Subcategories

• Shakespeare
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Films

• Beautiful Thing (1996) Jonathan Harvey's own screen adaptation of his breakthrough play
• Billy Liar (1963) Sparkling cinema version of the Keith Waterhouse/Willis Hall play (and Keith Waterhouse novel)
• Cure For Love, The (1949)
• East is East (1999) Ayub Khan-Din's adaptation of his own play
• Ghost Train, The (1927) The first cinema version of Arnold Ridley's popular stage comedy-thriller
• Hindle Wakes (1931) The first sound adaptation of Stanley Houghton's Yorkshire play
• Hobson's Choice (1953) David Lean's definitive version of Harold Brighouse's much-performed (and filmed) play
• Importance of Being Earnest, The (1952) Edith Evans' definitive Lady Bracknell is the highlight of this Oscar Wilde adaptation
• Long and the Short and the Tall, The (1960) Adaptation of Willis Hall's play about Anglo-Japanese conflict in World War II
• Pygmalion (1938) George Bernard Shaw won an Oscar for adapting his classic play for the screen
• Winslow Boy, The (1948) Terence Rattigan's adaptation of his own classic stage play
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TV Programmes

• Abigail's Party (1977)
• Age of Kings, An (1960) Shakespeare's history plays become a 15-part miniseries
• Comedians (1979) Trevor Griffiths' adaptation of his own classic play
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Collections

People and Organisations

• Beckett, Samuel (1906-1989)
• Bennett, Alan (1934-)
• Bolt, Robert (1924-1995)
• Bond, Edward (1934-)
• Coward, Noël (1899-1973)
• Griffiths, Trevor (1935- )
• Hampton, Christopher (1946-)
• Leigh, Mike (1943-)
• McGrath, John (1935-2002)
• Mercer, David (1928-1980)
• Osborne, John (1929-1994)
• Pinter, Harold (1930-2008)
• Poliakoff, Stephen (1952-)
• Russell, Willy (1947-)
• Shaffer, Anthony (1926-2001)
• Shaffer, Sir Peter (1926-)
• Stoppard, Tom (1937-)
• Storey, David (1933-)
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