_The Wizard of Oz_ was adapted from the film to a play by John Kane. There are other examples of this, but as in this one, all those that I know of were based on books first (though, at least in this case, the play had the book as a tertiary source), with the exception of _Eating Raoul: The Musical_ by Paul Bartel. On Mon, 21 Dec 1998, gloria monti wrote: > Here's a query from one of my students? Any ideas? > > Gloria Monti > > > > books have been adapted > > for the stage, for the screen, > > plays themselves have been > > made into films - it seems > > like this is mostly a > > one way street, in the > > direction of films. > > i was wondering > > if a film was ever > > adapted into a play > > > > last night i was watching fassbinder's > > the bitter tears of petra von kant, > > and it struck me that it could > > easily be a piece of theater, > > where expressive lighting shifts > > could replace the shifts in the > > plane of focus. > > > > i dont know if adapting a film > > into a play could accomplish > > something beyond being a novelty. > > > > id be interested in hearing about > > similar attempts if anyone knows > > of any. > > > >regards > > hrishikesh > > > > ______________________________ > > gloria monti > director of undergraduate studies > film studies program, yale university > 53 wall st., #116, new haven, CT 06510 > voice mail: 203-432-0152 > fax: 203-776-1928 > e-mail: [log in to unmask] > http://pantheon.cis.yale.edu/~godard/index.html > > "Ou est donc la verite? De face ou de profil?" > Jean-Luc Godard > > ---- > To sign off Screen-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF Screen-L > in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask] > ---- Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite http://www.tcf.ua.edu/ScreenSite