Sheveleva, E. A. Special Features of a Modern Radio Play: Traditions and New Opportunities

Abstract: At the age of business relations and information technologies every minute counts. Those who live in large cities have difficulty sparing some time to go to the theatre, movies or just to read a book. People become interested in audio means because they want to continue to receive information and do their everyday business at the same time. Users of modern gadgets actively consume online contents and listen to audio books and podcasts. You may think that it creates good grounds for development of radio theatre but unfortunately Russians are starting to forget about this form of broadcasting. Nevertheless, there are both audience and enthusiasts who are ready to write scenarios all day and night, work with actors in a studio, search for necessary sound and create original sound images and pieces. The only problem is that there is no time for the ‘sound theatre’ in broadcasting of modern radio stations. The only exceptions here are the Radio of Russia and the Radio of Russia: Culture stations. Revival of the radio theatre based on a great experience of the Soviet radio directors plus capabilities of new technologies should be one of the most important tasks of modern radio broadcasting. Based on researches of great radio playwrights, modern radio theatre and experience of creating a radio play ‘A letter from an Unknown Woman’ after Stefan Zweig’s novel, where the author of the present article acted as a scrip writer, director and music editor, the author tries to understand what the radio theatre of the New Times mean, what capabilities modern expressive means have and what contribution each of us can made to the development of the radio theatre.

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