The Talking Dogs Of Mahudes TITLE OF SOURCE: AUTHOR'S NAME - FIRST: LAST: DESCRIPTION: Visual Text "Ever since I had strength enough to gnaw a bone I have longed for the power of speech, that I might utter a multitude of things I had laid up in my memory, and which lay there so long that they were growing musty or almost forgotten. Now, however, that I see myself so unexpectedly enriched with this divine gift of speech, I intend to enjoy it and avail myself of it as much as I can, taking pains to say everything I can recollect." COMMENTS: Visual Text Two dogs suddenly find themselves with the power of speech for one night. The "dialogue" consists of Scipio recounting his adventures with various masters, how he was loved or mistreated and his sharp judgments of the humans he has encountered. The other dog, Berganza, never gets to tell his story because Scipio is so long-winded, but he intersperses some comments. Merely musicalizing the dialogue would probably not result in an interesting musical. If the writer dramatized the various adventures, the show would be episodic and therefore problematic. A difficult adaptation, at best. [HB] CANDIDATE FOR ADAPTATION?: --- not set --- Not reviewed Promising Unlikely SOURCE MATERIAL: Fable Novella Play Plot summary Short Story -- Parent -- GENRE: Comedy Comic Horror Detective Drama Fable Fairy Tale Fantasy Folklore Folktale Ghost Story Melodrama Mystery Myth Operetta Other Romance Suspense Young Audiences -- Parent -- SETTING: Africa America England Europe Fantasy International New Zealand Pastoral Rural Rustic Science Fiction -- Parent -- LENGTH FOR ADAPTATION: 10 Minutes 15 Minutes 30 Minutes 45 Minutes 60 Minutes 90 Minutes Two Hours -- Parent -- URL FOR PDF DOCUMENT: TheTalkingDogsOfMahudes.pdf
