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This Week's Guest:
Yvonne Brewster
Sunday 27 March
Repeated
Friday 1 April |
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Yvonne's Choice |
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Sue Lawley's castaway this week is the theatre director Yvonne Brewster.
She has been a major force in black British theatre for the last twenty years. Born into a wealthy family in Jamaica, Yvonne rebelled against her parents’ plans for her – marriage and children – to become a theatrical pioneer. She says she was the first black drama student in Britain - but when she enrolled, her drama school’s principal told her that, as a black actress, she would never get work here -- she went on to become the first black woman to direct at the National Theatre.
Throughout her career Yvonne has been an outspoken proponent of black theatre. In 1986 she founded the theatre company Talawa, whose name in Jamaican dialect means tough or feisty. Talawa gained attention - and audiences - by putting on productions such as an all-black Importance of Being Earnest. |
1. Lullaby of Broadway
Performer Ella Fitzgerald
Composer Warren/Dubin
Publisher Polydor
CD Title Ella
Track Side 2 trk 6
Label Verve
Rec No: 2352 170
2. No.3 In F Minor Moments Musicaux OP. 94 D.780
Performer Alfred Brendel (Piano)
Composer Schubert
Publisher Dureco
CD Title Alfred Brendel Plays Schubert
Track 7
Label Turnabout
Rec No: 1158402
3. To Be Young,Gifted and Black
Performer Nina Simone
Composer Simone/Irving
Publisher RCA
CD Title Nina Simone:To be young, gifted and black
Track 1
Label RCA
Rec No: 1903
4. Stranger on the Shore
Performer Acker Bilk
Composer Bilk/Mellin
Publisher Polygram INT
CD Title Images
Track 14
Label Knight Records
Rec No: KNCD 16002
5. Che Faro senza Euridice
Performer Kathleen Ferrier (Cont) Southern Philharmonic Orchestra
Composer Gluck
Publisher
CD Title Kathleen Ferrier :Gluck: Orfeo and Euridice
Track 17
Label Decca
Rec No: 433 468-2
6. Many Rivers to Cross
Performer Jimmy Cliff
Composer J. Cliff
Publisher Island Records
CD Title The Best of Jimmy Cliff
Track 15
Label Mango
Rec No: CIDD 6
7. The Entertainer- original piano roll version
Performer Scott Joplin
Composer Scott Joplin
Publisher Biograph Records
CD Title Scott Joplin:The Entertainer
Track 4
Label Biograph
Rec No:BCD101
8. No Woman No Cry
Performer Bob Marley
Composer Bob Marley
Publisher Island Records
CD Title Legend
Track 2
Label Tuff Gong
Rec No: 548 904-2
Record:Jimmy Cliff - Many Rivers to Cross
Book: Primer to Learn Italian + Tape
Luxury: Olive Oil .
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