P L Travers
Roy Plomley's castaway is creator of Mary Poppins P L Travers.
Favourite track: Fear No More The Heat O' The Sun (from Cymbeline) by William Shakespeare
Book: Thick blank book and a pen
Luxury: Little marble Buddha
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Music Played
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William Blake
The Little Black Boy
Artist: Ralph Richardson
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AE (George W Russell)
The Outcast
Artist: John Hewitt
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William Butler Yeats
The Lake Isle Of Innisfree
Artist: W. B. Yeats
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Gerard Manley Hopkins
God's Grandeur
Artist: Cyril Cusack
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Robert Louis Stevenson
The Cow
Artist: Mary O'Farrell
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Robert Frost
Choose Something Like A Star
Artist: Robert Frost
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T. S. Eliot
Little Gidding
Artist: Alec Guinness
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Castaway's Favourite
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William Shakespeare
Fear No More The Heat O' The Sun (from Cymbeline)
Artist: John Stride, Alan Bates
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Book Choice
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Thick blank book and a pen
Luxury Choice
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Little marble Buddha
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Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Presenter | Roy Plomley |
Interviewed Guest | P.L. Travers |
Broadcasts
- Sat 21 May 1977 19:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
- Mon 23 May 1977 12:25Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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