One Of The Most Iconic '80s Movies Was Written As A Stage Play

If you've seen John Hughes's "The Breakfast Club" — and if you haven't, you really should because it's one of those brilliant and ageless '80s classics — it probably doesn't catch you by surprise that it was originally written as a stage play. The entire movie takes place in a high school (in a library, corridors, classrooms, and a gymnasium) with the plot of five archetypal high schoolers (the rebel, the nerd, the jock, the outcast, and the popular girl) stuck in detention for an entire day on a Saturday. Initially, writer-director Hughes wrote the teen comedy drama to take place in a single classroom — a quality that's palpable from the get-go. It's likely why it is one of the best character-driven movies about teenagers, but Hughes' reason for writing it as a play may be different fro