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Literary adaptation is the adapting of a literary source (e.g. a novel, short story, poem) to another genre or medium, such as a film, stage play, or video game. It can also involve adapting the same literary work in the same genre or medium, just for different purposes, e.g. to work with a smaller cast, in a smaller venue (or on the road), or for a different demographic group (such as adapting a story for children). Sometimes the editing of these works without the approval of the author can lead to a court case. It also appeals because it obviously works as a story; it has interesting characters, who say and do interesting things. This is particularly important when adapting to a dramatic work, e.g. film, stage play, teleplay, as dramatic writing is some of the most difficult. To get an original story to function well on all the necessary dimensions — concept, character, story, dialogue, and action — is an extremely rare event performed by a rare talent. Perhaps most importantly, especially for producers of the screen and stage, an adapted work is more bankable; it represents considerably less risk to investors, and poses the possibilities of huge financial gains. This is because: * It has already attracted a following. * It clearly works as a literary piece in appealing to a broad group of people who care. * Its title, author, characters, etc. may be a franchise in and of themselves already. ==Adapting for film== (詳細はKing John'', the first known film to be based on the works of Shakespeare. The 1900 film ''Sherlock Holmes Baffled'', directed by Arthur Marvin, featured Arthur Conan Doyle's detective character Sherlock Holmes intruding upon a pseudo-supernatural burglary. The film, considered the first detective movie, ran for only 30 seconds and was originally intended to be shown in hand-cranked Mutoscope machines. Georges Méliès' 1902 original science-fiction feature ''A Trip to the Moon'' was based loosely on two popular novels of the time: Jules Verne's ''From the Earth to the Moon'' and H. G. Wells' ''The First Men in the Moon''. The first of many adaptations of the Brothers Grimm tale ''Snow White'' was released in 1902 while the earliest surviving copy is the 1916 version. 1903 saw the release of ''Alice in Wonderland'' directed by Cecil Hepworth and Percy Stow, the first movie adaptation of Lewis Carroll's children's book ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland''. The first feature-length film to be shot entirely in Hollywood was Cecil B. DeMille's first assignment, ''The Squaw Man'', in 1914, which was the first of three movie versions (all directed by DeMille) based on Edwin Milton Royle's play of the same name. The most celebrated of the early adaptations is Erich von Stroheim's ''Greed'', a 1924 adaptation of the 1899 novel ''McTeague'' by naturalist writer Frank Norris. The director intended to film every aspect of the novel in great detail, resulting in a 9½-hour epic feature. At studio insistence, the film was cut down to two hours and was considered a flop upon its theatrical release. It has since been restored to just over four hours and is considered one of the greatest films ever made. One book that has been adapted very frequently (in one form or another) is Charles Dickens' Christmas story ''A Christmas Carol'', which has around 20 film adaptations to date. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Literary adaptation」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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