It is skillfully adapted and translated by Allen Lewis Rickman, with English supertitles above the stage in the handsome theater of the Jewish Community Center, on Amsterdam Avenue at 76th Street in Manhattan.

The last four volumes of the second edition of his History of the Councils have been described as skillfully adapted to the new situation created by the Vatican decrees.

Skillfully adapted from George Orwell's satirical 1936 novel, "Keep the Aspidistra Flying," the witty period piece, set in 1930's London, follows the descent into poverty of Gordon Comstock (Mr. Grant), a successful London ad man who quits his copywriting job to be a full-time poet.

As adapted skillfully by Nicholas Kazan and Robin Swicord, with fondness for Mr. Dahl's literary outlook and blistering invective, "Matilda" now revels in gaudy Americana.

The frescoes of this Monastery, rendered in the best tradition of the Comnenus style and skillfully adapted to the architecture of the temple, which is especially pronounced in the all-embracing cupola, have particular value.

Skillfully adapted from a novel by Patrick McCabe, it enters the increasingly dangerous mind of its young protagonist as he descends into madness and fury and watches his family (with Mr. Rea as his sodden father) fall apart.

"Without You I'm Nothing" has been skillfully adapted from Ms. Bernhard's one-woman Off Broadway show, thanks to imaginative direction by John Boskovich, clever costumes by Raymond Lee, effective musical accompaniment for the star's surprisingly gentle singing, and a general air of vitality and surprise.

By the end, he has skillfully adapted his counterpart's cynical veneer in a revelatory moment.

The music of Oscar Straus has been skillfully adapted by the music director, Albin Konopka.

Liliane Montevecchi and her musical director, Joel Silberman, have skillfully adapted her recent one-woman show, "On the Boulevard," into a cabaret act.