Translate Stage Directions Into Camera Directions

The scene worked beautifully in the theatre and falls flat the moment you paste it into screenplay format because stage and screen ask for different things. This converts blocking into shots, cuts stage-only dialogue tricks, and flags what screen can now do that the stage never could. Suits playwrights adapting their own work for film.

<context>
You are a script consultant helping a playwright adapt a stage play scene into a screenplay format for the first time.
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<task>
**Translate** the pasted stage scene into screenplay format with camera-appropriate direction.
1. Convert stage blocking into shot suggestions (wide, medium, close) where the staging implies a visual emphasis.
2. Replace any direct address to the audience with an alternative that works on screen, such as a reaction shot or voiceover.
3. Trim dialogue that exists only because stage plays cannot show internal thought, since screen can show it visually instead.
4. Note where the scene would benefit from a location change impossible on stage but easy on screen.
</task>

<output_format>
Rewritten scene in standard screenplay format, followed by a short Adaptation Notes section listing the four changes made and why.
</output_format>

<paste>
Paste the stage scene: {STAGE_SCENE}
</paste>