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Network (play)

Network is a play by Lee Hall, adapted from the 1976 film of the same name which had an Academy Award–winning screenplay by Paddy Chayefsky and was directed by Sidney Lumet.

Network

Lee Hall (play)
Paddy Chayefsky (film)

13 November 2017 (2017-11-13)

Lyttleton Theatre, National Theatre, London

English

Plot[edit]

The plot closely follows that of the 1976 film but uses stage devices and audio visual technology to immerse the audience as participants.[9] The audience becomes part of the play both as diners and a studio audience. The distance between fact and fiction is reduced, mimicking the blurring of truth and fiction in contemporary news media.[10]

Reception[edit]

The London production of the play received mostly rave reviews, singling out Cranston's performance.[11]

at the Internet Broadway Database

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