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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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30 minutes

Last on

Mon 23 May 1977 12:25

Music Played

  • William Blake

    The Little Black Boy

    Artist: Ralph Richardson

  • AE (George W Russell)

    The Outcast

    Artist: John Hewitt

  • William Butler Yeats

    The Lake Isle Of Innisfree

    Artist: W. B. Yeats

  • Gerard Manley Hopkins

    God's Grandeur

    Artist: Cyril Cusack

  • Robert Louis Stevenson

    The Cow

    Artist: Mary O'Farrell

  • Robert Frost

    Choose Something Like A Star

    Artist: Robert Frost

  • T. S. Eliot

    Little Gidding

    Artist: Alec Guinness

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • William Shakespeare

      Fear No More The Heat O' The Sun (from Cymbeline)

      Artist: John Stride, Alan Bates

  • Book Choice

    • Thick blank book and a pen

  • Luxury Choice

    • Little marble Buddha

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Roy Plomley
Interviewed Guest P.L. Travers

Broadcasts

  • Sat 21 May 1977 19:00
  • Mon 23 May 1977 12:25

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