Chapter V - Plays into Film (pp. 144-185) by Linda Cahir, Ph. D.
In many ways, the stage play is the literary medium most similar to the motion pictures. Both forms integrate like elements of performance.* Like a movie, a stage play engages actors in dramatic situations who incorporate the directives of written dialogue and body movement into their work.
Cahir, Linda Costanzo. Literature into Film : Theory and Practical Approaches, McFarland & Company, 2006.
