Tuesday, April 29, 2008
After Adapting ‘Gatsby’ to the Stage, Elevator Repair Service Turns to Faulkner
New York Times: "JOHN COLLINS approaches a play much like a scientist trying to prove a difficult theory. He starts with an untested idea and brainstorms ways to make it work on the stage. Many hypothetical solutions are posed, proved not to work and rejected. Often he finds himself back at Square 1 at the end of a day."
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It seems like an interesting idea to adapt a novel to the stage while also not cutting any words from the original novel, but I am skeptical of the success of doing this. Like trying to adapt a book to a movie, there are normally a lot of changes made so it fits better in the film medium. Perhaps Elevator Repair Service's novel adaptations function more like glorified readings than theatrical shows.
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