Page and Stage with Leslye Headland

06/05/2025 58 min
Page and Stage with Leslye Headland

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Episode Synopsis

John welcomes writer, director and playwright Leslye Headland (The Acolyte, Russian Doll) to ask, why are stage plays so challenging for screenwriters? Using her recent Broadway play Cult of Love, they look at different approaches to scene description, heightened and simultaneous dialogue, and strategies for adapting stage plays to film. We also chart Leslye’s career […]
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