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Festilitt
- the Parisot literary festival
19, 20 & 21 October 2018
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Mike Poulton
In a Festilitt
first, this year we will be in conversation with a playwright about
the challenges and rewards of adapting novels for
the theatre. Not just any old playwright: we are honoured to
welcome Tony award-nominee Mike Poulton, who adapted Hilary Mantel's
Wolf Hall and Bring up the Bodies novels and Robert Harris'
Cicero trilogy for the Royal Shakespeare Company.
Mike's first career was in publishing and he only became a playwright in
1995, earning a Tony nomination for his first ever adaptation for
the Chichester Festival Theatre, Fortune's Fool, which starred
Alan Bates in the lead role. The same season at Chichester
also featured Derek Jacobi in Mike's adaptation of Uncle Vanya.
An illustrious start to his career, which continues to go from strength
to strength.
We look forward to discussing with Mike the transformation
of thrilling fiction into thrilling theatre, how to imbue classic plays
with contemporary relevance and the process of partnership with
authors throughout adaptation.
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