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On the art of adaptation.
Despite the argument implicit in Spike Jonze's latest film, Adaptation, every age can justly claim to be an age of adaptation. The desire to transfer a story from one medium or one genre to another is neither new nor rare in Western culture. It is in fact so common that we might suspect that it is somehow the inclination of the human imagination--and, despite the dismissive tone of some critics, not necessarily a secondary or derivative act. After all, most of Shakespeare's plays were adapted from other literary or historical works, and that does not seem to have damaged the Bard's reputation as an inventor. But in recent years, it is true, we have witnessed on our ...
- `Uncle Tom' falls flat in modern adaptation.(Arts and Lifestyle)
- Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald October 19, 2002 700+ words
...the Boston Center for the Arts through Nov. 2. Stage versions...barnstorming the country with various adaptations. It appears that Stowe...Curtis Rand take on in their adaptation that premiered at New York...if the faults lie with the adaptation itself - which is meant to...
- Actor Will Peebles gets in deep in `Donnie Darko' adaptation.(Arts and...
- Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald Woodman, Tenley March 22, 2004 700+ words
...cast the lead for his stage adaptation of the 2001 cult film "Donnie...Repertory Theatre's Moscow Art Theatre Institute. Peebles...tomorrow through Sunday at the ART's Zero Church Street Performance...Repertory Theatre's Moscow Art Theatre Institute production...
- Peter Pan adaptation.(Arts)
- Newspaper article from: Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales) April 8, 2002 700+ words
CARDIFF-BASED Arts Play Umbrella, the UK's most successful specialists in circus/theatre productions, bring their magical adaptation of Peter Pan to Wales this summer. The company kick off their 23week UK-wide tour at Singleton Park in...
- Hornby hits a homer with latest adaptation.(Arts and Lifestyle)
- Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald Schaefer, Stephen April 7, 2005 700+ words
Byline: STEPHEN SCHAEFER With three adaptations already, English novelist Nick Hornby is a golden guy for...as the most successful of the 47-year-old author's adaptations. His last novel, 2001's "How to Be Good," is slated...
- Novelist embraces adaptation.(Arts and Lifestyle)
- Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald Schaefer, Stephen December 25, 2001 700+ words
...a magnet for leading actors. But the novel's blend of whimsy, humor, horror and old-fashioned storytelling made any adaptation difficult, if not downright risky. At the urging of his aunt (Oscar winner Judi Dench), Quoyle returns to Newfoundland...
- Scituate author unleashes praise for adaptation.(Arts and Lifestyle)
- Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald Mccarthy, Sean L. July 27, 2005 700+ words
...herself from it all. "I came at it from a place where books and movies are such different forms. I don't think a good adaptation is necessarily the most literal one." When she saw the finished film for the first time last week in Los Angeles with a...
- Mirror on the wall: Wheelock's sleepy adaptation.(Arts and Lifestyle)
- Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald Nesti, Robert April 7, 2004 700+ words
...s otherwise leaden comedy. With its dark look and feel, the production, staged by Jane Staab, and White's literal adaptation emphasize the grim (no pun intended) aspects of the story, which include child abuse and a murder plan as gruesome as anything...
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- Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald Schaefer, Stephen January 23, 2000 700+ words
...released in 1996. Parker also fashioned musical movies out of Pink Floyd's "The Wall," the New York High School of Performing Arts with "Fame," Irish soul singers in "The Commitments" and children pretending to be '30s gangsters in "Bugsy Malone...