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Gladys Young

Roy Plomley's castaway is actress Gladys Young.

Favourite track: Morning (from Peer Gynt Suite No 1) by Edvard Grieg
Book: London Belongs to Me by Norman Collins
Luxury: Pairs of spectacles

30 minutes

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Mon 12 Sep 1960 13:10
成人快手 Service

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Music Played

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Edvard Grieg

      Morning (from Peer Gynt Suite No. 1)

      Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Thomas Beecham

  • William Shakespeare

    Now is the winter of our discontent (from Richard III)

    Artist: Laurence Olivier

  • Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Swan Lake - Dance of the Little Swans

    Orchestra: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande Conductor: Ernest Ansermet

  • Winston Churchill

    This was their Finest Hour (speech, 18 June 1940)

  • Gervase Elwes

    Sigh No More Ladies

  • William Shakespeare

    Closet Scene (from Hamlet)

    Artist: John Gielgud, Coral Browne

  • Stanley Holloway

    The Lion and Albert

  • Robert Schumann

    Tr盲umerei (from Scenes from Childhood)

    Soloist: Clifford Curzon

  • Book Choice

    • London Belongs to Me - Norman Collins

  • Luxury Choice

    • Pairs of spectacles

Credits

Presenter Roy Plomley
Interviewed Guest Gladys Young

Broadcast

  • Mon 12 Sep 1960 13:10
    成人快手 Service

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