The Literature Network - Love, Hate, Desire Boil Over in 'Lady Chatterley' [ Corrected: 08/08/ 03 ]

Love, Hate, Desire Boil Over in 'Lady Chatterley' [ Corrected: 08/08/ 03 ]

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From: The Washington Post
Date: 20030801
Author:William Triplett

You might have thought that Ken Russell's movie of "Women in Love" made a fair case that D.H. Lawrence's intensely narrative-driven novels really can't be dramatized both faithfully and engagingly. Lawrence's power lies in acute perceptions observed through blood- gorged, florid prose contrasted against mostly banal dialogue. And as the 1969 film demonstrated pretty convincingly, if unintentionally, Lawrence's prose doesn't translate directly into theatrical terms, while the dialogue, alas, does.

Fortunately, John Vreeke and Mary Machala take a different tack in their stage adaptation of ...

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