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| jenkins Player     Joined: 1/31/11 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 23 |     Topic: bio listing for writer who adapted a book Posted: 3/02/11 at 11:47am | 
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   How do you list yourself in a bio if you've adapted a book for stage?  "Writer" seems wrong, and "Adapter" seems weird.
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| Amos Hart Lead   Joined: 12/15/06 Online Status: Offline Posts: 36 |     Posted: 3/02/11 at 10:03pm | 
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   If you wrote the script, you're a writer.
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| Spectrum Celebrity     Joined: 4/16/04 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 176 |     Posted: 3/03/11 at 2:34am | 
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   If it's a script for the stage, wouldn't (s)he be a playwright or dramatist?  Writer, to me, implies newspapers or magazines. Edited by Spectrum - 3/03/11 at 10:10am | |
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| edh915 Celebrity     Joined: 11/19/09 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 325 |     Posted: 3/06/11 at 2:11pm | 
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   If you wrote a play - original, or adapted from another source - you are a playwright.  
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| KEB54 Celebrity   Joined: 7/24/08 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 227 |     Posted: 3/06/11 at 7:43pm | 
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   "Adapted for the stage by ___" is how I've seen it listed in programs. In the copyright he is referred to as the author.
 For your purposes, how about "The author of the stage adaptation of XXX (author)'s, XXX (Book Title)."  | |
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