[Harpo]

Just for comparison, albeit on a smaller scale, "War Of The Worlds" was created as a novel in the 1890s, then performed as a radio play in the 1930s, then made into a film in the 1950s (and again recently), and as a musical version in the 1970s (recently turned into a stage musical).
Imagine the late 19th Century readers of the novel, wondering if it might be "performed" in whatever way in the decades to come. We in the early 21st century know that it was done, successfully, many times. Was there no point in telling the story again?