97. Castaway

1. Arden, Enoch shipwrecked sailor; lost for eleven years. [Br. Lit.: “Enoch Arden” in Benét, 316]
2. Bligh, Captain commander of H.M.S. Bounty who was cast adrift by mutinous crew. [Am. Lit.: Mutiny on the Bounty ]
3. Byam, Roger crew member of the Bounty cast onto South Sea island. [Am. Lit.: Mutiny on the Bounty ]
4. Crichton resourceful butler who leads master and his family through difficulties on deserted island. [Br. Lit.: Admirable Crichton ]
5. Crusoe, Robinson shipwreck victim who lives on desert island with savage he names Friday. [Br. Lit.: Robinson Crusoe ]
6. Gilligan’s Island comedy about a party shipwrecked on a South Pacific island. [TV: Terrace, I, 312–313]
7. Gunn, Ben marooned pirate, helps secure treasure hidden on island. [Br. Lit.: Treasure Island ]
8. Lost in Space family is shipwrecked in space. [TV: Terrace, II, 38–39]
9. Selkirk, Alexander real-life prototype of Robinson Crusoe. [Br. Hist.: EB, IX: 45]
10. Smith, Cyrus knowledgeable engineer makes life bearable for castaway party on deserted island. [Fr. Lit.: Mysterious Island ]
11. Swiss Family Robinson family shipwrecked on a deserted island. [Br. Lit.: Swiss Family Robinson ]

cast·a·way / ˈkastəˌwā/ • n. a person who has been shipwrecked and stranded in an isolated place. ∎  an outcast.

Castaway ★★½ 1987 (R)

Based on the factual account by Lucy Irvine. The story of Michael Wilmington, who placed an ad for a young woman to spend a year on a Pacific atoll with him, and the battle of the sexes that followed. 118m/C VHS . GB Oliver Reed, Amanda Donohoe, Tony Rickards, Georgina Hale, Frances Barber, Todd Rippon; D: Nicolas Roeg; W: Allan Scott; C: Harvey Harrison; M: Stanley Myers.

castaway rejected, reprobate; and as sb. XVI. f. pp. of CAST + AWAY.