BRITISH RADIO DRAMA AND THE AVANT-GARDE IN THE 1950S.
The BBC in the 1950s was a conservative and cautious institution. British theatre was at the same time largely commercial and offered a glamourous distraction from wider social and political realities. During the decade, however, new avant-garde approaches to drama emerged, both on the stage and on...
| Publicado en: | Historical Journal of Film, Radio & Television Vol. 37; no. 4; pp. 649 - 665 |
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