Editing Picnic at Hanging Rock (novel) (section)

===Theatre===
''Picnic at Hanging Rock'' was adapted by playwright Laura Annawyn Shamas in 1987 and published by Dramatic Publishing Company. Subsequently, it has had many productions in the US, Canada, and Australia. There have also been musical adaptations of the novel.

In 2007 a youth musical adaptation by Robert Johns (adapter) and Brian Spence (composer) premiered at Chichester's Minerva Theatre in West Sussex, UK.

A stage-musical adaptation, with book, music, and lyrics by Daniel Zaitchik, was scheduled to open in New York City in the fall of 2012.<ref>{{cite news|last=Horwitz|first=Jane|title=Backstage: Chatting with Brian MacDevitt, Tony-winning lighting designer|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/backstage-chatting-with-brian-macdevitt-tony-winning-lighting-designer/2011/08/30/gIQAfnaaqJ_story.html|access-date=29 September 2011|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=30 August 2011}}</ref> The musical received a 2007 staged reading at New York's [[Lincoln Center]],<ref>{{cite web|title=News|work=Joe Calarco|url=http://www.joecalarco.net/JoeNews.htm|access-date=29 September 2011}}</ref> and further workshop development at the 2009 O'Neill Theater Center National Music Theater Conference.<ref>{{cite web|last=Gans |first=Andrew |title=Musicals Tales of the City and Picnic at Hanging Rock to Be Developed at O'Neill Theater Center |url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/128278-Musicals-Tales-of-the-City-and-Picnic-at-Hanging-Rock-to-Be-Developed-at-ONeill-Theater-Center |work=Playbill |date=15 April 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140305002729/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/128278-Musicals-Tales-of-the-City-and-Picnic-at-Hanging-Rock-to-Be-Developed-at-ONeill-Theater-Center |archive-date=5 March 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The musical had its world premiere on 28 February 2014 at [[Weber State University]] in Ogden, Utah under the direction of Jim Christian.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/188209-World-Premiere-of-Daniel-Zaitchik-Musical-Picnic-at-Hanging-Rock-Debuts-in-Utah-Feb-28?tsrc=nx |work=Playbill |title=World Premiere of Daniel Zaitchik Musical Picnic at Hanging Rock Debuts in Utah Feb. 28 |author=Hetrick, Adam |date=28 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140305003513/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/188209-World-Premiere-of-Daniel-Zaitchik-Musical-Picnic-at-Hanging-Rock-Debuts-in-Utah-Feb-28?tsrc=nx |archive-date=5 March 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In 2016, the [[Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne|Malthouse Theatre]] in Melbourne showed a stage adaptation dramatized by [[Tom Wright (Australian playwright)|Tom Wright]] and directed by [[Matthew Lutton]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aussietheatre.com.au/reviews/malthouse-picnic-hanging-rock|work=Aussie Theatre|title=Malthouse: Picnic at Hanging Rock|author=Gow, Keith|date=3 March 2016|access-date=16 May 2017}}</ref> The production was later staged at the [[Royal Lyceum Theatre]] in [[Edinburgh]], Scotland in January 2017. The overseas production worked alongside the original Australian theatre makers Malthouse Theatre, Melbourne as well as Black Swan State Theatre Company.<ref>{{cite web|title=Picnic at Hanging Rock 2017 | publisher= Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh|url=http://lyceum.org.uk/whats-on/production/picnic-at-hanging-rock|access-date=1 September 2016}}</ref> The Malthouse Theatre presented an encore season of ''Picnic at Hanging Rock'' in early 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://vimeo.com/254959058|title=Picnic at Hanging Rock (2018) / Trailer|date=8 February 2018}}</ref>