Talk:List of plays adapted into feature films

Merge proposal

List of films based on stage plays or musicals and List of plays adapted into feature films: Although I can appreciate one is theoretically a list of films and one theoretically a list of plays, it seems like there would inevitably be a huge amount of overlap making these Wikipedia:Duplicate articles. It's a broad concept, so maybe leave the musicals as a separate List of films based on musicals. Ribbet32 (talk) 01:27, 22 April 2017 (UTC)

  Y Merger complete. Klbrain (talk) 00:01, 27 November 2018 (UTC)

This page looks wrong, it has "Other plays" with musicals in, such as Annie, Anything Goes, Chicago, etc. it is also missing plays such as The Woman in Black. Just feel it could be done better and more accurately. Yikmo21 (talk) 14:47, 6 June 2021 (UTC)

Need for article split

This list is WP:TOOLONG and not well constructed. It's definitely way past the size limit. I would suggest splitting out the musicals into a separate List of musicals adapted into feature films to begin with as musicals have different kinds of creative contributors like composers, choreographers, lyricists, etc. that really shouldn't be listed as "playwrights" (which would be correct only for the musical book writer). Also it might be beneficial to split it further, such as List of plays adapted into feature films: A to G and List of plays adapted into feature films: H to O and List of plays adapted into feature films: P to Z.4meter4 (talk) 18:53, 5 May 2023 (UTC)

That sounds like a good idea (at least splitting off the musicals), particularly so that, as you said, you can clearly list the composer(s), lyricist(s) and book writers/ screenwriters. I would not list choreographers. If people want to start drilling down that far, they can click on the article. In fact, even listing directors of plays and musicals is silly, because there are different directors of each production, and the most important production often is not the premiere (though directors of films should be listed). -- Ssilvers (talk) 22:02, 5 May 2023 (UTC)

I agree with splitting off musicals into a separate article. I don't agree with any division by alphabetical section -- that's unnecessary and defeats the purpose of the sortable wikitables, and the byte size of either genre (musical and non-musical) will not be a problem after the split, especially in the age of high-speed internet. I agree that the parameters to include in the musicals chart should be selected before the task is started; I also agree that choreographers should not be listed. Directors should not be listed for stage musicals but should be listed for their film adaptations. I don't think screenwriters should be listed for any film. Softlavender (talk) 00:31, 7 May 2023 (UTC)

I have separated the musicals from the table into another table. I am currently updating the table with other films based on muscials using the list of films on the page and once done I propose to move the table to a separate page and delete the films based on musicals from the list. Sudiani (talk) 17:44, 10 March 2024 (UTC)