Writing Stage Adaptations

3 Credits · Level: Undergraduate

This workshop-based seminar introduces students to the art of adaptation for the stage from a playwriting perspective. Each student will adapt a literary, historical or fact-based work as a one-act play, developed in the context of reading and discussion of the theory and practice of adaptation. Together, the class will develop critical and creative fluency by considering disparate theatrical texts adapted for the stage (including from other media, times, cultures). X-List: Comparative Literature, English