Can you name the Movies That Were First Plays ?

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PlaywrightPlayFilm Hint
Lionel Bart1968 Oscar Winner
Lillian HellmanDavis. Duryea, Wright
Jerome RobbinsMoreno, Wood
Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse Rodgers and Hammerstein musical
William ShakespeareOlivier, Branaugh
Jim Jacobs and Warren CaseyTravolta, John, Channing
Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. LeeScopes monkey trial was inspiration
Gerome Ragni and James Rado, Michael Wellerdefined the musical for a whole generation
Edwar AlbeeBurton, Taylor classic
George S. KaufmanThe Marx Brothers first film
Joseph SteinTopol
Arthur MillerMiller's most famous play
Molièreclassic love story
Eugene O'NeillHepburn, Robards, Richardson
Frederick KnottHitchcock
Tennessee WilliamsElia Kazan, Brando
Tom StoppardMock of Hamlet
Joe MasteroffLiza Minnelli classic
Neil SimonNewman, Fonda
William ShakespeareDicaprio
George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart1938 Capra classic
PlaywrightPlayFilm Hint
Andrew Lloyd Webber1925 silent film as well
Stephen SondheimDepp, Burton
David MametPacino
Robert E. Sherwood Leslie Howard, Bogart, Davis
Alan Jay Lerner and George Bernard Shawbased on Shaw's play
Peter ShafferClassic story of a boy and his horses
Samuel Beckettmade into many films
Joseph KesselringCary Grant and Boris Karloff
Oscar WildeMichael Redgrave
Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein IIYul Brenner, Deborah Kerr
Ernest ThompsonFonda, Hepburn, Fonda
William Shakespeare1948 Oscar Winner
Moss Hart and George S. KaufmanMonty Woolley, Bette Davis, Ann Sheridan
Andrew Lloyd WebberMadonna
Arthur Millerabout the Salem witch trials
Neil SimonMatthau, Lemmon
Tennessee WilliamsNewman, Ives, Taylor
Molièreclassic Emil Jannings film
Meredith Willson1962 film
Maurine Dallas Watkins2002 Oscar Winner
Lorraine Hansberryabout race relations
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  • Created May 22, 2012 in Literature
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