Original sentence: A stage play based on a book by Hugh Whitemore, The Best of Friends, provides a window on the friendships of Dame Laurentia McLachlan, OSB (late Abbess of Stanbrook) with Sir Sydney Cockerell and George Bernard Shaw through adaptations from their letters and writings.The film "In This House of Brede" (1975, TV), with Dame Diana Rigg in the lead role, presents a portrayal of the progress of a fictitious postulant.The film was inspired by the 1969 novel of the same name written by Rumer Godden
Edited sentence: A stage play based on a book by Hugh Whitemore, The Best of Friends, provides a window on to the remarkable friendships of Dame Laurentia McLachlan OSB (late Abbess of Stanbrook) with Sir Sydney Cockerell and George Bernard Shaw through adaptations from their letters and writings.The film "In This House of Brede" (1975, TV), with Dame Diana Rigg in the lead rôle, presents a very sensitive portrayal of the progress of a fictitious postulant.The film was inspired by the excellent 1969 novel of the same name written by Rumer Godden