Tag Archives: Adaptation

“Romantic and Familiar”

Posted on August 7, 2012 by quicklytothepanopticon

I don’t tend to like most Dickens adaptations. Or rather, most Dickens adaptations are fine, they often contain excellent casts of veteran character actors in beautiful costumes, but they always ring a little hollow for me. That is, of course, … Continue reading →

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“He speaks like a drunken man”

Posted on July 25, 2012 by quicklytothepanopticon

The title of this entry comes from Oscar Wilde’s Salome. It is a line spoken by Herodias directed at Iokanaan, or John the Baptist. It is an important line, for it captures the hysteric, maddening quality of utterance in the … Continue reading →

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Elementary, my dear Watson

Posted on June 23, 2012 by quicklytothepanopticon

I recently started watching the first the season of the BBC’s Sherlock, a contemporary adaptation of Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes stories. It is an interesting, well-directed, and well-acted series. Benedict Cumberbatch goes directly to the quick (near manic) core … Continue reading →

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Learning to Listen to the Monster

Posted on June 12, 2012 by quicklytothepanopticon

Last week I went to see a rebroadcast of National Theatre Live’s production of Frankenstein. The play was adapted by from the novel by Nick Dear, and directed by Danny Boyle. It stars Johnny Lee Miller and Benedict Cumberbatch on … Continue reading →

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