stage adaptation
Play from novel
A stage adaptation is a theatrical version of a work originally created in another form—typically a novel, film, or historical event reworked for live performance.
The term emphasizes the transformation required: The stage adaptation of Les Misérables condenses Hugo's massive novel into three hours.
Adaptations must translate what worked in one medium into the constraints and possibilities of theater.
- musical theaterStaged entertainment combining song
- Broadway showManhattan theatrical production
- West EndLondon theatre district
- scriptwritingComposing film or TV text
- dialogueSpoken exchange between parties
novel · dramaturgy · table read · choreography · dress rehearsal · opening night · screenplay · monologue · critical acclaim · lighting design · graphic novel · casting · experimental theater · folklore · protagonist · costume design · set design · directing
- stage productionsplay, musical, dress rehearsal, Broadway show, West End show
- versionsversion, edition, variant, variation, revision
- performance rightsperformance rights, broadcast rights, public performance, live performance, ASCAP
- stage translationdubbing, subtitles, surtitles, supertitles, localization
- theaterplays, play, onstage, acting, auditorium
- Comic Book Adaptationsgraphic novel film, Watchmen, The Walking Dead, Sin City, Scott Pilgrim
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Original work adapted from
source text · original screenplay · first edition · ur-text · original composition
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Movie from prior source
screen adaptation · novel adaptation · video game adaptation · graphic novel adaptation · novelization
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