The play has been the subject of numerous film and television adaptations and a musical adaptation.
Films include:
- A 1916 British film Lady Windermere's Fan.
- In 1924, Hong Shen's production of 少奶奶的扇子 (Shàonǎinai de shànzi) ("The Young Lady's Fan").[15]
- In 1925 silent film, Lady Windermere's Fan, which stars Ronald Colman, May McAvoy, Bert Lytell, Irene Rich and Edward Martindel. It was adapted by Julien Josephson and directed by Ernst Lubitsch. In 2002, this film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
- A 1935 German film Lady Windermere's Fan directed by Heinz Hilpert and starring Lil Dagover and Walter Rilla.
- A 1948 Argentine film Story of a Bad Woman directed by Luis Saslavsky and starring Dolores del Río.
- In 1949, Otto Preminger directed an adaptation titled The Fan starring Jeanne Crain, Madeleine Carroll, and George Sanders.
- A musical theatre version of the play was created by Noël Coward in 1954 under the title After the Ball.
- In 1975, an Egyptian adaptation film (2 Women – امرأتان) starring Nelly, Ahmed Mazhar and Noor El Sherif was released. The film was directed by Hassan Ramzy.
- A 2004 film adaptation, titled A Good Woman, switched the setting to the Amalfi coast of Italy, made the Windermeres Mr. & Mrs, and updated the time frame to 1930. The film stars Helen Hunt, Mark Umbers, Scarlett Johansson, Stephen Campbell Moore, and Tom Wilkinson.
- The BBC produced a television version as part of their Theatre Night series which was first transmitted in the UK during September 1985. This production features Helena Little, Tim Woodward, Stephanie Turner and Kenneth Cranham. It is available on DVD as part of The Oscar Wilde Collection.
- In 2009 Irish television production company Accomplice TV received funding from the Broadcasting Commission of Ireland and TV3 (Ireland) for their contemporary adaptation of the play set in South County Dublin. Laura Windermere's Bag was broadcast by TV3 in 2009.[16]
- In 2018, Kathy Burke's production of the play[17] with the Classic Spring Theatre Company at London's Vaudeville Theatre was recorded and shown "live" in cinemas under the "More2Screen" initiative.[18][19]
- In 2020, the virtual international theatre company Cloud Theatrics performed an online production. The production was directed by Marie Newton and Holden Stokes. The performance had a YouTube release followed by a public release on their platform.[20]
Radio adaptations include:
- On 19 June 1989, Joely Richardson starred as Lady Windermere in a BBC Radio 4 Monday Play production directed by David Johnson, with Penelope Keith as Mrs Erlynne, Gary Bond as Lord Windermere, Janet Burnell as the Duchess of Berwick, Patsy Rowlands as Lady Carlisle, Richard Tate as Lord Augustus Lorton and Edward Fox as Lord Darlington.[21]
- In May 1999, L.A. Theatre Works The Play's The Thing series broadcast a reading of the play featuring Joanna Going as Lady Windermere, Judy Geeson as Lady Plymdale, Roger Rees as Lord Windermere, Eric Stoltz as Lord Darlington, Lisa Harrow as Mrs Erlynne and Miriam Margolyes as the Duchess of Berwick.[22]
- On 15 April 2018, BBC Radio 3's Drama on 3 broadcast a production directed by Martin Jarvis with Mira Sorvino as Mrs Erlynne, Susannah Fielding as Lady Windermere, James Callix as Lord Windermere, Jonathan Cake as Lord Darlington, Rosalind Ayres as the Duchess of Berwick, Ian Ogilvy as Lord Augustus Lorton and Peter Woodward as Mr. Dumby.[23]
