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In atheatrical adaptation, material from another artistic medium, such as anovel or afilm is re-written according to the needs and requirements of thetheatre and turned into aplay ormusical.
Directors must make artistic decisions about what to include and exclude from the source material. The original mediums have a significant influence on these decisions, for example, much must be elided in the adaptation from a novel to a stage production, due to practical time constraints. These decisions are always controversial and comparisons between the original and the adaptation are unavoidable.[original research?]
The Phantom of the Opera was originally a novel byGaston Leroux written as a serialisation from 1909 to 1910. It is the longest running show in Broadway history. There are numerous examples of novel adaptations in the field, includingCats, which was based onOld Possum's Book of Practical Cats (1939) byT.S. Eliot andLes Misérables, which was originally an1862 historical novel byVictor Hugo.Tales of the South Pacific would be adapted into theRodgers and Hammerstein musicalSouth Pacific.[1]
The Lion King was originally a 1994 Disney animated film and its theatrical adaptation has become the most successful musical in history.
The 1975 musicalChicago was adapted from a 1926 play byMaurine Dallas Watkins, who was a reporter and used her experiences with real-life criminals to form the basis of the story. The musicalOklahoma! is an adaptation of the playGreen Grow the Lilacs byLynn Riggs.[2]
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