The play was first written (by Baum himself, but modified heavily by producerss) in 1902, and toured until about 1907. The first film (now disintegrated), _The Fairylogue and Radio-Plays_ was released September 24, 1908. It was followed by others in 1910, 1914 (so drastically altered by Baum himself that it was the basis of _The Scarecrow of Oz_), and 1925 (which MGM borrowed heavily from). Scott On Thu, 24 Dec 1998, Horak, Chris wrote: > WIZARD OF OZ was a successful play in 1907, before the first film version > was made in ca, 1909. > > > Chris Horak > > > > > ---------- > > From: [log in to unmask][SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > > Reply To: Film and TV Studies Discussion List > > Sent: Wednesday, December 23, 1998 5:25 PM > > To: [log in to unmask] > > Subject: Re: films into plays > > > > _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 > > > > ---- > Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite > http://www.tcf.ua.edu/ScreenSite > ---- Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite http://www.tcf.ua.edu/ScreenSite