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Vincent Price

Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Vincent Price.

Favourite track: America the Beautiful by Vincent Price
Book: Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman
Luxury: Double bed

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4 minutes

Last on

Mon 14 Jul 1969 12:25
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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Music Played

  • Claude Debussy

    L'isle Joyeuse

    Soloist: Walter Gieseking

  • Robert Schumann

    Frauenliebe und -leben

    Soloist: Kathleen Ferrier, John Newmark

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Zärtliche Liebe (Tender Love)(Ich liebe dich)

    Soloist: Kirsten Flagstad, Edwin Macarthur

  • Franklin D. Roosevelt

    Human Rights (Speech)

  • William Shakespeare

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

    Artist: John Gielgud

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Vincent Price

      America the Beautiful

  • Nat King Cole

    Nature Boy

  • T. S. Eliot

    The Cocktail Party

    Artist: Alec Guinness

  • Book Choice

    • Leaves of Grass - Walt Whitman

  • Luxury Choice

    • Double bed

Credits

Presenter Roy Plomley
Interviewed Guest Vincent Price

Broadcast

  • Mon 14 Jul 1969 12:25
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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