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'.
She Stoops to Conquer (2008)
7.6/10
Director: Tony Britten
Starring: Polly Hemingway, Miles Jupp, Roy Marsden, Ian Redford, Susannah Fielding, Mark D...
Oliver Goldsmith's classic comedy of manners, tells of the clever schemes and comic ruses that unfold one night at a country house. An ambitious step-... Read more
The Women (2008)
4.9/10
Director: Diane English
Starring: Meg Ryan, Annette Bening, Eva Mendes, Debra Messing, Jada Pinkett Smith, Bette M...
A modern re-telling of George Cukor's classic 1939 film, based on Clare Booth Luce's play. A close-knit group of female friends find their neat suburb... Read more
Doubt ( Blu-ray ) (2008)
7.5/10
Director: John Patrick Shanley
Starring: Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams, Viola Davis
Outstanding performances highlight John Patrick Shanley's adaptation of his award-winning stage play. At a Bronx Catholic school in 1964, scandal and... Read more
Doubt (2008)
7.5/10
Director: John Patrick Shanley
Starring: Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams, Viola Davis
Outstanding performances highlight John Patrick Shanley's adaptation of his award-winning stage play. At a Bronx Catholic school, scandal and speculat... Read more
Frost / Nixon (2008)
7.7/10
Director: Ron Howard
Starring: Frank Langella, Michael Sheen, Sam Rockwell, Kevin Bacon, Matthew Macfadyen, Oli...
Three years after the Watergate scandal forced him from office, Nixon finally broke his silence on the matter, speaking to jet-setting young journalis... Read more
Frost / Nixon ( Blu-ray ) (2008)
7.7/10
Director: Ron Howard
Starring: Frank Langella, Kevin Bacon, Oliver Platt, Rebecca Hall, Sam Rockwell, Toby Jone...
Three years after the Watergate scandal forced him from office, Nixon finally broke his silence on the matter, speaking to jet-setting young journalis... Read more
Trumbo (2007)
7.5/10
Director: Peter Askin
Starring: Nathan Lane, Paul Giamatti, Brian Dennehy, Donald Sutherland, Liam Neeson, Micha...
Legendary Hollywood screenwriter Dalton Trumbo ('Roman Holiday', 'Spartacus') was the most well-known member of the Hollywood 10 who famously defied M... Read more
The Edge of Love (2007)
6.3/10
Director: John Maybury
Starring: Keira Knightley, Sienna Miller, Matthew Rhys, Cillian Murphy
The complex and passionate romantic entanglements of Welsh poet Dylan Thomas are explored in this lush bio-pic starring Matthew Rhys as Thomas, and Si... Read more
The Dinner Guest (2007)
5.8/10
Director: Laurent Bouhnik
Starring: Daniel Auteuil, Valerie Lemercier, Thierry Lhermitte, Hippolyte Girardot
AKA "L'Invite". A frivolous comedy of errors made entertaining by its esteemed cast; Daniel Auteuil stars as unemployed Gerard, a man with the opportu... Read more
My Boy Jack (2007)
7.2/10
Director: Brian Kirk
Starring: David Haig, Daniel Radcliffe, Carey Mulligan, Julian Wadham, Martin McCann, Kim...
Famed author Rudyard Kipling is adamant about his son Jack going to fight the Germans during World War I and uses his influence to land the 17-year-ol... Read more