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American Dramas of the Stage and Screen: The "Stage" Part

Stage plays have been adapted into movies since the onset of the talkies sparked the mass migration of vocally trained actors from New York to Hollywood. There are also writers (Neil Simon) and directors (Mike Nichols, Elia Kazan) who have excelled in both genres. If, on the journey west, Jessica Tandy turned into Vivien Leigh and Kathy Bates becomes Michelle Pfeiffer, well, show biz can be cruel sometimes.
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A Delicate Balance - Edward Albee
A Delicate Balance - Edward Albee
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Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Edward Albee)
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
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Edward Albee
Anne of the Thousand Days
Anne of the Thousand Days
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Proof
Proof
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Holiday
Holiday
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The Philadelphia Story
The Philadelphia Story
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Talk Radio
Talk Radio
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Harvey
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State of the Union - Crouse and Lindsay
State of the Union - Crouse and Lindsay
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The Boys in the Band
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Torch Song Trilogy
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A Soldier's Play - Charles Fuller
A Soldier's Play - Charles Fuller
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The Subject Was Roses - Frank D. Gilroy
The Subject Was Roses - Frank D. Gilroy
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The Lion in Winter
The Lion in Winter
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A Raisin in the Sun (Lorraine Hansberry)
A Raisin in the Sun
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Lorraine Hansberry
The Children's Hour (Lillian Hellman)
The Children's Hour
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Lillian Hellman
The Little Foxes by Lillian Hellman
The Little Foxes by Lillian Hellman
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Watch on the Rhine
Watch on the Rhine
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Crimes of the Heart by Beth Henley
Crimes of the Heart by Beth Henley
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Bus Stop by William Inge
Bus Stop by William Inge
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Come Back Little Sheba by William Inge
Come Back Little Sheba by William Inge
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The Dark at the Top of the Stairs by William Inge
The Dark at the Top of the Stairs by William Inge
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A Loss of Roses
A Loss of Roses
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Picnic
Picnic
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Dinner at Eight
Dinner at Eight
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George Washington Slept Here
George Washington Slept Here
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The Man Who Came to Dinner
The Man Who Came to Dinner
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The Solid Gold Cadillac
The Solid Gold Cadillac
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Stage Door
Stage Door
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You Can't Take It With You
You Can't Take It With You
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Arsenic and Old Lace
Arsenic and Old Lace
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Inherit the Wind (Jerome Lawrence & Robert E. Lee)
Inherit the Wind
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Jerome Lawrence & Robert E. Lee
August: Osage County - Tracy Letts
August: Osage County - Tracy Letts
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Bug by Tracy Letts
Bug by Tracy Letts
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Killer Joe
Killer Joe
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Rabbit Hole - David Lindsay-Abaire
Rabbit Hole - David Lindsay-Abaire
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American Buffalo by David Mamet
American Buffalo by David Mamet
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Glengarry Glen Ross - David Mamet
Glengarry Glen Ross - David Mamet
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Sexual Perversity in Chicago
Sexual Perversity in Chicago
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Frankie and Johnny in the Clair De Lune by Terrence McNally
Frankie and Johnny in the Clair De Lune by Terrence McNally
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