Differences in film and play: “The Night of the Iguana”
May 13, 2006
John Houston carries a common theme throughout most of his movies, the theme of religion. The same holds true for his theatrical presentation of Tennessee Williams short play “The Night of the Iguana.” The main character of the play, Reverend Shannon, is known to be a teacher of the word but this is not portrayed in the play even close to as much as it is in Houston’s film. I will discuss three major differences between Williams play and the way it was interpreted onto the screen by Houston.
The first and most obvious difference between play and film is the opening scene. In the opening of the film the Reverend Shannon is preaching a typical Sunday sermon from the pulpit when he starts to deviate from his speech. The reverend begins to lash out at the churchgoers saying he’s tired of preaching the holy word in the wrong manner and in an evil, preposterous, almost “devilish” way continues to yell and......
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