Requiem for a Heavyweight (teleplay adaptation)

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Requiem for a Heavyweight (teleplay adaptation) is a television drama script based on Rod Serling’s acclaimed story of an aging boxer facing the end of his career and his struggle for dignity outside the ring.

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instanceOf television drama teleplay
adaptationType teleplay adaptation of an earlier story
basedOn Requiem for a Heavyweight
basedOnWorkBy Rod Serling
centralConflict loss of athletic career
search for self-worth beyond sports
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
genre drama
hasSubject boxing
identity crisis
personal dignity
retirement
sports drama
language English
mainCharacterOccupation boxer
medium television
narrativeFocus aging boxer facing the end of his career
narrativeTheme struggle for dignity outside the boxing ring
narrativeType character study
portrays exploitation in the boxing world
life after professional sports
tone serious
tragic
workAttribute character-driven narrative
dialogue-focused storytelling

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Ralph Nelson wrote Requiem for a Heavyweight (teleplay adaptation)