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Stephen Sondheim in His Own Words

By: Stephen Sondheim
Narrated by: Stephen Sondheim
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Summary

Stephen Sondheim was a multi award-winning American composer, whose works garnered over 60 Tony Awards, as well as an Oscar for Best Song and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Here he discusses his life and achievements in a series of interviews from the BBC radio and TV archive: PM, BBC Radio, 21st July 1973 (featuring Pete Myers), The Lively Arts, BBC Television, 2nd January 1977 (featuring André Previn), The Levin Interviews, BBC Television, 24th May 1980 (featuring Bernard Levin), Desert Island Discs, BBC Radio, 16th August 1980 (featuring Roy Plomley), Face to Face, BBC Television, 9th January 1995 (featuring Jeremy Isaacs) and Front Row, BBC Radio, 19th October 2010 (featuring Mark Lawson).

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