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L. W. Conolly - Bernard Shaw and the BBC - 9780802089205 - V9780802089205
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Bernard Shaw and the BBC

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Description for Bernard Shaw and the BBC Hardcover. Drawing on extensive archival materials held in England, the United States, and Canada, Bernard Shaw and the BBC presents a vivid portrait of many contentious issues negotiated between Shaw and the public broadcaster. Num Pages: 256 pages, 12 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 161 x 28. Weight in Grams: 636.

George Bernard Shaw's frequently stormy but always creative relationship with the British Broadcasting Corporation was in large part responsible for making him a household name on both sides of the Atlantic. From the founding of the BBC in 1922 to his death in 1950, Shaw supported the BBC by participating in debates, giving talks, permitting radio and television broadcasts of many of his plays - even advising on pronunciation questions. Here, for the first time, Leonard Conolly illuminates the often grudging, though usually mutually beneficial, relationship between two of the twentieth century's cultural giants.

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Rich in detail and brimming with Shaw's irrepressible wit, this book also provides links to online appendices of Shaw's broadcasts for the BBC, texts of Shaw's major BBC talks, extracts from German wartime propaganda broadcasts about Shaw, and the BBC's obituaries for Shaw.

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Toronto, Canada
ISBN
9780802089205
SKU
V9780802089205
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Ref
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About L. W. Conolly
Leonard Conolly is a professor in the Department of English at Trent University and is general editor of the Selected Correspondence of Bernard Shaw.

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