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Why Adapt a Novel for Theatre?
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- Title: Why Adapt a Novel for Theatre?: The Reasons Theatre Artists Give for Adapting Literature for Live Performance
- Author(s):
Jennifer Munday
- Publisher: Common Ground Research Networks
- Collection: Common Ground Research Networks
- Series: The Arts in Society
- Journal Title: The International Journal of the Arts in Society: Annual Review
- Keywords: Theatre Arts, Adaptation, Performance, Novels, Literature
- Volume: 2
- Issue: 2
- Date: November 15, 2007
- ISSN: 1833-1866 (Print)
- ISSN: 2473-5809 (Online)
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.18848/1833-1866/CGP/v02i02/35363
- Citation: Munday, Jennifer . 2007. "Why Adapt a Novel for Theatre?: The Reasons Theatre Artists Give for Adapting Literature for Live Performance." The International Journal of the Arts in Society: Annual Review 2 (2): 157-162. doi:10.18848/1833-1866/CGP/v02i02/35363.
- Extent: 6 pages
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Abstract
Adapting novels and literature for live performance is a regular practice. Several professional theatre artists were interviewed in order to discover the mains reasons and essential criteria for choosing novels for performance material.
