An adaptation of The Great Gatsby breaks all the rules of page-to-stage drama to shed new light on the novel and theatre"Adapt or die," the saying goes. When it comes to theatre, however, the reverse is very often true: death by adaptation. A glance through the theatre listings reveals a number of familiar titles. In London, long-running adaptations of Michael Morpurgo and John Buchan, have, more recently, been joine…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:21PM on December 2, 2010