Un tema y tres variaciones: el caso Albert Nobbs

Abstract

Bearing Linda Hutcheon’s ideas on the theory of adaptation in mind, the aim of this article is to analyse “Albert Nobbs” (1918 and 1927), the novella by Irish writer George Moore, as a source that triggered Simone Benmusa’s drama adaptation (in 1977) and Rodrigo García’ film adaptation (in 2011). The analysis will focus on the characterisation strategies used by each artist to create the central figure of the story, and on how the theme of gender identity acquires distinctive traits which are made possible via the skillful use of conventions particular to each medium, as well as the principles of composition each one of the artists adopted in the process of recreating the story, taking into account the chronologic and lingüistical distances involved in every new rendering.