Michael Ingham is an Associate Professor in the Department of English Studies at Lingnan University, Hong Kong. He is a founder member of Theatre Action, a drama group specializing in action research on literary drama texts and intercultural adaptations.

• Introduction: All the screen’s a stage; the critical-theoretical backgroundChapter 1 "Inexplicable dumb-shows"? Stage drama and adaptation in the silent movie eraChapter 2 Staging cinema: from ‘cinefied’ theatre to ‘theatred’ filmChapter 3 "A monster of the multitude": simulcast and 'captured live' versions of stage dramas Chapter 5 Filmed theatre: "cinema can be theatrical"Chapter 6 Complementary forms: the play-within-the-filmChapter 7 "The truth of cinematography"ConclusionBibliography

Michael Ingham is an Associate Professor in the Department of English Studies at Lingnan University, Hong Kong. He is a founder member of Theatre Action, a drama group specializing in action research on literary drama texts and intercultural adaptations.

• Introduction: All the screen’s a stage; the critical-theoretical backgroundChapter 1 "Inexplicable dumb-shows"? Stage drama and adaptation in the silent movie eraChapter 2 Staging cinema: from ‘cinefied’ theatre to ‘theatred’ filmChapter 3 "A monster of the multitude": simulcast and 'captured live' versions of stage dramas Chapter 5 Filmed theatre: "cinema can be theatrical"Chapter 6 Complementary forms: the play-within-the-filmChapter 7 "The truth of cinematography"ConclusionBibliography

Michael Ingham is an Associate Professor in the Department of English Studies at Lingnan University, Hong Kong. He is a founder member of Theatre Action, a drama group specializing in action research on literary drama texts and intercultural adaptations.

• Introduction: All the screen’s a stage; the critical-theoretical backgroundChapter 1 "Inexplicable dumb-shows"? Stage drama and adaptation in the silent movie eraChapter 2 Staging cinema: from ‘cinefied’ theatre to ‘theatred’ filmChapter 3 "A monster of the multitude": simulcast and 'captured live' versions of stage dramas Chapter 5 Filmed theatre: "cinema can be theatrical"Chapter 6 Complementary forms: the play-within-the-filmChapter 7 "The truth of cinematography"ConclusionBibliography