Shaping the Air - Writers and Radio: Samuel West
Actor Samuel West explores the art of performance and declarative language. How should an actor speak? What is the best way to read poetry on the radio?
The first of five essays on the voice and radio - all delivered by seasoned broadcasters and practitioners. Actor Samuel West explores the art of performance and declarative language. How should an actor speak? What is the best way to read poetry on the radio? How does radio drama get by without images? Are the pictures really better?
Recorded in front of an audience at the British Academy in London in October 2014 as part of a series of events marking the 100th anniversary of the birth of Dylan Thomas, himself one of the best known radio voices of all time.
Subsequent essays from the British Academy come from veteran Irish broadcaster Olivia O'Leary, Professor of Media David Hendy, Radio Merseyside's phone-in host Roger Phillips and Radio 4's Fi Glover - all sharing their varied perspectives on the art of radio.
Producer: Tim Dee.
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- Mon 24 Nov 2014 22:45BBC Radio 3
- Mon 9 May 2016 22:45BBC Radio 3
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