Sentence examples for classic adapted from inspiring English sources

Dance "THE NUTCRACKER," two versions of the classic adapted for young audiences.

And it's fair to say that this version of Erich Kastner's 1929 children's classic, adapted by Carl Miller and directed by Bijan Sheibani, doesn't disappoint.

The lack of memorable songs in "8 Women" illustrates that the artistic bottom line of every successful movie musical, be it a Broadway classic adapted for the screen or a Disney-animated frolic, is finally the score.

Nowadays, macho preening too often passes for the kind of feral grace radiated by Lancaster in films like "The Killers," the 1946 noir classic adapted from a Ernest Hemingway short story and directed by Robert Siodmak.

So, to me, a lot of Cornerstone's founding impulse was, 'Let's go out and meet the other 98percentt of our fellow citizens and do plays with and for them, to find out if theater can be relevant to their lives.' " The company goes into small communities and puts on plays — often classics adapted to address local issues — with a mix of professional and amateur actors.

"A CHRISTMAS CAROL" The Dickens classic is adapted and directed by Stephen Wargo, with musical arrangements by Dianne Adams McDowell.

November 28 2012 December 2 201212 Anne Bogart directs the classic play, adapted by Jocelyn Clarke, which explores the consequences of war in the context of the siege of Troy.

Cate Blanchett and Mia Wasikowska are to play the leads in a film version of Patricia Highsmith's lesbian classic Carol, adapted by Phyllis Nagy and directed by John Crowley.

Mr. Mendes will stage both plays, the Chekhov classic (as adapted by Tom Stoppard) and the Shakespeare romance, with one company of actors.

The season, entitled We Invented the Theatre, contains what Combs describes as "classic drama, adapted by one of the all-time great hip-hop lyricists, producers and performers - I mention no names - to reflect the hustle and the game in 2005.

Gilberton's extensive Classics Illustrated line adapted literary classics, with the likes of Frankenstein alongside Don Quixote and Oliver Twist; Classics Illustrated Junior reprinted comic book versions of children's classics such as The Wizard of Oz, Rapunzel, and Pinocchio.