British Radio Drama, 1945-63 by Chignell, Hugh

British Radio Drama, 1945-63 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781501377228)

Vendor: Hugh Chignell
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Format: Paperback
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British Radio Drama, 1945-63 by Chignell, Hugh

British Radio Drama, 1945-63

$42.95
British Radio Drama, 1945-63 by Chignell, Hugh

British Radio Drama, 1945-63

$42.95
Format: Paperback
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British Radio Drama, 1945-1963reveals the quality and range of the avant-garde radio broadcasts from the 'golden age' of British radio drama. Turning away from the cautious and conservative programming that emerged in the UK immediately after World War II, young generations of radio producers looked to French theatre, introducing writers such as Samuel Beckett and Eugene Ionesco to British radio audiences. This 'theatre of the absurd' triggered a renaissance of writing and production featuring the work of Giles Cooper, Rhys Adrian and Harold Pinter, as well as the launch of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop.

Based on primary archival research and interviews with former BBC staff, Hugh Chignell places this high-point in the BBC's history in the broader context of British post-war culture, as norms of morality and behavior were re-negotiated in the shadow of the Cold War, while at once establishing the internationalism of post-war radio and theatre.

Author: Hugh Chignell
ISBN-10: 1501377221
ISBN-13: 9781501377228
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Language: English
Published: 02/25/2021
Pages: 200
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.59lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.42d
By Hugh Chignell
By Hugh Chignell
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Hugh Chignell is Professor of Media History and Director of the Centre for Media History at Bournemouth University, UK. He is the author of Key Concepts in Radio Studies (2009) and Public Issue Radio: Talks, News and Current Affairs in the Twentieth Century (2011) and co-editor of Regional Aesthetics: Mapping UK Media Cultures (2015, with Ieuan Franklin and Kristin Skoog).

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