[Commlist] New book: Shakespeare on the Radio: A Century of BBC Plays

Andrea Smith is thrilled to announce the publication of the book, 
Shakespeare on the Radio: A Century of BBC Plays, available now from 
Edinburgh University Press: 
https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-shakespeare-on-the-radio.html

The book brings together Shakespearean performance, audio drama studies 
and media history to offer the first detailed examination of Shakespeare 
productions on British radio

•	Opens up a new area of Shakespearean performance: audio production

•	Rereads these productions: rather than stuffy ‘Auntie Beeb’ 
educational plays, these are pieces of entertainment produced by 
exuberant people giving their interpretation of Shakespeare

•	Based on new research using documentary evidence and archive audio 
recordings

•	Every extant production has been listened to, providing a 
comprehensive account of the sound of these plays on BBC radio

Taking you inside Shakespeare’s plays on the radio – how they sound and 
how they change and evolve – the book provides an innovative history of 
Shakespearean performance. Based on meticulous new research using 
documentary evidence and archive audio recordings, it explores what it 
means to present Shakespeare as audio and how this can help us to gain a 
greater understanding of the plays themselves and the art of performing 
them.

An indispensable guide to the huge (and largely free) treasures of our 
greatest writer. It’s often said that radio plays have the best scenery; 
this book proves that they have the best words as well. – Samuel West, 
actor and director

Forget the old chestnut that if Shakespeare were alive now, he’d be 
writing for Hollywood: Andrea Smith makes clear that he’d be writing for 
the verbal, imaginative medium of radio. This revelatory book opens a 
fascinating new field of study. – Emma Smith, University of Oxford

To celebrate its release, EUP are offering a 30% discount* with the code 
NEW30 at checkout.
£14.99 / $19.95


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