Sarah Solemani Adapts Elizabeth Day's 'The Party' for Television
Actor-screenwriter Sarah Solemani has adapted Elizabeth Day's 2017 bestselling novel 'The Party' for television. In a conversation, Solemani and Day discussed themes of privilege, entitlement, and their shared experience as social class outsiders. The novel, published in 2017, became a bestseller. The TV adaptation marks a collaboration between the two, with Solemani writing the screen version and Day providing the source material. The discussion centered on the class system and how their personal backgrounds informed the work. No broadcast date or network was specified in the source material.
Key facts
- Elizabeth Day's novel 'The Party' was published in 2017 and became a bestseller.
- Sarah Solemani is an actor-screenwriter who adapted the novel for television.
- The conversation between Solemani and Day covered privilege, entitlement, and social class.
- Both women describe themselves as social class outsiders.
- The TV version is based on Day's 2017 book.
- The discussion was published by the Financial Times.
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Artists
- Sarah Solemani
- Elizabeth Day
Institutions
- Financial Times