Sentence examples for wanted to adapt from inspiring English sources

Towards the end of this, Nunn invited Edgar to collaborate on what remains his most successful work: the stage adaptation of Nicholas Nickleby: "Initially I wanted to adapt a novel by George Eliot called Felix Holt the Radical," remembers Nunn, "and I talked to David because he was a political writer who I thought would go very well with that subject matter.

Tewksbury wanted to adapt "Esmé." Salinger agreed.

No wonder they wanted to adapt the dialogue themselves.

"I wanted to adapt the custom to Parisian life".

She originally wanted to adapt Italo Calvino's "The Baron in the Trees," but his estate had blocked the rights.

I wanted to adapt into comics something that everyone thinks they should have read but never did.

Consecutive governments wanted to adapt the system to the trends towards flexibility and individualisation of labour market relations.

Seth Duerr, an ambitious actor and director, decided he wanted to adapt one of the British novelist Ian McEwan's books.

Mr. Linney says he knew after reading the novel that he wanted to adapt it to the stage.

For a long time, I only wanted to adapt this first chapter but the rest of it followed, splendidly.

McQueen told the audience he wanted to adapt Northup's story as he felt the harsh realities of slavery had too rarely been depicted on the big screen.