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9	[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin A film which is an adaptation of a theatre play.]] ScreenToStageAdaptation is the inversion.
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11	Even easier than TheFilmOfTheBook. The dialogue is already written, so you do not need a scriptwriter. If you are lucky enough, the actors who played it on stage will accept to play it on screen, so you do not need a casting call and the actors will know their text better than any film director could imagine.
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13	Yet, there are some drawbacks: in theatre plays, the dialogue is essential, too essential for a movie which will often seem too verbose. Theatre play adaptations also tend to be very static, because, in a play, the action happens in a very limited number of places (for obvious reasons). Consequently, these films are more likely to be a BottleEpisode or make use of {{Minimalism}}, MinimalistCast and TheOner than other movies because of the technical limitations of stage plays.
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15	Running time is the most frequent difference between a play and its movie. While not a hard limit, it is rare to see a film over 3 hours. Many plays exceed this (unabridged ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'' can run for over 4 hours) and their film adaptations are usually cut to fit into this length. Even if the play clocks in at 3 hours or so cuts may be made to make room for establishing shots if the elimination of transitions doesn't create enough time.
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17	Unlike books and other media adaptations, plays often get made into films multiple times. This is perhaps due to their nature as blueprints for storytelling rather than realized works on their own.
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19	In order to get around the common drawbacks of adaptations of theatre plays (verbosity, lack of action...), there is another approach. These adaptations will [[WholePlotReference use the plot of a theatre play]], but will [[SettingUpdate change the setting]] and completely rewrite the dialogue. The works of Creator/WilliamShakespeare are a frequent target of [[TheBardOnBoard this kind of adaptation]]. Alternatively, an adaptation may retain the plot and general setting, but expand the action, with events described in dialogue in the play due to the limitations of what can be seen on stage directly depicted in the film.
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21	Popular stage musicals are also frequently adapted into films. Almost all movie musicals made after the [[MediaNotes/FallOfTheStudioSystem studio era]] are examples of this.
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23	SisterTrope of TheFilmOfTheBook (adaptations of a book into a film), TheFilmOfTheSeries and TheMovie (adaptations of a TV series into a film). [[InvertedTrope Inversion]] of ScreenToStageAdaptation. Might overlap with TheBardOnBoard (loose adaptations of Creator/WilliamShakespeare's works to any kind of media).
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25	Compare to FilmedStageProduction, where a stage performance is filmed to give viewers the same experience as theatregoers, not recreated as a different work.
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27	In the lists below "Production" means a the play was performed without significant change to its dialog (usually just abridgement), an "Adaptation" means the play's basic plot is present, but the dialog has been replaced.
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30	!!Film Productions of Creator/WilliamShakespeare's plays:
31	As befits his position as one of the most important authors of the English language and arguably the world, Shakespeare's plays were among the first to find their way to film, with some being adapted for silent film. There's a lot of Creator/KennethBranagh productions listed here as he seems intent on committing all of Shakespeare's plays to film. Productions are listed by year and then director in the list below:
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36	%% The format here is Date, Director, then remarks. Some of these plays have been done over a dozen times
37	%% and this list even at present isn't exhaustive. In order to keep this list sane it is important to keep the entries
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40	* ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}''
41	** [[Film/Hamlet1948 1948]]: Creator/LaurenceOlivier
42	** 1964: Grigori Kozintsev
43	** 1969: Tony Richardson
44	** 1990: Franco Zeffirelli's production stars Creator/MelGibson and had a realistic medieval setting.
45	** 1996: Creator/KennethBranagh's take is notable for being unabridged, something that's rare even on the stage itself, leading to a four-hour-long rendition. It is also notable for its Edwardian SettingUpdate, particularly the costumes for which it received an Oscar nomination. It received an amusing TakeThat in ''[[Recap/BlackadderSS3BlackadderBackAndForth Blackadder Back and Forth]]'':
46	--->'''Blackadder:''' ''[kicking Shakespeare in the shin]'' And that is for Ken Branagh's endless uncut four-hour version of Hamlet!\
47	'''Shakespeare:''' Who's Ken Branagh?\
48	'''Blackadder:''' I'll tell him you said that. And I think he'll be ''very'' hurt.
49	** 2000: Michael Almereyda's 2000 retelling uses the conceit of a "Denmark Inc." and sets the play in the current day.
50	* ''Theatre/HenryV''
51	** [[Film/HenryV1944 1944]]: Creator/LaurenceOlivier, done as a wartime propaganda piece.
52	** [[Film/HenryV1989 1989]]: Creator/KennethBranagh, done as a DarkerAndEdgier and much less gung-ho version.
53	* ''Theatre/JuliusCaesar''
54	** 1950: David Bradley: Starring Creator/CharltonHeston.
55	** [[Film/JuliusCaesar1953 1953]]: Creator/JosephLMankiewicz: Starring Creator/JamesMason, Creator/MarlonBrando and Creator/JohnGielgud.
56	** [[Film/JuliusCaesar1970 1970]]: Stuart Burge: Starring Charlton Heston again, plus Creator/JasonRobards and John Gielgud again.
57	* ''Theatre/{{Macbeth}}''
58	** [[Film/Macbeth2015 2015]]: Justin Kurzel.
59	** 2010: Rupert Goold's production stars Creator/PatrickStewart in a SettingUpdate that makes him the dictator of a vaguely Eastern European country, with the three witches replaced by [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkCybZN88c0 three creeptastic nurses.]]
60	** [[Film/{{TheTragedyOfMacbeth}} 2021]] [[Creator/TheCoenBrothers Joel Cohen]].
61	* ''Theatre/AMidsummerNightsDream''
62	** [[Film/AMidsummerNightsDream1935 1935]]: Max Reinhardt and William Dieterle. A Hollywood spectacle with an AllStarCast, notably including Creator/JamesCagney as Bottom, Creator/OliviaDeHavilland in her first major role as Hermia, and Creator/MickeyRooney as Puck.
63	** 1999: Michael Hoffman's production changes the setting to late Victorian England. The ensemble cast features Kevin Kline as Bottom, Michelle Pfeiffer and Rupert Everett as Titania and Oberon, Stanley Tucci as Puck, and Calista Flockhart, Anna Friel, Christian Bale, and Dominic West as the four lovers.
64	** 1913: Pillips Smalley - this was a silent film.
65	* ''Theatre/MuchAdoAboutNothing''
66	** [[Film/MuchAdoAboutNothing1993 1993]]: Creator/KennethBranagh.
67	** [[Film/MuchAdoAboutNothing2012 2012]]: Creator/JossWhedon, modern-dress but using original Shakespeare dialogue.
68	* ''Theatre/RichardIII''
69	** 1955: Creator/LaurenceOlivier directed and starred whose performance in the title role has become a StockShoutOut.
70	** [[Film/RichardIII 1995]]: Richard Loncraine. Creator/IanMcKellen starred as Richard in a SettingUpdate that makes him progressively become the dictator of a vaguely English country.
71	* ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet'' may be the most filmed script of all time.
72	** 1929: Georges Méliès - This production was a silent film where actors recited their lines live.
73	** [[Film/RomeoAndJuliet1936 1936]]: George Cukor
74	** 1954: Renato Castellani
75	** [[Film/RomeoAndJuliet1968 1968]]: Franco Zeffirelli
76	** [[Film/WilliamShakespearesRomeoAndJuliet 1996]]: Baz Luhrmann. famous for being set in modern times and made to appeal to the MTV generation.
77	* ''Theatre/TheTamingOfTheShrew'':
78	** 1929: Sam Taylor. The first talkie film adaptation of a Shakespeare play starring [[RomanceOnTheSet real-life couple]] Creator/DouglasFairbanks and Creator/MaryPickford. Notable for heavily reslanting the play to suggest that Katherine is not really "tamed" at all. Also notorious for the much-mocked writing credit "Based on William Shakespeare's comedy... with additional dialogue by Sam Taylor".
79	* ''Theatre/TitusAndronicus''
80	** ''Film/{{Titus\|1999}}'': Julie Taymor
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82	!!Adaptations of Creator/WilliamShakespeare's theatre plays:
83	* ''Film/TenThingsIHateAboutYou'': A 1999 SettingUpdate adaptation of ''Theatre/TheTamingOfTheShrew''.
84	* ''Film/TheBadSleepWell'': Creator/AkiraKurosawa's loose (''very'' loose) adaptation of ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'', featuring a SettingUpdate to postwar Japan.
85	* ''Film/ForbiddenPlanet'': A 1956 SF film with notable similarities of concept and characterisation to ''Theatre/TheTempest''.
86	* ''WesternAnimation/{{The Lion King\|1994}}'': It is loosely based on ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'' and the sequels, ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKingIISimbasPride'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKingOneAndAHalf'', are loosely based on ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet'' and ''Theatre/RosencrantzAndGuildensternAreDead'' (a play by Creator/TomStoppard which is a PerspectiveFlip of ''{{Theatre/Hamlet}}''), respectively.
87	* ''Film/MyOwnPrivateIdaho'': This film is [[PragmaticAdaptation very loosely based]] on ''Theatre/HenryIV'', and has some dialog retained from the play despite having a fairly different plot.
88	* ''Film/{{O}}'': An adaptation of ''Theatre/{{Othello}}'' set in a [[HighSchoolAU high-school basketball team]].
89	* ''Film/{{Othello\|1951}}'': 1951 Creator/OrsonWelles adaptation that won a Palme d'Or.
90	* ''Prospero's Books'': An avant-garde adaptation of ''Theatre/TheTempest'' by Peter Greenaway, notable for lavish spectacle via groundbreaking early use of digital editing and CGI, Creator/JohnGielgud as Prospero lip-synching all the other characters' dialogue as well as his own, and vast amounts of non-fanservice nudity.
91	* ''Film/{{Ran}}'': Creator/AkiraKurosawa's adaptation of ''Theatre/KingLear'', placed in a JidaiGeki setting.
92	* ''Film/ShesTheMan'': A SettingUpdate of ''Theatre/TwelfthNight''.
93	* ''Film/ThroneOfBlood'': Creator/AkiraKurosawa's film is an adaptation of ''Theatre/{{Macbeth}}'' with a SettingUpdate to a JidaiGeki setting.
94	* ''Film/WestSideStory1961'': A 1961 film adaptation of a [[Theatre/WestSideStory 1957 Broadway musical]], which is itself a SettingUpdate adaptation of ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet''.
95	* ''Film/WestSideStory2021'': The 2021 remake of a 1961 film adaptation of a 1957 Broadway musical, which is itself a SettingUpdate adaptation of ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet''.
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97	!!Adaptations and productions of other theatre plays:
98	* ''Abe Lincoln in Illinois'': A 1940 adaption of the [[Theatre/AbeLincolnInIllinois 1938 play]] by Robert Sherwood.
99	* ''Film/AgnesOfGod'': A 1985 adaptation of the 1979 play by John Pielmeier.
100	* ''Film/{{Alfie}}'': A 1966 adaptation of the 1963 play by Bill Naughton. Remade as a 2004 film.
101	* ''Androcles and the Lion'': A 1952 adaptation of the [[Theatre/AndroclesAndTheLion 1912 play]] by Creator/GeorgeBernardShaw.
102	* ''Film/AreYouBeingServed'': A 1977 adaptation of the 1976 play based on [[Series/AreYouBeingServed the series of the same name]].
103	* ''Film/ArsenicAndOldLace'': A 1944 faithful adaptation of a 1939 play by Joseph Kesselring.
104	* ''Film/AugustOsageCounty'': It is a 2013 adaptation of a 2007 play by Creator/TracyLetts with an all-star cast headlined by Creator/JuliaRoberts and Creator/MerylStreep.
105	* ''Film/TheBalcony'': A 1963 adaptation of the 1957 play by Creator/JeanGenet.
106	* ''Theatre/BarefootInThePark'': Creator/NeilSimon's 1963 comedy was adapted to film in 1967.
107	* ''Film/TheBeastOfWar'': A 1988 adaptation of the play ''Nanawatai''.
108	* ''Film/BellBookAndCandle'': A 1958 adaptation of the 1950 play.
109	* ''Film/BiloxiBlues'': A 1988 adaptation of the 1984 play by Creator/NeilSimon.
110	* ''Film/BusStop'': A 1956 adaptation of the 1955 play by William Inge.
111	* ''Cactus Flower'': A 1969 adaptation of the [[Theatre/CactusFlower 1965 play]].
112	* ''Film/CaliforniaSuite'': A 1978 adaptation of the 1976 play by Creator/NeilSimon.
113	* ''Film/{{Carnage\|2011}}'': A 2011 faithful adaptation of the 2006 play ''Theatre/GodOfCarnage''.
114	* ''Film/CarryOnNurse'': A 1959 adaptation of the play ''Ring for Catty''.
115	* ''Film/{{Casablanca}}'': The 1942 movie is an interesting case. It's an adaptation of Murray Burnett and Joan Alison's ''Everybody Comes to Rick's'', which was unproduced, but had to be censored to please MediaNotes/TheHaysCode.
116	* ''Film/ChildrenOfALesserGod'': A 1986 adaptation of the 1979 play.
117	* ''Film/ElCid'': 1961 film heavily based off the 1637 French stage play ''Le Cid'' by Pierre Corneille.
118	* ''Film/{{Closer}}'': The 2004 adaptation of a 1997 play starring Creator/CliveOwen, Creator/NataliePortman, Creator/JuliaRoberts and Creator/JudeLaw.
119	* ''Film/TheColorPurple2023'': Primarily based on the [[Theatre/TheColorPurpleMusical stage musical]], which is in turn adapted from the prior [[Literature/TheColorPurple novel]] and [[Film/TheColorPurple1985 film]].
120	* ''Film/ConductUnbecoming'': A 1975 adaptation of the 1969 play.
121	* ''Film/TheCountryGirl'': A 1954 adaptation of the 1950 play.
122	* ''Theatre/CyranoDeBergerac'':
123	** ''Film/{{Roxanne}}'': A 1987 adaptation starring Creator/SteveMartin and Creator/DarylHannah that moves the setting to a modern suburb in the American northwest.
124	** ''Film/CyranoDeBergerac'': The 1990 film starring Creator/GerardDepardieu, Creator/VincentPerez and Anne Brochet is the best known and most lavish adaptation of the seminal Edmond Rostand play.
125	** ''Film/{{Cyrano}}'' is The Film of TheMusical of The Play.
126	* ''Film/DearEvanHansen'': A 2020 adaptation of the [[Theatre/DearEvanHansen 2015 stage musical]].
127	* ''Film/{{Deathtrap}}'': The 1982 adaptation of Creator/IraLevin's 1978 play.
128	* ''Film/DialMForMurder'': Creator/AlfredHitchcock's 1954 adaptation of the 1952 play by Frederick Knott.
129	* ''Film/TheDinnerGame'': A 1998 faithful adaptation of the 1993 play of the same name by Creator/FrancisVeber ([[SelfAdaptation who also directed the film]]). Creator/JacquesVilleret takes up again his stage role.
130	* ''Doubt'': A 2008 adaptation of the [[Theatre/{{Doubt}} 2005 play]].
131	* ''Film/{{Dracula\|1931}}'': The classic 1931 Franchise/UniversalHorror film was adapted from the 1927 Broadway version of Hamilton Deane's [[Theatre/Dracula1924 1924 play]], with Creator/BelaLugosi reprising his stage role. The 1977 Broadway revival was likewise adapted into the [[Film/Dracula1979 1979 film]].
132	* ''Film/EducatingRita'': A 1983 adaptation of a 1980 play, scripted by the play's writer Willy Russell. The film has heavy AdaptationExpansion, as the original play was a two-hander set in one room, while the film has a much larger cast and variety of settings, directly depicting many events that are reported second-hand in the play.
133	* ''Film/FamilyResemblances'': A 1996 faithful adaptation of the 1994 play of the same name. The cast of the film is the same as the one of the play.
134	* ''Theatre/{{Fences}}'': A 2016 film based on the 1985 play, featuring much of the same cast as the 2010 Broadway revival, including Creator/DenzelWashington and Creator/ViolaDavis.
135	* ''Film/AFewGoodMen'': A 1992 film adapted by its screenwriter Creator/AaronSorkin from his own play, which was first produced on Broadway by David Brown in 1989.
136	* ''Film/TheField'': A 1990 film adaptation of the 1965 play.
137	* ''Film/TheFrontPage1931'' and ''Film/HisGirlFriday'': Adaptations of the 1928 play ''The Front Page'' by Ben Hecht and Charles [=MacArthur=]. The second one performs a GenderFlip on the protagonist and their fiance.
138	* ''Film/FrostNixon'': A 2008 film adaptation of the 2006 play.
139	* ''Theatre/GlengarryGlenRoss'': Creator/DavidMamet's 1984 play was adapted into a 1992 film.
140	* ''Film/{{Golden Boy\|1939}}'': A 1939 film adaptation of the 1937 play by Clifford Odets.
141	* ''Gone Are the Days'' is a 1963 film adaptation of the play ''Theatre/PurlieVictorious'', written by and starring Creator/OssieDavis. Confusingly, sometimes the film is also referred to by the play's title.
142	* ''Theatre/TheGreatWhiteHope'': The 1967 play by Howard Sackler was adapted into a 1970 film.
143	* ''Theatre/{{Harvey}}'': The 1944 play by Mary Chase was adapted into a 1950 film starring Creator/JimmyStewart and a 1996 TV movie starring Creator/HarryAnderson.
144	* ''Film/HavingWonderfulTime'': A 1938 film adaptation of the 1937 play.
145	* ''Film/{{Holiday}}'': A 1938 film adaptation of the 1928 play of the same name (which was previously filmed in 1930).
146	* ''Theatre/InheritTheWind'': The 1955 play was adapted by Creator/StanleyKramer into a 1960 film starring Creator/SpencerTracy and Creator/FredricMarch.
147	* ''Series/{{Innocent}}'': The ''miniseries'' of the 2008 play "Bayrak" ("Flag") by Berkun Oya, who also penned the screen adaptation.
148	* ''Film/IRememberMama'': A 1948 adaptation of the 1944 play by John Van Druten.
149	* ''Film/IrmaLaDouce'': A 1963 adaptation of the 1956 French musical play.
150	* ''Film/{{Jeffrey\|1995}}'': A 1995 film adaptation of the 1992 play by Paul Rudnick.
151	* ''Film/{{Jezebel}}'': A 1938 film adaptation of the 1933 play by Owen Davis.
152	* ''Film/KeyLargo'': A FilmNoir billed as an adaptation of a 1939 Broadway blank verse play of the same name, by Maxwell Anderson. But it's an InNameOnly adaptation.
153	* ''Film/TheKillingOfSisterGeorge'': A 1968 film adaptation of the 1964 play of the same name.
154	* ''Series/KimsConvenience'' is a rare TV series example of this, based on a 2011 play of the same name.
155	* ''Theatre/LaCageAuxFolles'': The 1978 film with its two sequels (plus, by extension, the 1996 American remake, ''Film/TheBirdcage''), and the 1983 Broadway musical were all adapted from Jean Poiret's 1973 play of the same name.
156	* ''Film/{{Lantana}}'': a 2001 film based on Andrew Bovell's ''Theatre/SpeakingInTongues'', adapted by Bovell himself.
157	* ''Film/{{Lenny}}'': A 1974 adaptation of the 1971 play by Julian Barry.
158	* ''The Lion in Winter'': A 1968 film adaptation of the [[Theatre/TheLionInWinter 1966 play]].
159	* ''Long Day's Journey Into Night'': A 1962 film adaptation of the [[Theatre/LongDaysJourneyIntoNight 1956 play]] by Creator/EugeneONeill.
160	* ''Luv'': A 1967 adaptation of the [[Theatre/{{Luv}} 1964 play]].
161	* ''A Man for All Seasons'': A 1966 adaptation of Creator/RobertBolt's [[Theatre/AManForAllSeasons 1960 play]].
162	* ''Film/MiddleOfTheNight'': A 1959 adaptation of the 1956 play by Creator/PaddyChayefsky (itself adapted from 1954 teleplay of the same name).
163	* ''Film/{{Mean Girls\|2024}}'': An 2024 of the [[Theatre/MeanGirls musical]] of the same name, which was based on the [[Film/MeanGirls original 2004 film]].
164	* ''Film/MidnightLace'': A 1960 adaptation of the 1958 play ''Matilda Shouted Fire''.
165	* ''Film/MissJulie'': A 2014 faithful adaptation of Creator/AugustStrindberg's ''Theatre/MissJulie''.
166	* ''Mister Roberts'': The 1948 play (itself adapted from the [[Literature/MisterRoberts 1946 novel]]) was made into a 1955 film with Creator/HenryFonda reprising his stage role.
167	* ''Mourning Becomes Electra'': A 1947 film adaptation of Creator/EugeneONeill's [[Theatre/MourningBecomesElectra 1931 play]].
168	* ''Film/MyBigFatGreekWedding'': The film is an adaptation of a one-woman play written by and starring Creator/NiaVardalos.
169	* ''Theatre/NightMother'': Marsha Norman's 1983 two-woman play was adapted into a 1986 film starring Creator/SissySpacek and Creator/AnneBancroft.
170	* ''Film/TheNightOfTheIguana'': A 1964 film adaptation of the 1961 play by Creator/TennesseeWilliams.
171	* ''Theatre/NoisesOff'': A 1992 adaptation with an AllStarCast which moved the setting to the United States and added a framing story as the director (played by Creator/MichaelCaine) fled the Broadway premiere, sure that it would be a disaster.
172	* ''Film/LaNona'' (1979) is the film production of the [[Theatre/LaNona eponymous 1977 theatre play]]. It was directed by Héctor Oliviera and scripted by Roberto Cossa.
173	* ''Film/{{The Odd Couple\|1968}}'': A 1968 adaptation of the [[Theatre/TheOddCouple 1965 play]] by its author Creator/NeilSimon, with Creator/WalterMatthau reprising his role as Oscar Madison. [[Film/TheOddCoupleII A sequel]] was released in 1998. Also adapted into [[Series/TheOddCouple1970 a highly regarded sitcom in 1970]], which itself was remade several times, [[Series/TheOddCouple2015 most recently in 2015]].
174	* ''Film/OneTwoThree'': Creator/BillyWilder's 1961 film adaptation of the 1929 play ''Egy, kettő, három'' by Ferenc Molnár.
175	* ''Film/{{Oscar\|1967}}'': A 1967 faithful adaptation of the 1958 play of the same name. Creator/LouisDeFunes played his role on stage before playing it in the film.
176	* ''Film/OtherPeoplesMoney'': A 1991 film adaptation of the 1989 play of the same name.
177	* Most of Creator/TylerPerry's Franchise/{{Madea}} movies and quite a few of the others are based on his plays.
178	* ''Film/ThePhiladelphiaStory'': A 1940 film adaptation of the 1939 play of the same name.
179	* ''Picnic'': A 1955 film adaptation of the [[Theatre/{{Picnic}} 1953 play]] by William Inge.
180	* ''Film/PlazaSuite'': A 1971 film adaptation of the 1968 play by Creator/NeilSimon.
181	* ''Film/PleaseTurnOver'': A 1959 film adaptation of the play ''Book of the Month''.
182	* ''Film/PreludeToAKiss'': A 1992 film adaptation of the 1988 play of the same name.
183	* ''Film/ThePrinceAndTheShowgirl'': A 1957 film adaptation of the 1953 play ''The Sleeping Prince''.
184	* ''Theatre/TheRitz'': Terrence [=McNally=]'s 1975 {{Farce}} set at a gay bathhouse became an early attempt by a major studio to do a gay-themed film in 1976, with Richard Lester directing [=McNally=]'s own screenplay adaptation, featuring most of the Broadway cast, including [[MediaNotes/TonyAwardWinners Tony winner]] Creator/RitaMoreno.
185	* ''Film/{{Rope}}'': Creator/AlfredHitchcock's 1948 film is an adaptation of the [[Theatre/{{Rope}} 1929 play by the same name]].
186	* ''Film/{{Sabrina\|1954}}'': A 1954 adaptation of the 1953 play ''Sabrina Fair''. [[Film/Sabrina1995 Remade in 1995]].
187	* ''Theatre/ShirleyValentine'': A [[AdaptationExpansion heavily expanded]] 1989 film based on a 1986 play.
188	* ''Film/TheShopAroundTheCorner'': A 1940 adaptation of the 1937 Hungarian play ''Parfumerie'', later adapted into ''Film/InTheGoodOldSummertime'' (1949) and ''Film/YouveGotMail'' (1998).
189	* ''Film/AShotInTheDark'': The second film in the ''[[Franchise/ThePinkPanther Pink Panther]]'' series was loosely adapted from a 1961 play of the same name.
190	* ''Theatre/SixDegreesOfSeparation'': John Guare's 1990 play was adapted into a 1993 film.
191	* ''Theatre/{{Sleuth}}'': The 1972 film is a faithful adaptation by Anthony Shaffer of his 1970 play, while the 2007 remake takes considerable liberties.
192	* ''Film/ASlightCaseOfMurder'': A 1938 film adaptation of the 1935 play.
193	* ''Film/ASoldiersStory'': A 1984 film adaptation of the 1982 play ''A Soldier's Play''.
194	* ''Film/StageDoor'': A 1937 film adaptation of the [[Theatre/StageDoor 1936 play]].
195	* ''Film/Stalag17'': A 1953 film adaptation of the 1951 play.
196	* ''Film/TheStrawberryBlonde'': A 1941 film adaptation of the 1933 play ''One Sunday Afternoon'', which was also filmed under its original title in 1933 and 1948.
197	* ''Film/AStreetcarNamedDesire'': The 1951 movie directed by Creator/EliaKazan and starring Creator/VivienLeigh and Creator/MarlonBrando is an adaptation of a 1947 play by Creator/TennesseeWilliams.
198	* ''Street Scene'': A 1931 film adaptation of the [[Theatre/StreetScene 1929 play]] by Elmer Rice.
199	* ''Theatre/TheSubjectWasRoses'': The 1964 play by Frank Gilroy was adapted into a 1968 film.
200	* ''Theatre/SuddenlyLastSummer'': The 1959 film directed by Creator/JosephLMankiewicz is an adaptation of the 1958 play by Creator/TennesseeWilliams.
201	* ''Theatre/SummerOfTheSeventeenthDoll'': Ray Lawler's 1955 play was adapted into a 1959 film.
202	* ''Film/{{Summertime}}'': A 1955 film adaptation of the 1952 play ''The Time of the Cuckoo''.
203	* ''Film/SunriseAtCampobello'': A 1960 film adaptation of the 1958 play of the same name.
204	* ''Film/TheSunshineBoys'': A 1975 adaptation of the 1972 play by Creator/NeilSimon.
205	* ''Film/SwingHighSwingLow'': A 1937 film adaptation of the 1927 play ''Burlesque''.
206	* ''The Teahouse of the August Moon'' : A 1956 film adaptation of the [[Theatre/TheTeahouseOfTheAugustMoon 1953 play]] (itself based on a 1951 novel).
207	* ''Theatre/ThatChampionshipSeason'': The 1972 play was adapted into a 1982 feature film and a 1999 MadeForTVMovie.
208	* ''Film/AThousandClowns'': A 1965 adaptation of the 1962 play by Herb Gardner.
209	* ''Theatre/TorchSongTrilogy'': 1988 film where Creator/HarveyFierstein starred in an adaptation of his acclaimed 1982 Broadway production, which was actually a cycle of three plays (with the same characters) meant to be performed together. In adapting them for the screenplay, Fierstein condensed them into a single narrative.
210	* ''Venus in Fur'': A 2013 faithful adaptation of the [[Theatre/VenusInFur 2010 play of the same name]].
211	* ''Film/TheVoiceOfTheTurtle'': A 1947 film adaptation of the 1943 play of the same name.
212	* ''Film/WatchYourStern'': A 1960 film adaptation of the play ''Something About a Sailor''.
213	* ''Film/WestOfZanzibar'': A 1928 film adaptation of the 1926 play ''Kongo''. Remade [[Film/{{Kongo}} under that title]] in 1932.
214	* ''Film/TheWhale'': A 2022 film adaptation of the 2012 play by Samuel D. Hunter.
215	* ''Film/TheWhalesOfAugust'': A 1987 film adaptation of the 1980 play of the same name.
216	* ''Film/WhatsInAName'': A 2012 faithful adaptation of the 2010 play of the same name. The cast of the film is nearly the same as the one of the play.
217	* ''Theatre/WhosAfraidOfVirginiaWoolf'': Edward Albee's 1962 play was adapted into a 1966 film directed by Creator/MikeNichols.
218	* Creator/RobertAltman specialized in these in TheEighties, directing film adaptations of ''Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean''; ''Film/SecretHonor''; ''Streamers''; ''Theatre/FoolForLove'' (starring its playwright, Music/SamShepard); and ''Beyond Therapy''.
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220	!!Adaptations and productions of stage musicals:
221	* ''Film/Annie1982'' and ''Film/Annie2014'': Two film adaptations of the [[Theatre/{{Annie}} 1977 stage musical]], which is itself an adaptation of a comic strip, ''ComicStrip/LittleOrphanAnnie''.
222	* ''The Boy Friend'': A 1971 film starring Twiggy, adapted from the [[Theatre/TheBoyFriend 1954 stage musical]].
223	* ''Bye Bye Birdie'': A 1963 film adapation of the [[Theatre/ByeByeBirdie 1960 stage musical]].
224	* ''Film/CarmenJones'': A 1954 film adaptation of the 1948 musical.
225	* ''Film/{{Cats}}'': Based on the [[Theatre/{{Cats}} 1981 musical]] (which itself is based on [[Literature/OldPossumsBookOfPracticalCats 1939 book of poems]], the 2019 ''Cats'' film tries to make a more coherent narrative than the source.
226	* ''Film/{{Chicago}}'': A 2002 adaptation of [[Theatre/{{Chicago}} the 1975 musical]] which went on to with Best Picture at the Academy Awards.
227	* ''A Chorus Line'': A 1985 film adaptation of the [[Theatre/AChorusLine 1975 musical]].
228	* ''Film/{{Fanny}}'': A 1961 non-musical film based on the 1954 stage musical of the same title, which is itself based on Creator/MarcelPagnol's "Marseille Trilogy", which is made of two theater plays that were adapted into films and one film that was adapted into a play.
229	* ''Theatre/TheFantasticks'': An adaptation directed by Creator/MichaelRitchie and starring Creator/JoelGrey was filmed in 1995 but not released until 2000.
230	* ''Funny Girl'': A 1968 film adaptation of the [[Theatre/FunnyGirl 1964 musical]].
231	* ''Film/GreatestDays'': A 2023 film adaptation of the [[Theatre/GreatestDays 2017 stage musical]].
232	* ''Theatre/{{Gypsy}}'': Had a 1962 film adaptation starring Creator/RosalindRussell and Creator/NatalieWood.
233	* ''Film/{{Hairspray\|2007}}'' (2007): The 2007 film is an adaptation of the [[Theatre/{{Hairspray}} 2002 stage musical]], which is itself an adaptation of a [[Film/{{Hairspray\|1988}} 1988 film]].
234	* ''Hello, Dolly!'': A 1969 film version of the [[Theatre/HelloDolly 1964 musical]].
235	* ''How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying'': A 1967 film adaptation of the [[Theatre/HowToSucceedInBusinessWithoutReallyTrying 1961 musical]].
236	* ''Film/IntoTheWoods'': The 2014 Disney adaptation of the [[Theatre/IntoTheWoods Sondheim stage musical]].
237	* ''Film/TheLastFiveYears'': 2015 film adaptation of ''Theatre/TheLastFiveYears''.
238	* ''Theatre/KissMeKate'': A double-level example. A 1953 film version of a 1948 musical, which was itself a partial adaptation of a Shakespeare play, as it is set in a theatre production of ''Theatre/TheTamingOfTheShrew'' in which the two main characters are playing Katherine and Petruchio and have an analogous off-stage relationship.
239	* ''Film/LittleShopOfHorrors'': A 1986 adaptation of a [[Theatre/LittleShopOfHorrors 1982 play]], which was itself based on a [[Film/TheLittleShopOfHorrors 1960 film]].
240	* ''Mame'': A 1974 film adaptation of the [[Theatre/{{Mame}} 1966 musical]].
241	* ''Film/MammaMia'': The 2008 film is a close adaptation of the [[Theatre/MammaMia 1999 jukebox musical]]. ''Film/MammaMiaHereWeGoAgain'' is a sequel to the first film, and is thus also based on the musical.
242	* ''Film/LesMiserables2012'': A 2012 adaptation of the [[Theatre/LesMiserables 1980 musical by the same name]], which is itself an adaptation of Victor Hugo's ''Literature/LesMiserables''.
243	* ''Theatre/TheMusicMan'': The 1957 musical has been adapted into a 1962 feature film and a 2003 made-for-TV movie.
244	* ''Film/MyFairLady'': A 1964 film version of a [[Theatre/MyFairLady 1956 stage musical]], which was itself based on the 1913 non-musical play ''Theatre/{{Pygmalion}}''.
245	* ''Film/OhWhatALovelyWar'': A 1969 film adaptation of the 1963 stage musical.
246	* ''Film/{{Oliver}}'': A 1968 film adaptation of the [[Theatre/{{Oliver}} 1960 musical]].
247	* ''On a Clear Day You Can See Forever'': A 1970 film adaptation of the [[Theatre/OnAClearDayYouCanSeeForever 1965 musical]].
248	* ''Film/PaintYourWagon'': 1969 film loosely based on the [[Theatre/PaintYourWagon 1951 musical]].
249	* ''Film/ThePhantomOfTheOpera2004'': This film, not to be confused with the [[Film/ThePhantomOfTheOpera1925 original silent film]] or any other of the many, many film versions of the story, is a 2004 adaptation of the Andrew Lloyd Webber [[Theatre/ThePhantomOftheOpera stage musical]], which was itself an adaptation of the [[Literature/ThePhantomOfTheOpera eponymous French novel by Gaston Leroux]].
250	* ''Film/TheProducers'': The 2005 film is an adaptation of the 2001 musical, [[RecursiveAdaptation which was itself an adaptation of the original film from 1968]].
251	* ''Film/Reality2023'' is adapted from the [[SelfAdaptation director's previous play]], ''Theatre/IsThisARoom''.
252	* ''Film/RoaldDahlsMatildaTheMusical'': 2022 film adaptation of the 2010 musical ''Theatre/{{Matilda}}'' (which itself is an adaptation of the 1988 book ''Literature/{{Matilda}}'').
253	* ''Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow'': A 1975 film adaptation of the 1973 stage musical ''Theatre/TheRockyHorrorShow''.
254	* ''Film/TheSoundOfMusic'': The film was adapted from the Rogers and Hammerstein musical [[Theatre/TheSoundOfMusic by the same name]]. The plot is fairly similar in both, although the movie cuts out some songs and a subplot involving a RomanticFalseLead for Captain von Trapp.
255	* ''Film/SweeneyToddTheDemonBarberOfFleetStreet'': It is based on [[Theatre/SweeneyToddTheDemonBarberOfFleetStreet the Sondheim musical of the same name]], which was based on a theater play, the Christopher Bond version of the legendary story of an English barber.
256	* ''Sweet Charity'': A 1969 film adaptation of the [[Theatre/SweetCharity 1966 musical]].
257	* ''Film/TickTickBoom'': A 2021 film adaptation of the [[Theatre/TickTickBoom 2001 musical]].
258	* ''Film/TwiceRoundTheDaffodils'': A 1962 adaptation of the play ''Ring for Catty''.
259	* ''Film/WestSideStory1961'' and ''Film/WestSideStory2021'': Both films adapted from the [[Theatre/WestSideStory 1957 musical]].
260	* ''Film/WickedPartOne'': 2024 film based on ''Theatre/{{Wicked}}'' (itself based on ''Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz'').
261	* ''Film/ZootSuit'': A 1981 film adaptation of the 1979 musical drama.

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