... straight drama to be broadcast in the United Kingdom were scenes from Shakespear's Julius Ceasar and Much Ado About Nothing, adapted for the medium. Another source states that the first to record a radio drama was Captain Peter Eckersly. The balcony scene from Cyrano was recorded in the Marconi studio, a wooden hut, in 1922. Twelfth Night, broadcast on May 12 1923, was the first comparatively full length production, a classic ... stage play adapted for radio. The first play written specifically for the medium, however, was Danger by ... ...

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