Cover illustration: Photograph of a rehearsal of CBS Radio’s The Mercury Theatre on the Air (1938), printed in many US newspapers following the broadcast of “The War of the Worlds”. Subjects include Orson Welles, with arms upraised; Bernard Herrmann, conducting the CBS Radio orchestra; actor Ray Collins at the CBS microphone; Richard Wilson (white shirt) beside him; William Alland to Wilson’s left; and Arthur Anderson. Acme Telephoto, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
The Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Verhulst, Pim, editor. | Mildorf, Jarmila, editor.
Title: Word, sound and music in radio drama / edited by Pim Verhulst and Jarmila Mildorf.
Description: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2024. | Series: Word and music studies, 1566-0958 ; volume 21 | Includes index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2023032264 (print) | LCCN 2023032265 (ebook) | ISBN 9789004549593 (hardback) | ISBN 9789004549609 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Radio plays–History and criticism. | Radio and music. | Narration (Rhetoric)
Classification: LCC PN1991.65 .W67 2024 (print) | LCC PN1991.65 (ebook) | DDC 809.2/22–dc23/eng/20230804
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2023032264
LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2023032265
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1566-0958
978-90-04-54959-3 (hardback)
978-90-04-54960-9 (e-book)
DOI 10.1163/9789004549609
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