Alice's Playhouse
In Alice's Playhouse you will discover an exceptional collection of feature films adapted from some of the most celebrated plays ever written. Often featuring towering performances, outstanding direction and exceptional writing, this collection is a superb archive of contemporary drama masterfully transferred to the silver screen.
Filmizations of The Bard's work may be scrolled via the 'Shakespeare' sub-feature in green on the left, along with other notable playwrights who have been adapted for celluloid.
For adaptations of novels and short stories, check the 'Special Interest' link and click on 'Based on...'
Right: Marlon Brando and Vivien Leigh relax during the filming of Tennessee Williams' masterpiece, 'A Streetcar Named Desire'.
Loot (1970)
5.7/10
Director: Silvio Narizzano
Starring: Richard Attenborough, Lee Remick, Hywel Bennett, Milo O'Shea
An adaptation of Joe Orton's hilarious stage play, in which a young hood robs a bank and hides the money in his mother's coffin, but isn't able to ret... Read more
Twelfth Night (1969)
7.1/10
Director: John Sichel
Starring: Alec Guinness, Tommy Steele, Ralph Richardson, Joan Plowright, Gary Raymond, Adr...
After a shipwreck, believing her brother has been killed, Viola disguises herself as a boy named Cesario and becomes a courtier to Orsino, who sends h... Read more
Anne of the Thousand Days (1969)
7.5/10
Director: Charles Jarrott
Starring: Genevieve Bujold, Richard Burton, Anthony Quayle, Irene Papas, John Colicos
The ill-fated romance of King Henry VIII of England and his second wife, Anne Boleyn, is recounted in this lavish drama. The king's (Richard Burton) o... Read more
The Bed Sitting Room (1969)
6.4/10
Director: Richard Lester
Starring: Arthur Lowe, Dudley Moore, Harry Secombe, Marty Feldman, Michael Hordern, Peter...
In the hazy aftermath of World War III, the fallout from a 'nuclear misunderstanding' (which lasted two minutes and twenty eight seconds, including th... Read more
The Royal Hunt of the Sun (1969)
6.5/10
Director: Irving Lerner
Starring: Christopher Plummer, Michael Craig, Nigel Davenport, Robert Shaw
Setting off to find a fortune in the legendary Kingdom of Gold, prejudiced adventurer Robert Shaw encounters an admirable people and civilisation he w... Read more
Oh! What A Lovely War (1969)
7.2/10
Director: Richard Attenborough
Starring: Laurence Olivier, Ralph Richardson, Ian Holm, John Gielgud, Kenneth More, Jack H...
Based on a 1963 stage show by Charles Chilton, lampooning World War I and war in general, and focused on the Smith family who have five sons to send o... Read more
Paint Your Wagon (1969)
6.7/10
Director: Joshua Logan
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Jean Seberg, Lee Marvin
Musical set during the gold rush days in California features Lee Marvin and Clint Eastwood as prospectors who share a wife (Jean Seberg) whom they pur... Read more
Hamlet (Williamson) (1969)
7.8/10
Director: Tony Richardson
Starring: Nicol Williamson, Gordon Jackson, Anthony Hopkins
Nicol Williamson and director Tony Richardson bring their successful stage version of the world's most famous play to the screen with striking results... Read more
The Out Of Towners (1969)
7.1/10
Director: Arthur Hiller
Starring: Jack Lemmon, Sandy Dennis
Jack Lemmon and Sandy Dennis are perfectly matched as the hapless Kellermans of Twin Oaks, Ohio, in Neil Simon's tumultuous comedy hit. The top candid... Read more
If There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have to Invent Them (1968)
7.6/10
Starring: Bob Hoskins, Leonard Rossiter, Richard Beckinsale, Michael Bryant, Geoffrey Bayl...
This release brings together both London Weekend Television productions of Johnny Speight's bleakly comic allegorical play whose overarching theme, as... Read more