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Why Adapt a Novel for Theatre?:The Reasons Theatre Artists Give for Adapting Literature for Live Performance


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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.

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Theatre Arts, Adaptation, Performance, Novels, Literature.
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Jennifer Munday
Charles Sturt University, New South Wales, Australia

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.

Keywords


Theatre Arts, Adaptation, Performance, Novels, Literature.