Desert Island Discs: Archive 1996-2000

Eileen Atkins

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Sue Lawley's castaway this morning is the actress Eileen Atkins. From dancing in working men's clubs as a child to portraying Virginia Woolf on Broadway and the snobbish Celia for Alan Bennett's Talking Heads monologue, she traces her life as performer and writer.

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

Favourite track: Get off of My Cloud by The Rolling Stones

Book: Moments of Being by Virginia Woolf
Luxury: An Atkinson Grimshaw painting

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