Czech Radio has recently revived the tradition of live radio plays, with a performance of Robert Louis Stevenson’s Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. The play features actors, musicians, and sound effect specialists, who use props to create realistic sound effects. Petr Šplíchal, one of the sound effect specialists, explains how he created the sound of a skull being cracked with a coconut and a special device. Other props used in the play include a tub of water with a tractor tire, and different types of floors and tiles. The live radio plays have been hugely successful with the public, and Czech Radio has since staged several other productions.
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