Adapting Novels for Theatre is Lazy!- Page 2

[bindipper]

Posted: 4/23/04 at 12:25pm

although adaptation has been happening since the ancient greeks, many of their plays were adpated from myths and stories of the time, it is only in recent years, since the early eighties, that adaptation has become truely popular. It is currently crossing through all the visual arts, and has never been so widely sort after by producers and fans.

so give it up people.

whether its lasy or not, that is the question at hand.

[BroadwayDiva]

Posted: 4/23/04 at 4:08pm

Some of the greatest were adapted from novels:

Les Miserables and Scarlet Pimpernel were both adapted from novels.

[JohnPopa]

Posted: 4/23/04 at 4:18pm

The notion that adaptation is more prevalent since the 80's is PREPOSTEROUS, especially in musical theater, where it's always been the norm, and drama, where adaptation remains extremely uncommon.

Now, in recent years, adaptations, particularly of movies, have been leaning toward *more visible properties* but that's not to say there's MORE adaptation, just that the source material is of a more known quantity than before. In the past, it seems, the goal was to find an obscure work to adapt, now, it seems, the goal is to find a more recognized work. But it's still not a more or less situation, just a different style of adaptation.

[jrb_actor]

Posted: 4/25/04 at 3:29am

Thus we are not about to "give it up". How about you give it up and actually take a Theatre History class?? (or Opera History)

[musicalmjk]

Posted: 5/1/04 at 12:06am

so there are no new ideas in the world. we just have to reinvent old ideas. like in The Boy from OZ 'Everything old is new again'

[JohnPopa]

Posted: 5/1/04 at 2:38pm

Anyone who thinks there are no new ideas and that all we can do is reinvent old ideas doesn't know the first thing about creativity and should limit their comments based on that knowledge.