What is a novel in dramatic (or play) form?
I tried to search it on Google, but no relevant results turned up.
I tried to search it on Google, but no relevant results turned up.
What is a novel in dramatic (or play) form?
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A novel in dramatic form? So it would read like a play? I may be misinformed, and I probably am since I only recently heard of Steampunk, but isn't a novel and a playscript two different entities?
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Erm... I would think it is a play. Could you describe the difference between one and the other? What makes it a novel, if it is written as a drama?
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The nighttown (Circe) section of James Joyce's Ulysses is written in playscript form - good luck trying to stage it though!
I can't think of a whole novel written in script form offhand, but I suspect there might be one out there somewhere.
I can't think of a whole novel written in script form offhand, but I suspect there might be one out there somewhere.
The Casuarina Tree, a short story by Somerset Maugham, was adapted as a stage play and screenplay. The story title was changed to The Letter.
I think there's a lot of adaptations of books to stage plays. More recently there have been distastrous attempts to stage what many consider to be 'unstageable', i.e. The Ring. Hope this helps?
I think there's a lot of adaptations of books to stage plays. More recently there have been distastrous attempts to stage what many consider to be 'unstageable', i.e. The Ring. Hope this helps?
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I'm not sure what your question means. Can you give some context? What led you to want information about novels in dramatic form?
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A fair number of famous novels have been rewritten as plays (e.g., Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck), and vice versa (e.g., Threepenny Opera, Threepenny Novel, by Bertolt Brecht). Beyond that, I'm kinda confused about the question, like several others in the thread.
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