The Radio Script

In the procedure followed in the demonstration, the ground work done on stage freed the cast from any pains of creation in front of the microphone and the camera. The actors could concentrate on the technical requirements of these media in a way rarely possible to commercial production. Incidentally to the purposes of the demonstration, the procedure revealed how valuable the long-established techniques of the stage can be to the newer media. Those who are primarily concerned with the theater should not forget, however, that the stage too has learned, and, it is to be hoped, will continue to learn, from radio and film. Has not radio already taught our actors the importance of projecting so that theater audiences can hear and understand as well as radio audiences? And has not the "close-up" begun to challenge our conventional conception of theatrical architecture-to introduce the possibility that theater design will eventually permit the spectator to enjoy the subtleties of acting and facial expression on the stage as intimately as on the screen?