Bernard Shaw and the BBC / / L.W. Conolly.

George Bernard Shaw's frequently stormy but always creative relationship with the British Broadcasting Corporation was in large part responsible for making him a household name on both sides of the Atlantic. From the founding of the BBC in 1922 to his death in 1950, Shaw supported the BBC by pa...

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Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016]
©2009
Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • A Chronology of Bernard Shaw and the BBC
  • Abbreviations
  • 1. In the Beginning, 1923-1928
  • 2. Saint Joan, 1929
  • 3. 'Saying Nice Things Is Not My Business': Shaw Talks, 1929-1937
  • 4. 'Radiogenic Shaw': Broadcast Plays, 1929-1939
  • 5. 'GBS Has Been Very Kindly Disposed': Pre-War Television
  • 6. 'I Won't Have That Man on the Air': The War Years
  • 7. Television Returns, 1946-1950
  • 8. Radio Finale, 1945-1950
  • 9. Epilogue
  • Appendix 1. Shaw's Broadcast Plays and Talks, 1923-1950
  • Appendix 2. Texts of Selected Shaw Broadcasts
  • Appendix 3. German Wartime Propaganda Broadcasts about Shaw, 1940
  • Appendix 4. BBC Obituaries of Shaw
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index