The Radio Drama Handbook: Audio Drama in Context and Practice
New York: Continuum (2011), viii, 227 pp.
Contains bibliogr. pp. 211-217, index
ISBN 978-1-4411-8742-0 (ebook); 978-1-4411-4743-1 (print)
Signature commbox: 30-Entertainment-E 2011
I. A CONTEXTUAL GUIDE TO RADIO DRAMA
1 History of radio drama, 3
Case study: Mercury Theatre on the air's "War of the worlds" (1938), 22
2 Theories of radio drama, 33
Case study: The Revenge (1978) and A Pot Calling the Kettle Black (2010), 58
3 Radio drama in the contemporary world, 69
Case study: We're Alive: A Story of Survival (2009 onwards), 88
II. A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO RADIO DRAMA
4 Writing, 103
5 Production, 129
6 Performing, 165
Case study: The Terrifying Tale of Sweeney Todd! 189
Appendix: writing effective radio ad copy: six steps to successful radio commercials / Rik Ferrell, 207
1 History of radio drama, 3
Case study: Mercury Theatre on the air's "War of the worlds" (1938), 22
2 Theories of radio drama, 33
Case study: The Revenge (1978) and A Pot Calling the Kettle Black (2010), 58
3 Radio drama in the contemporary world, 69
Case study: We're Alive: A Story of Survival (2009 onwards), 88
II. A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO RADIO DRAMA
4 Writing, 103
5 Production, 129
6 Performing, 165
Case study: The Terrifying Tale of Sweeney Todd! 189
Appendix: writing effective radio ad copy: six steps to successful radio commercials / Rik Ferrell, 207
