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Zoe Wanamaker

Sue Lawley's castaway is actress Zoe Wanamaker.

The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the actress Zoe Wanamaker. She'll be talking to Sue Lawley about the roles she has taken on in theatre and television - in Love Hurts, Prime Suspect and, more recently, in the West End hit Dead Funny. She'll also be describing how she has tried to cope with the death of her father - the distinguished actor Sam Wanamaker - at the end of last year.

[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]

Favourite track: Requiem Offertorio by Giuseppe Verdi
Book: Greek Myths by Robert Graves
Luxury: Samson tobacco and liquorice Rizla papers

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40 minutes

Last on

Fri 31 Mar 1995 09:05

Music Played

  • The Rolling Stones

    Sympathy For The Devil

    • Flashpoint.
    • Rolling Stones.
  • Castaway's Favourite

    • Giuseppe Verdi

      Offertorio (from Requiem Mass)

      Soloist: Jussi Bj枚rling / Rosalind Elias / Giorgio Tozzi / Leontyne Price Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonica Conductor: Fritz Reiner

      • Verdi - Requiem - Price, Elias, Bjorling, Tozzi.
      • Decca.
  • Miles Davis

    Freddie Freeloader

    • Kind Of Blue - Miles Davis.
    • CBS.
  • Franz Schubert

    String Quintet in C major - 2nd movement

    Orchestra: The Alban Berg Quartet Soloist: Heinrich Schiff

    • Schubert - String Quintet: Alban Berg Quartet.
    • EMI.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Partita for Keyboard No. 1 in B flat major

    Soloist: Glenn Gould

    • Bach Partitas/Glenn Gould.
    • CBS.
  • Bette Midler

    I Never Talk To Strangers

    Artist: Tom Waits

    • Foreign Affairs.
    • Asylum.
  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony No. 9 in D major - 4th movement

    Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic Conductor: Herbert von Karajan

    • Mahler - Symphony No. 9.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Ella Fitzgerald

    Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye

    • Memories Are Made Of This - Various Artists.
    • Dino Entertainment.
  • Book Choice

    • Greek Myths - Robert Graves

  • Luxury Choice

    • Samson tobacco and liquorice Rizla papers

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Sue Lawley
Interviewed Guest Zoe Wanamaker

Broadcasts

  • Sun 12 Jun 1994 12:15
  • Fri 17 Jun 1994 09:05
  • Fri 31 Mar 1995 09:05

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