TY  - BOOK
AU  - Jensen,Michael P.
TI  - The Battle of the Bard: Shakespeare on US Radio in 1937 
T2  - Recreational Shakespeare
SN  - 9781641890779
U1  - 822.33 
PY  - 2018///]
CY  - Leeds : 
PB  - ARC Humanities Press, 
KW  - Radio plays
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - United States
KW  - LITERARY CRITICISM / Shakespeare
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Adaptation
KW  - CBS
KW  - Columbia Shakespeare Cycle
KW  - Edward G. Robinson
KW  - Humphrey Bogart
KW  - John Barrymore
KW  - NBC
KW  - Old Time Radio
KW  - Orson Welles
KW  - Radio Shakespeare
KW  - Radio Summer Series
N1  - 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; Issued also in print
N2  - 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
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1515/9781641890786?locatt=mode:legacy
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781641890786
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781641890786/original
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