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Noel Coward

Roy Plomley's castaway is writer and actor Noel Coward.

Favourite track: The Hole in the Ground by Bernard Cribbins
Book: The Human Situation by W. Macneile Dixon
Luxury: Painting materials

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9 minutes

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Mon 28 Jan 1963 13:40
成人快手 Service

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Music Played

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor

  • Frank Sinatra

    All the Way

  • Noel Coward & Gertrude Lawrence

    Private Lives (Love Scene)

  • Vincenzo Bellini

    Casta diva (from Norma)

  • William Shakespeare

    Shall I Compare Thee to a Summers Day? (Sonnet 18)

  • Peter Sellers & Irene Handl

    The Critics

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Bernard Cribbins

      The Hole in the Ground

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Dies irae (from Requiem Mass)

  • Book Choice

    • The Human Situation - W Macneile Dixon

  • Luxury Choice

    • Painting materials

Credits

Presenter Roy Plomley
Interviewed Guest No毛l Coward

Broadcast

  • Mon 28 Jan 1963 13:40
    成人快手 Service

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