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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.

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List of Illustrations Preface Acknowledgments A Chronology of Bernard Shaw and the BBC Abbreviations In the Beginning, 1923–1928 Saint Joan, 1929 ‘Saying Nice Things Is Not My Business’: Shaw Talks, 1929–1937 4 ‘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 Appendix 1 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 Notes

Bernard Shaw and the BBC

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      Publisher University of Toronto Press
      Published 28 February 2009
      ISBN-13 9780802089205
      978-0802089205
      ISBN-10 0802089208
      Also in:
      Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      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.

      Table of Contents
      List of Illustrations Preface Acknowledgments A Chronology of Bernard Shaw and the BBC Abbreviations In the Beginning, 1923–1928 Saint Joan, 1929 ‘Saying Nice Things Is Not My Business’: Shaw Talks, 1929–1937 4 ‘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 Appendix 1 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 Notes

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