Adaptation from theatre to cinema: Comparative adaptation studying method from Shakespeare's Macbeth to Akira Kurosawa's Throne of Blood film

Adaptation, in general meaning making film from an earlier text, is an application which has been used through the history of cinema. This study, focusing on especially film adaptation from theatre plays, aims at analyzing and interpreting the relation between Akira Kurosawa?s Throne of Blood and its source text, William Shakespeare?s Macbeth play. To analyze this relation, comparative adaptation studying method has been used. Film and its source text were compared according to steps of the method in terms of narrative elements and film?s interpretation of the text was looked through the analysis of cinematic elements, as well. Akira Kurosawa sets up free relation with Macbeth which he transfered to the screen and converts the language of theater effectively to the language of cinema. This study, being a qualitative case study research, also draws attention to film adaptation?s aspect of being a transfer not only between medium but also cultures.