In 1983, Estonian stage and film actress Ita Ever starred in the Russian language film adaptation of Agatha Christie's novel A Pocket Full of Rye ( using the Russian edition's translated title, The Secret of the Blackbirds ) as the character of Miss Marple.

In September 1977, veteran actress and authoress Dulcie Gray played the Miss Marple character in a stage adaptation of A Murder Is Announced at the Vaudeville Theatre in London, England that featured also Dinah Sheridan, Eleanor Summerfield, Patricia Brake and Barbara Flynn.

This uneven work was followed by another popular comedic success La locandiera ( Mine Hostess ), an adaptation of the classic and popular spoken stage comedy La locandiera by Carlo Goldoni, the libretto was prepared by Domenico Poggi.

In 1973, Lerner coaxed Fritz Loewe out of retirement to augment the Gigi score for a musical stage adaptation.

A musical stage adaptation of the Book of Esther, written by Bruce Greer and Keith Ferguson, is currently in development with Dallas Summer Musicals.

In Roman Polanski's 1971 adaptation, Banquo is played by acclaimed stage actor Martin Shaw, in a style reminiscent of earlier stage performances.

* In Glass Mask ( episode 29 of the anime and volume 17 of the manga ), Ayumi Himekawa played Carmilla in a stage adaptation of the novella.

: In 2001 the first stage adaptation was performed at churches throughout the Romney Marsh, the final night being performed in Dymchurch itself.

His direction of a 1926 stage adaptation of The Great Gatsby by Owen Davis brought him to the attention of the New York critics.

** Holes ( play ), a 1998 stage adaptation of the novel

Monty Python and the Holy Grail ( 1975 ) ( adapted in 2004 as the stage production Spamalot ) was a comedic adaptation.

In 2006, Lewis first announced plans for a stage musical adaptation of his 1963 film, The Nutty Professor.

The partnership went on to produce these and other Broadway musicals such as Allegro, Me & Juliet, Pipe Dream, Flower Drum Song, and The Sound of Music, as well as the musical film State Fair ( and its stage adaptation of the same name ), and the television musical Cinderella, all featured in the revue A Grand Night for Singing.

This example was made famous in the stage musical West Side Story and its film adaptation.

In 1985, a television adaptation of the original stage play was created, directed by Albert Finney and originally aired in the US through HBO in 1985.

* A Little Night Music, ( 1977 ) a movie adaptation of the stage work.

* Sweeney Todd, ( 2007 ) a movie adaptation of the stage work, made with Sondheim's participation and approval, was directed by Tim Burton, featuring a largely nonmusical cast led by Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter.

On December 15, 2007 a German language stage musical adaptation premiered in Hamburg, Germany.

By this interpretation, it is ironic that the first authorized adaptation was a stage production in a girls ' school.

The first authorized adaptation of The Hobbit appeared in March 1953, a stage production by St. Margaret's School, Edinburgh.

* Talking Heads ( play ), a 2003 stage adaptation of the BBC series

Musical versions include the 1966 TV musical with songs by Moose Charlap, and Judi Rolin in the role of Alice, a Christmas 2007 multimedia stage adaptation at The Tobacco Factory directed and conceived by Andy Burden, written by Hattie Naylor, music and lyrics by Paul Dodgson and a 2008 opera Through the Looking Glass by Alan John.

With the stars of the stage adaptation of Chariots of Fire ( play ) | Chariots of Fire at the Gielgud Theatre, July 2012

most modern adapters totally accept the world of a book, squeeze it dry of life, and add only one contribution of their own: stage technique.

The traditional ascription of the whole book to the prophet Joel was challenged in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries by a theory of a three stage process of composition: 1: 1 – 2: 27 were from the hand of Joel, and dealt with a contemporary issue ; 2: 28 – 3: 21 were ascribed to a continuator with an apocalyptic outlook.

In the book Rockin ' out of the Box: Gender Maneuvering in Alternative Hard Rock, one instance of Love's culturally subversive stage antics was noted at a 1995 concert:

* Multi-cache: This variation consists of multiple discoveries of one or more intermediate points containing the coordinates for the next stage ; the final stage contains the log book and trade items.

On the U. S. stage the book has been adapted into two musical versions, Scarlett and Gone with the Wind.

Two years after Wizards publication, Baum and Denslow teamed up with composer Paul Tietjens and director Julian Mitchell to produce a musical stage version of the book under Fred R. Hamlin.

The stage version differed quite a bit from the book, and was aimed primarily at adults.

* 1933 – Censorship: In Germany, the Nazis stage massive public book burnings.

Director Jim Sharman collaborated on the screenplay with O ' Brien, who wrote both the book and lyrics for the stage.

The book, by Hugh Wheeler, is based on Christopher Bond's 1973 stage version of the Victorian original.

Freak Show was also a stage performance by a theater company at the Archa Theater in Prague that premiered on November 1, 1995, and a comic book.

Through the reception of this book, Crowley proclaimed the arrival of a new stage in the spiritual evolution of humanity, to be known as the ' Æon of Horus '.

Wilde proved to be a diligent reviser, sending detailed instructions on stage directions, character listings and the presentation of the book, and insisting that a playbill from the first performance be reproduced inside.

In 1955, theatrical producer Martin Gabel was working on a stage adaptation of the James M. Cain novel Serenade, about an opera singer who comes to the realization he is homosexual, and he invited Laurents to write the book.

The audience milled about the open festival floor for a long 45 minutes / hour after opening act Oingo Boingo departed the stage, and then finally it was announced that XTC would not take the stage due to the " illness " of one of the band members ( later revealed as Andy Partridge's ongoing fight with stage fright in Chris Twomey's book XTC: Chalkhills and Children ).

According to former stage manager David Blayney ( 15 years with ZZ Top ) in his book, Sharp Dressed Men, sound engineer Linden Hudson co-wrote much of the material on the album as a live-in high-tech music teacher to Beard and Gibbons.

** In Germany, the Nazis stage massive public book burnings.

In 1995, he wrote the book for the stage musical adaptation of Victor / Victoria, also starring Andrews.

The trilogy inspired a number of direct adaptations, including a stage play and a comic book series, and numerous indirect adaptations that borrowed from its themes.

In the case of musicals, the music, the lyrics, and the " book " ( i. e., the spoken dialogue and the stage directions ) may each have their own author.

The book has been adapted for stage performance as Dirk and in 2005, some fans of Douglas Adams produced an amateur radio series based on the first book.