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Donald Sinden

Roy Plomley's castaway is actor Donald Sinden.

Book: The collected works by William Shakespeare
Luxury: Lucky charm

30 minutes

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Mon 12 Mar 1956 13:10
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Service

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Music Played

  • Joseph Haydn

    Trumpet Concerto in E flat major

    Artist: Georges Eskadale

  • Marlene Dietrich

    La Vie En Rose

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565

    Conductor: Leopold Stokowski. Performer: The Philadelphia Orchestra.

    Soloist: Albert Schweitzer

  • William Shakespeare

    How All Occasions Do Inform Against Me (from Hamlet)

    Artist: John Gielgud

  • Unknown - One and Two (Sung By An Egyption Film Star)

  • Bing Crosby - I'll See You In My Dreams

  • Benjamin Britten

    Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo

    Soloist: Peter Pears, Benjamin Britten

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No. 7 In A Major

    Orchestra: New York Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Arturo Toscanini

  • Book Choice

    • The collected works - William Shakespeare

  • Luxury Choice

    • Lucky charm

Credits

Presenter Roy Plomley
Interviewed Guest Donald Sinden

Broadcast

  • Mon 12 Mar 1956 13:10
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Service

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