Novel vs. Play Novels have been converted into plays countless amounts of time. Sometimes they work and sometimes they do not. Turning a novel into a play comes with challenges that must be met. Questions must be asked and things will have to be changed to make everything fit. The Neverending Story by Michael Ende was adapted into a play by David S. Craig. Regardless, of how the story is adapted the characters, and the portrayal end up different, but the resolution remain the same. One instance of the The Neverending Story creating differences between the novel and the play is the characters. The main characters in the story like Bastian, Atreyu, and Falkor remain the same in both the play and the story. On the other hand the Bookseller
