This play is stage adaptation of novel.

这出舞台剧是改编自一部小说。

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The new stage adaptation will be performed in nine theatres including Norwich, Sheffield and Richmond.

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"It's a surprise, " said the playwright, who is currently working on a stage adaptation of the children's movie Shrek.

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Also up for best new musical is another screen-to-stage adaptation, Top Hat, based on the 1935 Fred Astaire-Ginger Rogers film.

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