what my life is made up of. So while I was doing that [bigger budget films], I'd also done Closet Land, which I should think almost nobody saw. Stage adaptations Bharadwaj has since licensed the rights for stage performances of her original script. Bharadwaj stated: I undertook to adapt my screenplay to stage when I started to receive offers from stage groups all over the world, who had seen my film and were moved by it, and who wanted to perform it on stage. The play version has now been performed almost everywhere in the world. On stage, the words have a lyrical force and sway. The film experience is, however, vastly different: hugely emotional and personal, with her pain and his madness intimately felt; a dream world where imagination is king. Influence on other work It has been noted that the 2003 Irish play The Pillowman written and directed by Martin McDonagh borrowed heavily from this film. Commenting on this, Mielke has stated that "plot elements of Closet Land persist in another narrative host body, another way in which this text persists and haunts (if you will) our culture."Mallon, William. "When an author goes too far: An Examination of the similarities between The Pillowman by Martin McDonagh and Closet Land by Radha Bharadwaj." Honors thesis, Godard College, March 2010. Print. See also Prisoner of conscienceThe Pillowman'' References External links Closet Land Writer/director Radha Bharadwaj's personal web site, includes an essay written by Bharadwaj about her film 1991 films 1991 drama films American drama films American dystopian films 1990s dystopian films American independent films Two-handers Films directed by Radha Bharadwaj Films produced by Brian Grazer Films produced by Ron Howard Films scored by Richard Einhorn Universal Pictures films Imagine Entertainment films 1990s English-language films 1990s American films