There are a lot of similarities and differences between the “The HitchHiker” radio play and the teleplay, and I am going to inform you about them. The radio play aired in the mid 1950s, and was a story about a man named Ronald Adams, who didn’t know he died. He always saw a hitchhiker and he was the only person who could see him. The teleplay is from “The Twilight Zone” and it is about a woman named Nan Adams, who also didn’t know she died. She was also the only person who could see the hitch hiker. These are some of the similarities and difference between the radio play and the teleplay. The first similarity between the radioplay and the teleplay is that the main character is the only person to be able to see the hitch hiker. The main character only being able to see him creates suspense throughout the radio play and the teleplay. The second …show more content…
The main character in the radioplay is Ronald Adams. He was a sailor who was going west, but later found out he died. The main character in the teleplay was Nan Adams, a woman that was also going west. She also later found out that she had died. The second difference between the radioplay and the teleplay is that the two main characters died in different places. Ronald Adams, the main character in the radioplay, died on the Brooklyn Bridge. Nan Adams, the main character in the teleplay, died in Philadelphia. Them dying in two different places made the story different and is an important part of the stories. The last difference between the radioplay and the teleplay is that in the radio play, they are going to Armarillo, Texas, and in the teleplay they are going to San Diego, California. This happens when the main characters pick someone up and take them where they want to go. In the radioplay, it is a girl, but in the teleplay, it is a sailor who is a