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Radio Plays

David Pownall

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Bloomsbury Publishing plc
Año de edición:
1998
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Obras de teatro, textos teatrales
ISBN:
9781840020342
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An Epiphanous Use of the Microphone was commissioned by the BBC for the 75th anniversary celebrations of BBC Radio drama and broadcast in May 1998.This and five previously unpublished David Pownall radio plays, each an award-winner, make up a compilation of some of this country’s finest radio plays.Also includes the plays Beef, Floss, Ploughboy Monday, Under the Table, and Kitty Wilkinson.In May 2013, to celebrate David’s 75th birthday, BBC Radio 4 chose to dedicate an entire season to the work of David Pownall, proving he is not only one of the most prolific writer of radio plays in the 20th and 21st century, but also one of the most talented. Read more about this season on Radio 4’s blog: http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/radio4/posts/David-Pownall-Season

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