adjective or noun ?

[ph2004]

"She wants to study English, so she can read Shakespeare's plays in the original." What part of speech is the "original" here : adjective or noun ?

[casablanca_30391]

"She wants to study English, so she can read Shakespeare's plays in the original." What part of speech is the "original" here : adjective or noun ?

Well, in my opinion, "original" in this part is an adjective.In English, there is a structure " The + Adj" to refer the collective noun.
However, I just see "in origin" and I wonder why don't you revise this sentence?

[corum]

"She wants to study English, so she can read Shakespeare's plays in the original." What part of speech is the "original" here : adjective or noun ?

1. Your sentence is fine.
2. "(O)riginal" is a noun there.

[lauralie2]

It's a noun in that sentence. See Original - Definition and More from the Free Merriam-Webster Dictionary