S&d: Radio Plays, Radio Drama

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I'll start with the most famous classic one: War of the Worlds
https://archive.org/details/OrsonWellesMrBruns

But I'm particularly searching for somethings more experimental and is less heavy on dialog and more about atmosphere and use of sound-scape, sonic-texture, and field-recording.

mintap, Monday, 27 April 2015 22:49 (eight years ago) link

Has anyone listened to anything from the ZBS Foundation?
http://www.zbs.org/index_new.php/home

Moon Over Morocco seems intriguing.

BBC has a bunch.

mintap, Monday, 27 April 2015 22:54 (eight years ago) link

three years pass...

This is something that's hard to get find info on.
Apart from Beckett what modernist playwrights were writing for the radio? There's a bunch of Steins plays recorded for radio on a site called Radio free stein. But beyond this I'm a bit clueless. I kind of have an idea that the BBC features dept was v interesting in the post war years.

Recommendations greatly appreciated, or, failing that, some sort of resource like a blog where this is covered.

plax (ico), Wednesday, 30 May 2018 19:23 (five years ago) link

Tom Stoppard had some.

Not sure where to listen to them online if anywhere but here is an amazon link to a recording of four of them:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Tom-Stoppard-Radio-Plays/dp/071235123X

I'm Finn thanks, don't mention it (fionnland), Wednesday, 30 May 2018 20:16 (five years ago) link

Alan Bennett did a quite a few. Amazon has a set of 12.

everything, Wednesday, 30 May 2018 20:34 (five years ago) link

You might find some leads here: http://www.harryheuser.com/Wireless_Library.html

Brad C., Wednesday, 30 May 2018 21:25 (five years ago) link

Joe Frank thread to thread! S/D: Joe Frank

Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 30 May 2018 22:17 (five years ago) link

hard to hear them because of rights issues. writers and actors each have their own set of agreements. not modern but bbc is currently putting up new adaptations of shakespeare. they've done measure for measure and the merchant of Venice.

illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 30 May 2018 22:50 (five years ago) link

three years pass...

this is excellent

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0017k7f

Tracer Hand, Sunday, 29 May 2022 11:08 (one year ago) link

i mean.. it’s very silly but i liked it a lot

Tracer Hand, Sunday, 29 May 2022 11:17 (one year ago) link


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