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267 - Shakespeare on Air I: Early British Radio and Radio Audiences

from Part XXVIII - Shakespeare and Media History

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 August 2019

By
Eve-Marie Oesterlen
Edited by
Bruce R. Smith
Edited in association with
Katherine Rowe
With
Ton Hoenselaars ,
Akiko Kusunoki ,
Andrew Murphy  and
Aimara da Cunha Resende
Bruce R. Smith
Affiliation:
University of Southern California
Katherine Rowe
Affiliation:
Smith College, Massachusetts
Ton Hoenselaars
Affiliation:
Universiteit Utrecht, The Netherlands
Akiko Kusunoki
Affiliation:
Tokyo Woman’s Christian University, Japan
Andrew Murphy
Affiliation:
Trinity College Dublin
Aimara da Cunha Resende
Affiliation:
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil
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BBCBBC Radiobroadcast dramaGielgud, ValHenry IV, Part 1Henry IV, Part 2Julius Caesarradioradio receptionradio historyTwelfth Night
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The Cambridge Guide to the Worlds of Shakespeare , pp. 1918 - 1922
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2016

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“Broadcast Drama.” Rev. of “The Tragedy of Othello, The Moor of Venice.” Adapt. Creswell, Peter. BBC National Programme, 6 October 1933. The Times [London] 9 October 1933: 12.Google Scholar
Church, R. “Shakespeare Still Unbeaten – As the World’s Greatest Radio-Dramatist.” Radio Times 20 September 1929: 592.Google Scholar
Farjeon, Herbert. “Othello Was a Black Man.” Rev. of “The Tragedy of Othello, The Moor of Venice.” Adapt. Peter Creswell. BBC National Programme, 6 October 1933. Radio Times 6 October 1933: 9.Google Scholar
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Further reading

Davies, Anthony. “Shakespeare and the Media of Film, Radio and Television: A Retrospect.” Shakespeare Survey 39 (1987): 1–12. DOI: 10.1017/CCOL0521327571.001.Google Scholar
Evans, Stuart. “Shakespeare on Radio.” Shakespeare Survey 39 (1987): 113–22. DOI: 10.1017/CCOL0521327571.009.Google Scholar
Greenhalgh, Susanne. “Shakespeare Overheard: Performances, Adaptations, and Citations on Radio.” The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare and Popular Culture. Ed. Shaughnessy, Robert. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007. 175–98. DOI: 10.1017/CCOL9780521844291.010.Google Scholar
Jensen, Michael P. “Lend Me Your Ears: Sampling BBC Radio Shakespeare.” Shakespeare Survey 61 (2008): 170–80. DOI: 10.1017/CCOL9780521898881.013.Google Scholar

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