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Compare and contrast the film adaptation of 'Billy Liar'with the stage play. Discuss the ways in which they differ and how each affects the audience.
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Twentieth Century Drama GCSE Coursework Compare and contrast the film adaptation of 'Billy Liar' with the stage play. Discuss the ways in which they differ and how each affects the audience. 'Billy Liar', the play was written in the early 1960's by Willis Hall and Keith Waterhouse. The film was released in 1962, in which Tom Courtenay starred as Billy and Julie Christie as Liz. Billy Fisher is bored. Bored with his job as an undertaker's assistant, bored with his Northern family background. But he does have one thing going for him - a vivid imagination. In fact, the dimmer Billy's surroundings, the more fantastic are his compensatory daydreams. Not everyone takes kindly to these elaborate fantasies, especially not his three girlfriends, at least two of whom Billy is engaged to, as one lie leads to another reality and fantasy find themselves on an hilarious collision course, and even...
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