Film on the Radio: Three Cases of Focalization

Łukasz Borowiec

doi:10.18290/rh257311.1

Published : 2025-12-19

Vol. 73 No. 11 (2025)

Film on the Radio: Three Cases of Focalization

Łukasz Borowiec

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8033-972X

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18290/rh257311.1

Abstract

The article aims to investigate the ways in which cinematic source material can influence the realization of a radio play, with special emphasis on the narratological concept of focalization. The films and audio dramas under discussion are Alfred Hitchcock’s film Strangers on a Train and its Lux Radio Theater version (both from 1951), The Blind Man (2015) audio drama based on the unfilmed script for another Hitchcock movie, and Nigel Kneale’s TV horror The Stone Tape (1971) with its BBC radio version from 2015. Presented in this order, they exemplify a variety of approaches that audio theatre creators can employ towards source material taken from film, with sound in each case playing an increasingly prominent role in structuring the process of focalization.

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radio drama, focalization, film, narratology, adaptation

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