History of radio plays performance work

Radio plays are over 70 years old and for 50 years it is not as popular as it used to be but it is still around today on other radios or you can listen to them on the computer from different sites or you may want to buy the records. It was created in 1927 when the scripts and short stories were able to be broadcasted. Even though It started in the 1920's and 30's and was influenced by the theatre it became very popular in the 1940's.

Guglioelmo Marconi invented the first modern radio play. He transmitted a wireless signal across his italian estate in 1896. The radio plays are very popular from the BBC 4 because they do short stories everyday by different actors.

Radio plays are simular to acting but apart from you are not seen just heard and you can use scripts and sound effects.

Most radio drama is very badly written. Radio drama is an endangered species. It has never taken a hold of mainstream programming on commercial radio in the UK. It used to be the mainstream in the States and Australia but lost out to TV in the middle to late fifties.

It is under threat within public radio services including the BBC because of the pressure of monetarist ideology and the fact that authors and radio drama directors have been too complacent. IRDP is a significant oasis and continues to support the principle of the original play.