Athene Seyler - a podcast by BBC Radio 4

Sue Lawley's castaway in this week's Desert Island Discs is the actress Athene Seyler. She first appeared on the stage 80 years ago as Rosalind in As You Like It - a part she can still recite - and now, at 99, she looks back with pleasure on her many happy years as one of Britain's finest comic actresses.

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

Favourite track: Du Bist Wie Eine Blume by Robert Schumann
Book: The Disinherited by Gareth Jones
Luxury: Case of champagne

Further episodes of Desert Island Discs: Archive 1986-1991

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