Tuning in…
Tuning in…
Castaway
1 appearance
South African actress
On the island
Eight records
Porgi, amor, qualche ristoroFavourite
That lonely Countess I saw myself rather leaning against the palm tree, singing to the sea.
Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35 (Cadenza)
I think to hear this man, out of whom talent simply springs like a fountain. It's unstoppable.
Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major, K. 488: II. Adagio
Because it's the best music ever written.
Bessie Smith & Louis Armstrong
Oh the great Blues singer Bessie Smith. Playing with Louis Armstrong, it's just marvellous...
Cello Suite No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008
I think somebody playing a solo instrument with this kind of concentration and passion, and especially on the cello. I could listen to for a very long time under my palm tree.
Piano Trio No. 5 in D major, Op. 70, No. 1, 'Ghost'
Daniel Barenboim, Jacqueline du Pré & Pinchas Zukerman
I love the idea of people who have this sensibility and this talent playing together like angels.
It is actually a the African national anthem and it's turned into something very mightily redolent of a freedom song. But I find it strikes chords in my heart. but the sheer sound of a mass of black voices singing in harmony.
Verranno a te sull'aure (from Lucia di Lammermoor)
A bit of romance on my island. It's uh Joan Sutherland. Singing near madness and declaring that she will... be his till the end of time.
In conversation
Presenter asks
2:46What did you read [at university]?
I read English and French.
Presenter asks
3:54When you graduated, what had you in mind?
This really acting in mind. And as soon as I finished I remember putting down my pin and I found a trip, a university student's trip... and came over that way.
Presenter asks
4:44When you left [drama school] what was the first thing that happened?
One of the first things I do remember was that the phone rang and A very nice man from the Royal Shakespeare Company offered me a part. in Troilus and Cressida...
Presenter asks
19:56To what extent do you plan your career?
Not at all, actually. I Wait for the Thing that interests me to come up, and when it does, I sort of dive at it.
The keepsakes
The book
Not recorded.
The luxury
An enormous basket of cosmetics including suntan oil, bug repellent, shampoo, and face cream
Well then, to go with the hammock I think I'd have an enormous basket of cosmetics. That would include [suntan] oil and bug repellent. And shampoo. And face cream.
Presenter asks
22:51How much do you think your South African childhood would help you [on the island]?
I think when you're born in Africa you get a feeling Of love, actually, there's no other word for it passion, even, maybe. for a large landscape... I'm deeply in love with the landscape of Africa, I must say. So That um space would not worry me.
“I was infected at university. Really? Round about my second year. For no known reason I suddenly got deeply interested in not going to lectures and much more interested in doing the plays one was doing, you know, with the Drama Society.”
“From a supporting part, however major it is, to a leading part is something. you can't really talk about until you've experienced and it was Quite dramatic, really.”
“I think when you're born in Africa you get a feeling Of love, actually, there's no other word for it passion, even, maybe. for a large landscape.”