Thelma Holt
Sue Lawley's castaway is producer Thelma Holt
Desert Island Discs · BBC Radio 4
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Show Notes
Sue Lawley's castaway this week is the theatre producer Thelma Holt. Famed for introducing some of the best international productions to this country, she persuaded Dustin Hoffman to London's West End, brought Ingmar Bergman's Hamlet to the South Bank and premiered the work of the Japanese director Ninagawa in Britain.
[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]
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