Pošetilost adaptace: rozbor filmových verzí divadelních her Alana Benneta: &quot;The Madness of George III a The History Boys&quot;

Moravec, Jaromír

This bachelor thesis focuses on adaptation processes present in the transfer of Alan Bennett's plays The Madness of George III and The History Boys from stage to film. The former was considered a mediocre play but its film adaptation can be found on the British Film Institute's list of the country's greatest films while the latter is a critically acclaimed play but its adaptation received mixed reviews and is generally seen as inferior to the stage version. This thesis is to determine why did the two adaptation processes bear such different results despite the same creative team being responsible for both of them. Both processes are first analysed separately, with the analysis of the changes made to The Madness of George III is primarily focused on separate characters and aspects of the story while the changes present in the film version of The History Boys are primarily examined chronologically as the play's first and second half were adapted differently for the screen. After the analysis, both processes are compared. The analysed changes made to The Madness of King George contain a largely condensed and efficient opening, the King, who is cemented as an active protagonist, Capt. Greville, a minor character used to highlight a theme of cold efficiency being favoured in court over empathy, the...

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