Editing The Human Comedy (novel) (section)

==Adaptations==
The film based on Saroyan's script, ''[[The Human Comedy (film)|The Human Comedy]]'', was released in 1943.  

In 1943, Nick Hoffer drew a newspaper comic strip, ''La Comédie Humaine'', based on ''The Human Comedy''. It ran in ''Le Petit Journal'', a [[Quebec|Québec]] newspaper.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Nick Hoffer|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/h/hoffer_nick.htm|access-date=2020-06-04|website=lambiek.net|language=en}}</ref>  

An adaption by S. Lee Pogostin aired on television on the ''[[DuPont Show of the Month]]'' in March 1959. Pogostin's adaptation was highly praised by the ''[[The New York Times|New York Times]]''. This production starred [[Michael J. Pollard]] and featured narration by [[Burgess Meredith]].<ref>{{Cite news|title='The Human Comedy'| work=The New York Times |url=http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1959/03/30/80767805.html?pageNumber=51|access-date=2020-06-03|language=en}}</ref>

A [[The Human Comedy (musical)|musical adaptation for the stage]], which ''The New York Times'' described as a "pop folk opera",<ref>{{Cite news|last=Bennetts|first=Leslie|date=January 2, 1984|title=Holiday Party Inspired 'Human Comedy' Opera|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/01/02/theater/holiday-party-inspired-human-comedy-opera.html|access-date=2020-06-04|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> opened at [[The Public Theater|Joseph Papp's Public Theatre]] on December 28, 1983, and eventually transferred to Broadway, where it closed after 19 previews and 13 performances.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Freedman|first=Samuel G.|date=April 5, 1984|title='Human Comedy' Moves to Broadway|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/04/05/theater/human-comedy-moves-to-broadway.html|access-date=2020-06-03|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=April 16, 1984|title='Human Comedy' Closes|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/04/16/theater/human-comedy-closes.html|access-date=2020-06-03|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

In 1992, Richard Klautsch directed an adaptation for the stage by [[Phil Atlakson]] at [[Boise State University]] that featured [[Randy Davison]].<ref>{{Cite journal |date=1992 |title=The Human Comedy A new play Based on the Novel by William Saroyan |url=https://scholarworks.boisestate.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1157&context=theatre_programs |journal=[[Boise State University]]}}</ref>  

A second film version, ''[[Ithaca (film)|Ithaca]]'' (2015), was directed by [[Meg Ryan]]. Filming began in [[Richmond, Virginia]] and [[Petersburg, Virginia]] in July 2014.<ref>{{cite news|last=Heil|first=Emily|date=June 23, 2014|title=When Sally met Terry: Meg Ryan's directorial debut to film in Va.|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/reliable-source/wp/2014/06/23/when-sally-met-terry-meg-ryans-directorial-debut-to-film-in-va/|access-date=November 6, 2017}}</ref>