Operatic Adaptation of Drama scripts: Femi osofisan's A restless run of locust at Unilorin 24th convocation play
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2014
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Theatre and media studies department, Nnamdi Azikwe university, awka, Nigeria
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This paper examines the process of adapting a drama script!
into an opera using an adapted work of a prominent playwright
as focus with Hutcheon's theory of adaptation as our reference
point. This paper uses the adapted work to analyze and judge
the success of adaptation and also points out its short comings.
In view of this, the paper pervades the process of conducting
interviews, participatory observation method with the
consultation of relevant books.journals, articles, thesis etc. We
observed that the adaptation of the drama script was not totally
based on the theories of adaptation which scholars such as
Kneupper (J972), Zawidski (2000), Elvira (2003), Hutcheon
(2006) and others have researched and developed and that
previous adaptations by adapters have sacrificed some
inherent dramatic moments for the music itself The paper
concludes and makes recommendations in order to correct
some existing challenges jar the betterment of the adaptation
of drama scripts into operas in theatre schools and theatrical
performances.
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Adaptation, Composer, Operatic, Drama