On Screen, On Stage: the Double Virtuosity of Andrew Bovell

By STEVE VINEBERG

Most plays adapted to the screen cling stubbornly to their theatrical roots. That's not necessarily a bad thing. Many viewers don't have easy access to first-rate theater, and the experience of seeing a great performer recreate a stage role (like John Cameron Mitchell in last summer's Hedwig and the Angry Inch) or take on a part someone else played...

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