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Shakespeare on the Radio: A Century of BBC Plays
 
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ISBN13:9781399547260
ISBN10:1399547267
Binding:Hardback
No. of pages: pages
Size:234x156 mm
Language:English
Illustrations: 2 b&w illustrations
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Shakespeare on the Radio

A Century of BBC Plays
 
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
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Number of Volumes: Print PDF
 
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Short description:

Brings together Shakespearean performance, audio drama studies and media history to offer the first detailed examination of Shakespeare productions on British radio.

Long description:
Taking you inside Shakespeare’s plays on the radio – how they sound and how they change and evolve – Andrea Smith provides an innovative history of Shakespearean performance. Based on meticulous new research using documentary evidence and archive audio recordings, Smith explores what it means to present Shakespeare as audio and how this can help us to gain a greater understanding of the plays themselves and the art of performing them. The BBC’s remit to ‘inform, educate and entertain’ has led to assumptions that these plays were presented as scholarly works rather than showbiz. Wrong! They feature all the careful crafting of any other production of Shakespeare’s work. This book puts these audio productions on a par with other forms of Shakespearean performance and offers detailed case studies to further the readers’ understanding of Shakespeare’s texts on air.
Table of Contents:

List of Figures
Acknowledgements
Glossary of Broadcasting Terms

Introduction: What is Radio Shakespeare and How Does It Work?
1. First Steps and Early Success: 1923-45
2. Post-war Boom: 1946-66
3. Radio Reorganised and Reimagined: 1967-87
4. Man of the Millennium: 1988-2001
5. Digital Developments and Diversity: 2002-23
Conclusion: Radio Shakespeare is Truly Immersive

Selected Bibliography
Index

Appendix (online)