{"product_id":"the-art-of-screen-adaptation","title":"The Art of Screen Adaptation","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHollywood. Netflix. Amazon. BBC. Producers and audiences are hungrier than ever for stories, and a lot of those stories begin life as a book - but how exactly do you transfer a story from the page to the screen? Do adaptations use the same creative gears as original screenplays? Does a true story give a project more weight than a fictional one? Is it helpful to have the original author's input on the script? And how much pressure is the screenwriter under, knowing they won't be able to please everyone with the finished product?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAlistair Owen puts all these questions and many more to some of the top names in screenwriting, including \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eHossein Amini\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(Drive), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eJeremy Brock\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (The Last King of Scotland), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eMoira Buffini\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (Jane Eyre), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eLucinda Coxon\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (The Danish Girl), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eAndrew Davies\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (War \u0026amp; Peace), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eChristopher Hampton\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (Atonement), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eDavid Hare\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (The Hours), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eOlivia Hetreed\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (Girl with a Pearl Earring), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eNick Hornby\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (An Education), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eDeborah Moggach\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (Pride \u0026amp; Prejudice), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eDavid Nicholls\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (Patrick Melrose) and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eSarah Phelps\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (And Then There Were None).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eExploring fiction and nonfiction projects, contemporary and classic books, films and TV series, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Art of Screen Adaptation\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ereveals the challenges and pleasures of reimagining stories for cinema and television, and provides a frank and fascinating masterclass with the writers who have done it - and have the awards and acclaim to show for it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"National Theatre Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55619168371064,"sku":"9780857302274","price":26.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0257\/9562\/5032\/files\/TheArtofScreenAdaptationNationalTheatreShop.jpg?v=1785248324","url":"https:\/\/shop.nationaltheatre.org.uk\/products\/the-art-of-screen-adaptation","provider":"National Theatre Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}