Eileen Atkins

Published: Nov. 29, 1998, 11:15 a.m.

b"

Sue Lawley's castaway this morning is the actress Eileen Atkins. From dancing in working men's clubs as a child to portraying Virginia Woolf on Broadway and the snobbish Celia for Alan Bennett's Talking Heads monologue, she traces her life as performer and writer.

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

Favourite track: Get off of My Cloud by The Rolling Stones\\nBook: Moments of Being by Virginia Woolf\\nLuxury: An Atkinson Grimshaw painting

"