adapting the classics

Two men and two women in period British costume from the 18th century, standing in front of a dark silhouette of a stone building against a stormy sky

QOTD: Daphne du Maurier

By tigtog on 2016-11-07

“There’s nothing so dangerous as a headstrong girl who knows her own mind.”

Against the background of a starry sky, a girl stands on a window ledge looking excited to see the silhouette of a boy floating in mid-air surrounded by bright light.

Wendy and Peter Pan and the RSC

By tigtog on 2013-12-16 • ( 4 )

Hands up who knew (or at least now remembers that they once knew) that the original play (and subsequent novelisation) by J.M. Barrie was titled “Peter Pan And Wendy” rather than just the “Peter Pan” that current publications and productions favour?

Lucy Liu as Dr Joan Watson & Johnny Lee Miller as Sherlock Holmes, filming Elementary

Friday Hoyden: Lucy Liu as Dr Joan Watson

By tigtog on 2012-05-18 • ( 12 )

In the new Sherlock Holmes adaptation by CBS – Elementary. Johnny Lee Miller will be starring as Holmes. It’s set in Manhattan. Wheeeee! WATCH ALL THE VERSIONS!

New Three Musketeers film might just be deliciously dreadful

By tigtog on 2011-06-10 • ( 10 )

I really do hope for an excessive abundance of banter if they’re going to go the whole herd of hogs, as it appears that they are.