Editing Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (section)

===Opera===
''Sir Gawain and the Green Knight'' was first adapted as an opera in 1978 by the composer [[Richard Blackford]] on commission from the village of [[Blewbury]], Oxfordshire. The libretto was written for the adaptation by the children's novelist John Emlyn Edwards. The "Opera in Six Scenes" was subsequently recorded by [[Decca Records|Decca]] between March and June 1979 and released on the [[Argo Records (UK)|Argo]] label<ref>{{cite AV media| date=1979|title= Sir Gawain and the Green Knight; an opera in six scenes|author-last=Blackford|author-first=Richard|publisher=The Decca Record Company Ltd. Argo Division|location=London|id=Argo ZK 85}}</ref> in November 1979.

''Sir Gawain and the Green Knight'' was adapted into an opera called ''[[Gawain (opera)|Gawain]]'' by [[Harrison Birtwistle]], first performed in 1991. Birtwistle's opera was praised for maintaining the complexity of the poem while translating it into lyric, musical form.<ref>{{Cite journal|doi=10.2307/965691|last=Bye|first=Anthony|date=May 1991|title=Birtwistle's Gawain|journal=[[The Musical Times]]|volume=132|issue=1779|pages=231–33|jstor=965691}}</ref> Another operatic adaptation is Lynne Plowman's ''Gwyneth and the Green Knight'', first performed in 2002. This opera uses ''Sir Gawain'' as the backdrop but refocuses the story on Gawain's female [[squire]], Gwyneth, who is trying to become a knight. Plowman's version was praised for its approachability, as its target is the family audience and young children, but criticised for its use of modern language and occasional preachy nature.<ref>{{cite web| last = Kimberley| first = Nick| title = Classical: The footstomping way to repay a sound investment| work = The Independent on Sunday| date = 11 May 2003| url = https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/birmingham-contemporary-music-group-cbso-centre-birmingham-gwyneth-and-the-green-knight-linbury-590455.html| access-date = 1 March 2016}}</ref>