Four superlative stage adaptations by contemporary playwrights, giving bold new interpretations of classic novels This volume, relaunching the Frontline Intelligence series, contains stage adaptations by contemporary dramatists of well-known, well-loved classics. Included are Jane Austen's "Emma" by Michael Fry, John Cleland's "The Life and Times of Fanny Hill" by April De Angelis, Charles Dickens's "Great Expectations" by John Clifford and George Eliot's "The Mill on the Floss" by Helen Edmundson. The introduction by Michael Fry discusses the issue of adapting classics in context.
- ISBN10 0413704904
- ISBN13 9780413704900
- Publish Date 12 August 1996
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 12 July 2023
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Imprint Methuen Drama
- Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
- Pages 364
- Language English