WIZARD OF OZ was a successful play in 1907, before the first film version
was made in ca, 1909.


Chris Horak



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> _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
> > >
> >
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