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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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Amsterdam University Press Complete eBook-Package 2018 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leeds : : ARC Humanities Press, , [2018] ©2018 |
| Year of Publication: | 2018 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Recreational Shakespeare
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (101 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- 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