- Sean Foley says: Theatre is getting
smarter at page-to-stage translations.
- which William Shakespeare were it´s
really no different to what Dennis Kelly has done with “Matilda” or the
creators of “War Horse” with “Michael Morpurgo´s” story today.
-Shakespeare published texts, but if
he were writing today he would almost certainly turn his attention to movies,
online stories, TV formats and maybe even video games, etc.
- Perhaps he would even have seen the
theatrical potential of The X Factor, which is being made into a stage musical, “I Can't Sing”
- Certainly no shortage of Jacobean-style tragedy
and backstabbing in “The X Factor”.
-Shakespeare
proves, it is possible to plunder a source while creating something wholly
original.
-But
Foley says he does "not understand people saying I Can't Sing is not a fit
subject to make a musical out of", and argues that the "theatre
establishment" can be "snobby" about adaptation.
-
But the movies have never had the slightest qualm about taking something from
one medium and transforming in another. Why
should theatre see adaptation as second-best?..... The change in attitudes to stage adaptations is
happening because the nature of stage adaptations has changed.
-in
any adaptations of theatre, the honour
and transcend their source material, and they could be as richly rewarding a
theatrical experience as any original play.
