With the release of 'Wicked: For Good' - the highly-anticipated conclusion to the cinematic version of 'Wicked the Musical' - here's a rundown of some of the greatest ever theatre-to-film adaptations. Cinematic versions of theatre productions have been around for over a century. King John (1899) is understood to be the first play recorded on celluloid, a British production now sadly lost. Since then, a surprising number of theatre-to-film adaptations have arrived, some garla

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Following last month's post on theatrical historical fiction, here we review some plays based on theatre greats of the past. There seems...

While most major theatrical personalities are catered for in non-fiction, recent years have curiously seen a few bestselling...