Abstract
This research is about the adaptation of the novel The Butcher Boy (1992), by Patrick McCabe, to the play Frank Pig Says Hello (1992), also by Patrick McCabe, and to the movie The Butcher Boy (1997)adapted and directed by Neil Jordan. The aim of this study is to comprehend how the novel is made into a play and into a film and to find out why the author adapts his own work instead of creat…