens

Broadcasts

  • Sat 3 Feb 1979 18:15
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
  • Tue 6 Feb 1979 12:20
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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