Kenneth Branagh, Emma Thompson 'Look Back In Anger'. And Have Their Been...

[Anderson]

Hi all,
Are their any other famous stage plays that have been filmed but kept as a stage play? Obviously 'Look Back In Anger' starred Richard Burton but was very much a film based on the John Osborne play. Where as the 1989 version with Emma Thompson kept pretty much as it would of looked as if you were in the theatre.
I have another John Osborne play adaption 'Hotel in Amsterdam' starring Tom Hollander that was faithful to the stage play. Also Beckett's 'Endgame' with Michael Gambon was excellent. Surley Anthony Hopkins, Peter O Toole and others have made special tv stage productions of famous plays through the years that were available for a limited release or a one off tv special?
Hope all this makes sense, it is late.

Thanks

[Steve Crook]

Originally Posted by Anderson Hi all, Are their any other famous stage plays that have been filmed but kept as a stage play? Obviously 'Look Back In Anger' starred Richard Burton but was very much a film based on the John Osborne play. Where as the 1989 version with Emma Thompson kept pretty much as it would of looked as if you were in the theatre. I have another John Osborne play adaption 'Hotel in Amsterdam' starring Tom Hollander that was faithful to the stage play. Also Beckett's 'Endgame' with Michael Gambon was excellent. Surley Anthony Hopkins, Peter O Toole and others have made special tv stage productions of famous plays through the years that were available for a limited release or a one off tv special? Hope all this makes sense, it is late. Thanks

Henry V (1944) and The Importance of Being Earnest (1952) started and/or ended as if they were stage plays. But then they went wandering off on location.

Steve

[Moor Larkin]

Originally Posted by Anderson Hi all, Are their any other famous stage plays that have been filmed but kept as a stage play?

Brand, which caused some excitement back in 1959, was filmed for television, which may or may not be the same thing........ Unfortunately the ending, which was evidently noteworthy in the theatre (reading contemporary descriptions) was somewhat truncated in the TV version....... but it's very much a stage-play, no pretensions to special effects, you can even see the dust on the boards.