From Covers to Curtains
Where books, films and television stories step into the spotlight.
This is Clarissa’s Corner for adaptations: the original story, the screen version, the stage production and everything that changes along the way.
Expect crime novels becoming touring thrillers, beloved books reimagined for theatre, classic stories returning in new forms and honest thoughts from a reader, film fan and theatre lover.
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Coming to Netflix: Quasimodo, the Soul of Paris
27 November 2026 · Netflix — Vincent Cassel stars in Jean-François Richet’s historical reimagining connected to Victor Hugo’s Quasimodo. Rather than retelling the medieval novel faithfully, the film moves the story to Paris in 1830, amid political unrest and a cholera epidemic.
Netflix describes the premise as imagining the life of the man said to have inspired Quasimodo. That possible real-life connection should be treated as a theory used by the filmmakers, not established history. UK age classification, runtime, content warnings and accessibility formats will be checked again when Netflix publishes them.
View the official Netflix UK title page → · Revisit the preserved Hunchback of Notre Dame London Concert 2025 archive →
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More Than “Was the Book Better?”
The most interesting adaptations are not always the most faithful. These features look at what changed, what was gained, what was lost and how performance, design, music, puppetry and casting create a new version of a familiar story.
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