The Battle of the Bard : : Shakespeare on US Radio in 1937 / / Michael P. Jensen.
Difficult as it is to imagine today, in 1937 America's two leading media companies fought over the right to perform Shakespeare for an American radio audience in an attempt to bring prestige to their networks. The resulting fourteen broadcasts are among the more remarkable recreations of Shakes...
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Jensen, Michael P., author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut The Battle of the Bard : Shakespeare on US Radio in 1937 / Michael P. Jensen. Leeds : ARC Humanities Press, [2018] ©2018 1 online resource (101 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Recreational Shakespeare Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- GENERAL EDITORS' PREFACE -- PREFACE -- A NOTE ON THE TEXT? -- INTRODUCTION: WHAT WAS RADIO? -- Chapter 1. PRELIMINARY BOUTS: SHAKESPEARE ON AMERICAN RADIO BEFORE THE BATTLE -- Chapter 2. IN THIS CORNER: STREAMLINED SHAKESPEARE -- Chapter 3. AND IN THAT CORNER: THE COLUMBIA SHAKESPEARE CYCLE -- Chapter 4. AND THE WINNER IS? AFTERMATH, AFTERLIVES, AFTER SHOWS, AND ALTERNATIVE SHOWS -- AFTERWORD: A BRIEF MURKY CONSIDERATION OF RECREATIONAL SHAKESPEARE AS A CONCEPT IN LIGHT OF THE BATTLE, WITH SOME PERSONAL REFLECTIONS -- SELECTED INDEX restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star Difficult as it is to imagine today, in 1937 America's two leading media companies fought over the right to perform Shakespeare for an American radio audience in an attempt to bring prestige to their networks. The resulting fourteen broadcasts are among the more remarkable recreations of Shakespeare of their time. This lively and engaging book shows the cultural dominance of radio in the 1930s, and tells the story of why the networks each wanted to lord Shakespeare's prestige over the other, how they put their series together, the critical reception, and the cultural impact and legacies of the broadcasts. Difficult as it is to imagine today, in 1937 America's two leading media companies fought over which had the better claim to Shakespeare. The Battle of the Bard explores this episode in US cultural history when NBC and CBS competed to perform Shakespeare for an American audience in a low-risk setting that they hoped would bring prestige to their networks. The resulting fourteen broadcasts are among the more remarkable recreations of Shakespeare of their time. This lively and engaging book shows the cultural dominance of radio at the time, and tells the story of why the networks each wanted to lord Shakespeare's prestige over the other, how they put their series together, the critical reception, and the cultural impact and legacies of the broadcasts. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mrz 2022) Radio plays Social aspects United States. LITERARY CRITICISM / Shakespeare. bisacsh Adaptation. CBS. Columbia Shakespeare Cycle. Edward G. Robinson. Humphrey Bogart. John Barrymore. NBC. Old Time Radio. Orson Welles. Radio Shakespeare. Radio Summer Series. Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Amsterdam University Press Complete eBook-Package 2018 9783110606720 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Amsterdam University Press Complete eBook-Package 2019 9783110661521 print 9781641890779 https://doi.org/10.1515/9781641890786?locatt=mode:legacy https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781641890786 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781641890786/original |
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Jensen, Michael P., Jensen, Michael P., The Battle of the Bard : Shakespeare on US Radio in 1937 / Recreational Shakespeare Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- GENERAL EDITORS' PREFACE -- PREFACE -- A NOTE ON THE TEXT? -- INTRODUCTION: WHAT WAS RADIO? -- Chapter 1. PRELIMINARY BOUTS: SHAKESPEARE ON AMERICAN RADIO BEFORE THE BATTLE -- Chapter 2. IN THIS CORNER: STREAMLINED SHAKESPEARE -- Chapter 3. AND IN THAT CORNER: THE COLUMBIA SHAKESPEARE CYCLE -- Chapter 4. AND THE WINNER IS? AFTERMATH, AFTERLIVES, AFTER SHOWS, AND ALTERNATIVE SHOWS -- AFTERWORD: A BRIEF MURKY CONSIDERATION OF RECREATIONAL SHAKESPEARE AS A CONCEPT IN LIGHT OF THE BATTLE, WITH SOME PERSONAL REFLECTIONS -- SELECTED INDEX |
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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- GENERAL EDITORS' PREFACE -- PREFACE -- A NOTE ON THE TEXT? -- INTRODUCTION: WHAT WAS RADIO? -- Chapter 1. PRELIMINARY BOUTS: SHAKESPEARE ON AMERICAN RADIO BEFORE THE BATTLE -- Chapter 2. IN THIS CORNER: STREAMLINED SHAKESPEARE -- Chapter 3. AND IN THAT CORNER: THE COLUMBIA SHAKESPEARE CYCLE -- Chapter 4. AND THE WINNER IS? AFTERMATH, AFTERLIVES, AFTER SHOWS, AND ALTERNATIVE SHOWS -- AFTERWORD: A BRIEF MURKY CONSIDERATION OF RECREATIONAL SHAKESPEARE AS A CONCEPT IN LIGHT OF THE BATTLE, WITH SOME PERSONAL REFLECTIONS -- SELECTED INDEX |
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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- GENERAL EDITORS' PREFACE -- PREFACE -- A NOTE ON THE TEXT? -- INTRODUCTION: WHAT WAS RADIO? -- Chapter 1. PRELIMINARY BOUTS: SHAKESPEARE ON AMERICAN RADIO BEFORE THE BATTLE -- Chapter 2. IN THIS CORNER: STREAMLINED SHAKESPEARE -- Chapter 3. AND IN THAT CORNER: THE COLUMBIA SHAKESPEARE CYCLE -- Chapter 4. AND THE WINNER IS? AFTERMATH, AFTERLIVES, AFTER SHOWS, AND ALTERNATIVE SHOWS -- AFTERWORD: A BRIEF MURKY CONSIDERATION OF RECREATIONAL SHAKESPEARE AS A CONCEPT IN LIGHT OF THE BATTLE, WITH SOME PERSONAL REFLECTIONS -- SELECTED INDEX |
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