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Author:

Conolly, L. W. (Leonard W.)

Title:

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

Publisher:

University of Toronto Press,

Copyright Date:

c2009

Description:

xxi, 292 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Shaw, Bernard,--1856-1950.
British Broadcasting Corporation--History.
Radio broadcasting--Great Britain--History.
Radio plays, English--History and criticism.
Dramatists, Irish--20th century--Biography.
Shaw, Bernard,--1856-1950.
British Broadcasting Corporation--Histoire.
Radiodiffusion--Grande-Bretagne--Histoire.
Audiodrames anglais--Histoire et critique.
Dramaturges irlandais--20e siècle--Biographies.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [273]-276) and index.

Contents:

In the beginning, 1923-1928 -- Saint Joan, 1929 -- 'Saying nice things is not my business' : Shaw talks, 1929-1937 -- 'Radiogenic Shaw' : broadcast plays, 1929-1939 -- 'GBS has been very kindly disposed' : pre-war television -- 'I won't have that man on the air' : the war years -- Television returns, 1946-1950 -- Radio finale, 1945-1950 -- Epilogue -- Appendix1: 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.

ISBN:

0802089208 (acid-free paper)
9780802089205 (acid-free paper)

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)