Billy Smart
Biographic Data
| ID | 3687913 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Billy Smart |
| GIVEN NAMES | Billy |
| FAMILY NAME | Smart |
| SIGNATURE | SMART B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Royal Holloway University of London |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Drama for People ‘in the know’: Television World Theatre (BBC 1957–1959) and Festival (BBC 1963–1964)
This article provides a survey of the pioneering BBC series of theatrical adaptations Television World Theatre (1957–1959), examining BBC production documentation and audience research to identify the institutional discourses that surrounded the making and transmission of these programmes. Recurrent arguments throughout the production of the series form a framework of institutional expectations within which classic theatrical plays were commissio…
Television history: Archives, excavation and the future. A discussion
This article considers possible futures for television (TV) studies, imagining how the discipline might evolve more productively over the next 10 years and what practical steps are necessary to move towards those outcomes. Conducted as a round-table discussion between leading figures in television history and archives, the debate focuses on the critical issue of archives, considering and responding to questions of access/inaccessibility, texts/co…
The BBC Television Audience Research Reports, 1957-1979: Recorded Opinions and Invisible Expectations
Between the 1950s and the 1980s, the BBC’s internal Audience Research Unit compiled up to 700 Audience Research reports for television a year, attempting to cover the complete spectrum of BBC TV programming. This article considers the form, value and possible future application of this material, reflections inspired by my own use of the collection when researching BBC adaptations of theatrical classics in order to examine the use of space in thes…
Three Different Cherry Orchards, Three Different Worlds: Chekhov at the BBC, 1962-81
Unlike the theatre, there is no established tradition of plays being revived (new productions made from existing scripts) on television. The only instance of this mode of production in Britain has been the regular adaptation of classic theatrical plays. The existence of three separate BBC versions of Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard (1962, 1971, 1981) creates a rare opportunity to trace developing styles of direction and performance in studio televis…
Cosmic Effects on the Intimate Screen: J. B. Priestley, Ralph Richardson and Johnson over Jordan (1965)
This article considers ideas about the suitability of experimental, non-naturalist, narrative forms in theatre and television, through the example of a 1965 BBC2 adaptation of J. B. Priestley's 1939 play Johnson over Jordan. Using both textual analysis of the programme and research into the BBC production documentation, this essay explains how the circumstances and conditions of 1960s television adaptation and the star casting of Sir Ralph Richar…
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Cosmic Effects on the Intimate Screen: J. B. Priestley, Ralph Richardson and Johnson over Jordan (1965)
This article considers ideas about the suitability of experimental, non-naturalist, narrative forms in theatre and television, through the example of a 1965 BBC2 adaptation of J. B. Priestley's 1939 play Johnson over Jordan. Using both textual analysis of the programme and research into the BBC production documentation, this essay explains how the circumstances and conditions of 1960s television adaptation and the star casting of Sir Ralph Richar…
The BBC Television Audience Research Reports, 1957-1979: Recorded Opinions and Invisible Expectations
Between the 1950s and the 1980s, the BBC’s internal Audience Research Unit compiled up to 700 Audience Research reports for television a year, attempting to cover the complete spectrum of BBC TV programming. This article considers the form, value and possible future application of this material, reflections inspired by my own use of the collection when researching BBC adaptations of theatrical classics in order to examine the use of space in thes…
Three Different Cherry Orchards, Three Different Worlds: Chekhov at the BBC, 1962-81
Unlike the theatre, there is no established tradition of plays being revived (new productions made from existing scripts) on television. The only instance of this mode of production in Britain has been the regular adaptation of classic theatrical plays. The existence of three separate BBC versions of Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard (1962, 1971, 1981) creates a rare opportunity to trace developing styles of direction and performance in studio televis…
Television history: Archives, excavation and the future. A discussion
This article considers possible futures for television (TV) studies, imagining how the discipline might evolve more productively over the next 10 years and what practical steps are necessary to move towards those outcomes. Conducted as a round-table discussion between leading figures in television history and archives, the debate focuses on the critical issue of archives, considering and responding to questions of access/inaccessibility, texts/co…
Drama for People ‘in the know’: Television World Theatre (BBC 1957–1959) and Festival (BBC 1963–1964)
This article provides a survey of the pioneering BBC series of theatrical adaptations Television World Theatre (1957–1959), examining BBC production documentation and audience research to identify the institutional discourses that surrounded the making and transmission of these programmes. Recurrent arguments throughout the production of the series form a framework of institutional expectations within which classic theatrical plays were commissio…
Computer Science (4 works) · Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary Criticism (4 works) · Art (3 works) · Drama (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Theatre and Performance Studies (3 works) · Visual arts (3 works) · Cinema and Media Studies (2 works) · Media studies (2 works) · Advertising (1 works)