Lee Hall on Crafting a Stage Adaptation of Network While Honoring Paddy Chayefsky's Cinematic Original by Beth Stevens

When Network, a film about a fictional television network struggling with low ratings, was released in November 1976, it was deemed a grim satire. The movie went on to win four Academy Awards, including one for Best Screenplay for author Paddy Chayefsky. Chayefsky’s prescience about the corruption of the media by corporate greed and sensationalism has gained respect over time as his vision became reality. Deeme…

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