Surmounting Technical Challenges in Adapting Short Stories for Stage Performances: Exit of a Tyrant in Focus

Abstract

The work appraised the exit of a tyrant in surmounting technical challenges in adapting short stories for stage performances. "To accomplish the task of drawing a blue print for the exercise, the researcher adopted both primary and secondary sources of data collection to arrive at the dependable data needed for the research. Observation and experimentation were used for the primary source while textbooks, journals, short story and play script were used for the secondary source. From the research carried out, the conclusion arrived at is that if the Technical Director and his crew members are up and doing, the impending technical challenges in adapting short stories for stage performances are likely to be surmounted. The research outcome promises to be of immense significance to directors, technical crew, students, film and theatre practitioners as well as scholars interested in the business of adaptation. From the above, this paper recommends that in adapting short stories for stages performances, a professional Technical Director with the requisite skills, tools, materials, equipment as well as the efficient technical crew should be employed.