The castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is theatre and television director Ronald Eyre. A man of great versatility, he'll be talking to Sue Lawley about his many outstanding operatic and theatrical productions, as well as his school-teaching days, and his childhood in the Yorkshire mining village of Mapplewell.
[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]
Favourite track: The Magic Flute - The Trio Soll Ich, Teurer by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Book: A talking book by Judi Dench
Luxury: Supply of flower bulbs
Published on Sunday, 24th February 1991.
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