Page to Stage: The Craft of Adaptation

Title Page, Copyright, Acknowledgements

Page to Stage Page to Stage The Craft of Adaptation Vincent Murphy The University of Michigan Press Ann Arbor Copyright © by the University of Michigan 2013 All rights reserved This book may not be reproduced, in whole or in part, including illustrations, in any form (beyond that copying permitted by Sections 107 and 108 of the U.S. Copyright Law and except by reviewers for the public press), without written permission from the publisher. Published in the United States of America by The University of Michigan Press Manufactured in the United States of America c Printed on acid-free paper 2016 2015 2014 2013 4 3 2 1 A CIP catalog record for this book is available from the British Library. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Murphy, Vincent. Page to stage : the craft of adaptation / Vincent Murphy. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-472-07187-6 (cloth : acid-free paper)— ISBN 978-0-472-05187-8 (pbk. : acid-free paper)— ISBN 978-0-472-02879-5 (e-book) 1. Literature—Adaptations—History and criticism. 2. Stage adaptations—History and criticism. I. Title. PN171.A33M86 2012 809—dc23 2012033638 The author dedicates this book to theater artist Ariel Fristoe—for her ongoing brilliance with her internationally acclaimed theater company, Out of Hand, and for being the best daughter he could imagine—and to his grandchildren, Ian Murphy Mednick and Tweed Augusta Fristoe. Acknowledgments Special thanks to those great collaborators and friends who helped shape and inspire this book over its decade of gestation, including Karl Squier, John Phillips, William Dillingham, Michael Evenden, Steve Murray , Marilynne McKay, Beth Bornstein, and Alice Benston. Thanks also to LeAnn Fields, Scott Ham, and Jan Opdyke at the University of Michigan Press; to the anonymous reviewers whose input helped me hone the manuscript; to my developmental editor, Sarah McArthur Smith; to Ellen Gainor, Sandy Thatcher, and Lisa Macklin; to Amy Benson Brown and Elizabeth Gallu of Emory University’s Author Development Program; and to the Emory Theater Studies Department. My work in the final stages of the book’s creation was also supported in part by a grant from the Emory College of Arts and Sciences and the Laney Graduate School. Finally, I am especially grateful to my students in the Creating New Works classes at Tufts University, Simon Fraser University, and Emory University for their insights into what works. ...