Shakespeare is able to conjure this implausible world, Coleridge observed, because "he adapts himself so admirably to the situation — in other words so puts himself into it".
Mr. Davies said he adapted because he was "too busy being awed" to worry about cultural clashes.
And he was right, of course, because as soon as he adapted to the rhythm of the night he was outstanding.
Presumably because he helped adapt his short story "Yentl the Yeshiva Boy" for the stage, Isaac Bashevis Singer enjoyed the play (which opened on Broadway in 1975) more than he did the film version, which Barbra Streisand produced, directed and helped write as a vehicle for herself eight years later.
Because I think as a director myself I would be too tempted to get in there and mess around". Because he is adapting what is essentially a work in progress, Kloves has had to develop an intuition about where a certain character or theme or plotline is going.
"With Artemisia, there is always an attribution problem, because she adapted so quickly," Mr. Christiansen said.
He had only recently resigned from the Foreign Service, after nearly twenty years, but because he has always adapted easily to changed circumstances, and suffers from no apparent insecurities of the male ego, he took, from the outset, an active and supportive part in Julia's new career.
Apple says Siri will improve with time — both because she adapts to you, and because Apple itself will periodically upgrade her brain.
Apple says Siri will improve with time -- both because she adapts to you, and because Apple itself will periodically upgrade her brain.
In part, this is because he had to adapt to two different times, one of which, at least, he helped to make.
