The Radio Drama Handbook: Audio Drama in Context and Practice (Audio Drama in Practice and Context)

A fantastic book - wonderful history, concise lessons and actionable takeaways folks can take back to their audio productions and see instant changes. From writing better, to recording better, to helping bring audiences along with sound and imagination better - such a valuable book. Pick it up!

Finally, a textbook for contemporary times on radio drama for contemporaries or golden agers. How to write it, produce it, how to make sound effects are all included with oh so up to date references to 2010s podcast We're Alive. A satisfying book that pulls together instructionals from the 40s to today for any interested parties. Hand's book will serve solo producers as well as college classes. What's needed next however is an accessible tome on the art of directing audio theatre. My personal observation is that radio drama with a British director is always better, my favorite examples being John Madden's steady hand on the "Star Wars" series and Gordon House's guest direction of LA Theatre works "Glass Menagerie." I'm remain unconvinced that either program would have come out as well with an American director. Perhaps Hand will take on the mysteries next of pulling off a convincing performance before a live audience or ensconced in the studio.

If you want to get into radio drama, this is the book you need. Theatrical, technical, up to date, practical information and instruction.Poke RunyonThe Hermetic Hour on blog talk radio

This should be the basic text for anyone interested in becoming an expert in this re-emerging field... Long live Radio !

Ingeniously combining theory and practice, this book not only offers a history of radio drama but provides a practical guide to how to produce, act and direct the genre. Written by one of Britain's leading radio drama authorities, this book deserves to become a standard text for anyone studying or wanting to know about how to produce radio drama.

An excellent resource, especially for the price.

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