Some joke that William Shakespeare is Hollywood’s most prolific screenwriter. You can thank Kenneth Brannagh mainly for that – but it shows the popularity of film adaptations. The statistic is said to be that over 66% of films come from other sources; novels, TV, comic books and – as I will focus on specifically in this article – plays.
I’ll keep it brief here, as I feel I may have over indulged on the word count later on in this article! Excluding the work of Willy Shake himself (the bloke gets enough credit!), I’m going to put forward my favorite movies you may or may not know, were originally written and/or performed as plays.
This is not a definitive list – it’s not the be all and end all of play adaptations and I’m fully aware that others exist. I have not seen them all. Please don’t get upset because I haven’t. So without further ado…
Read more at http://whatculture.com/film/5-great-movies-adapted-from-5-great-plays.php#EcTV3icUlpjLuemw.99