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R F Delderfield

Roy Plomley's castaway is playwright and novelist R F Delderfield.

Favourite track: Tales from the Vienna Woods by Johann Strauss II
Book: The French Revolution by Thomas Carlyle
Luxury: Typewriter and paper

30 minutes

Last on

Mon 3 Sep 1962 13:10
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Music Played

  • The Cyril Stapleton Orchestra

    Missouri Waltz

  • Sinfonia of London

    Tara's Theme (from Gone With The Wind)

  • Marek Weber und sein Orchester

    The Student Prince

  • Musique de la Garde Republicaine

    La Marseillaise

  • Robert Schumann

    The Merry Peasant (from Album for the Young)

    Soloist: Maureen Tomlin

  • Harrow School Boys

    Forty Years On

  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Tales from the Vienna Woods

      Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Herbert von Karajan

  • Richard Wagner

    Ride of the Valkyries (Die Walk眉re)

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: Wilhelm Furtw盲ngler

  • Book Choice

    • The French Revolution - Thomas Carlyle

  • Luxury Choice

    • Typewriter and paper

Credits

Presenter Roy Plomley
Interviewed Guest R F Delderfield

Broadcast

  • Mon 3 Sep 1962 13:10
    Home Service

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