Behind the blessed shelter of the microphone
Managing celebrity and career on the early BBC-Mabel Constanduros, 1925-1957
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3206246 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jennifer Purcell, Jennifer J Purcell (0000-0002-3384-0837, Moscow State University of Technologies and Management named after K.G. Razumovskiy, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 372-388 |
| Publication date | 2015-05-04 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Women s History Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0961-2025 • E-ISSN: 1747-583X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09612025.2014.964068 |
| OpenAlex | W2111318470 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
Mabel Constanduros was a much-loved radio star on the BBC for over thirty years. Best known as the creator and performer of the comedic Cockney family, the Bugginses, she also wrote and performed in numerous dramatic works and novel adaptations, and penned over one hundred plays and novels. Furthermore, she was a pioneer of both British situation comedy and soap opera. Yet, to date, there has been no serious academic attempt to understand Constanduros's life, craft, or influence on twentieth-century British popular culture. In addition to biographical recovery, this article analyses Constanduros's public and private personas in order to open a much-needed conversation about the contours of women's experiences on radio in the early days of the BBC
Art · Art history · Comedy · Conversation · Craft · Humanities · Literature · Media studies · Opera · Performing arts · Persona · Sociology · Visual arts · Communication · Gender, Feminism, and Media · History · Media Studies and Communication
| Citations per year | 0.33 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2020 - 2021 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |