Research Catalog

Title

Play for today : the evolution of television drama / Irene Shubik.

Author

Shubik, Irene.

Publication

Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2000.

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Details

Description

xvi, 267 pages : illustrations, portraits; 23 cm

Summary

Writing from first-hand experience, the author describes the role of the producer in the making of an original television play, from the initial discussions with writers to the transmission. Irene Shubik worked on "Play for Today" for the BBC and was also a drama producer for ITV.

Subjects

• Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Großbritannien
• Television plays > History and criticism
• Televisiespelen
• Geschichte
• Fernsehspiel
• Television plays, English > History and criticism

Genre/Form

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Note

• Previous ed.: London : Davis-Poynter Ltd., 1975.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

1. Scripts, authors and script editing -- background -- 2. Background of drama at the BBC -- 3. Preparing for Channel 2: learning to be a producer -- 4. How to become a producer by default -- 5. The birth of 'Wednesday Play' -- 6. Producing 'Wednesday Play' and 'Play for Today' -- 7. The documentary approach -- 8. Observers and creators: democracy versus autocracy? -- 9. The autocrats -- 10. The 'blockbuster': Edna, the Inebriate Woman -- 11. The world of the novelist: William Trevor, the 'gentle gerontocrat' -- 12. Making up a season: variety and budget -- 13. Experiments in form: the innovators -- 14. Is there anybody out there watching? Audience and archives -- Appendix. Edna -- 15. The history of Rumpole of the Bailey -- 16. Rumpole at Thames: setting up the series -- 17. 'A verbal agreement is not worth the paper it is written on' -- Sam Goldwyn (attributed) -- 18. The Jewel in the Crown: how it all started -- 19. The breakdown -- 20. Staying On -- 21. Unexpected changes -- 22. The filming of Staying On -- 23. Homecoming.

ISBN

• 0719056861
• 9780719056864
• 071905687X
• 9780719056871

OCLC

• ocm46333033
• 46333033
• SCSB-1236774

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library