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There have been over 50 film and TV adaptations of Treasure Island.

Film

Film adaptations include:[45]

English-language

• Treasure Island (1918) — a silent film released by Fox Film Corporation and directed by Sidney Franklin and Chester Franklin.[46]
• Treasure Island (1920) — a silent film notably starring a woman, Shirley Mason, as Jim Hawkins, along with Charles Ogle, who had played Frankenstein's monster a decade earlier in the Edison version of Frankenstein, as Long John Silver. Said to be a lost film,[47] it was directed by Maurice Tourneur and released by Paramount Pictures.[48]
• Treasure Island (1934) — the first sound film version remains a lavish and energetic thriller starring Wallace Beery, Jackie Cooper and Lionel Barrymore.
• Treasure Island (1950) — starring Bobby Driscoll and Robert Newton, notable for being the first version in colour and the Walt Disney Studios' first completely live-action film. A sequel to this version was made (but not by Disney) in 1954, entitled Long John Silver, which also starred Newton in the titular role.
• Treasure Island (1972) — starring Orson Welles, was produced by National General Pictures, and directed by John Hough, Andrew White, and John Salway.[49]
• Treasure Island (1973) — a Filmation animated film released by Warner Bros. directed by Hal Sutherland, written by Ben Starr, starring Richard Dawson as Long John Silver, Davy Jones as Jim Hawkins, and Dal McKennon as Captain Flint & Ben Gunn.
• Treasure Island (1987) — another animated adaptation, this film produced by Burbank Films Australia and directed by Warwick Gilbert.
• Muppet Treasure Island (1996) — a film produced by The Jim Henson Company and released by Walt Disney Pictures, starring the Muppets. The human performers include Tim Curry as Long John Silver, Billy Connolly as Billy Bones, Jennifer Saunders as Mrs. Bluberidge, and newcomer Kevin Bishop as Jim Hawkins.
• Treasure Island (1999) — starring Jack Palance as Long John Silver, Patrick Bergin as Billy Bones, Christopher Benjamin as Squire Trelawney and Kevin Zegers as Jim Hawkins.
• Treasure Planet (2002) — a reimagined adaptation from Walt Disney Animation Studios set in space, with Long John Silver as a cyborg and many of the original characters re-imagined as aliens and robots, except for Jim, his mother and his father, who are human.
• Pirates of Treasure Island (2006) — a direct-to-DVD mockbuster by The Asylum to cash in on Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest.

Foreign-language

• Treasure Island (1937) — a loose Soviet adaptation starring Osip Abdulov and Nikolai Cherkasov, with a score by Nikita Bogoslovsky.
• Between God, the Devil and a Winchester (1968), a spaghetti western version starring Richard Harrison and Gilbert Roland.
• Treasure Island (1971) — a Soviet (Lithuanian) film starring Boris Andreyev as Long John Silver, with a score by Alexei Rybnikov.
• Animal Treasure Island (1971) — an anime film directed by Hiroshi Ikeda, written by Takeshi Iijima and Hiroshi Ikeda, with story consultation by famous animator Hayao Miyazaki. This version replaces several of the human characters with animal counterparts.
• Treasure Planet (1982), a Bulgarian animated science fiction adaptation directed by Rumen Petkov. Petkov's idea of moving the action of the novel into space influenced Antonio Margherit, who in 1987 directed the television series Treasure Island in Space. In the English dub, Philip (Jimmy Hawkins in the original) is voiced by Bryan Cranston.
• Treasure Island (1982) — a Soviet film in three parts; almost entirely faithful to the text of the novel. Featuring Oleg Borisov as Long John Silver.
• L'Île au trésor (1985) — a Chilean-French adaptation starring Vic Tayback as Long John Silver.
• Il Pianeta del Tesoro – Treasure Planet (1987; aka Treasure Island in Outer Space) — Italian/German science-fiction adaptation starring Anthony Quinn as Long John Silver.
• Treasure Island (1988) — a critically acclaimed Soviet Ukrainian animation film in two parts, released in the United States (1992) as Return to Treasure Island.
• L'Île aux trésors (2007) — a French-British-Hungarian film directed by Alain Berbérian, starring Gérard Jugnot, Alice Taglioni, Vincent Rottiers and Jean-Paul Rouve.

TV films

• Treasure Island (1990) — a made-for-TV film for TNT, starring Charlton Heston, Christian Bale, Oliver Reed, Christopher Lee and Pete Postlethwaite; written, produced and directed by Heston's son, Fraser C. Heston.
• Treasure Island Pirate (1991)
• Treasure Island (1995) — a made-for-TV movie directed by Ken Russell and starring Hetty Baynes as Long Jane Silver.

Television

• Treasure Island (1951) — a seven-part BBC series starring Bernard Miles as Long John Silver.
• The Adventures of Long John Silver (1955) — 26 episodes shot at Pagewood Studios, Sydney, Australia filmed in full colour and starring Robert Newton.
• L'isola del tesoro (1959 Italian television miniseries) produced by RAI with Alvaro Piccardi, Ivo Garrani and Arnoldo Foà.
• "Mr. Magoo's Treasure Island" (1964) — a two-part episode of the cartoon series The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo, was based on the novel, with Mr. Magoo in the role of Long John Silver.
• Treasure Island (1966) — a German-French co-production for German television station ZDF.
• Treasure Island (1968) — a BBC series of nine 25-minute episodes starring Peter Vaughan.
• Treasure Island (1977) — a BBC adaptation Starring Ashley Knight and Alfred Burke.
• Treasure Island (Takarajima; 1978) — a Japanese animated series adapted from the novel.
• "Treasure Island" (1988) — an episode of Alvin and the Chipmunks starring Alvin as Jim Hawkins, Dave as Long John Silver, Simon as Dr. Livesey, Theodore as Squire Trelawney, and Brittany as Mrs. Hawkins.
• The Legends of Treasure Island (1993–1995) — an animated series loosely based on the novel, with the characters as animals.
• "Salty Dog" — an episode of Wishbone in which the eponymous character explores the story in a children's adapted version.
• Treasure Island: The Adventure Begins (1994) — a TV movie special promoting the Treasure Island Hotel and Casino.[50]
• Treasure Island (2012) — two-part serial starring Eddie Izzard, shown on Sky1 (United Kingdom) from 1–2 January.
• Black Sails – a 2014 Television drama that serves as a prequel to the story, detailing the origins of Captain Flint, Billy Bones, and John Silver during the Golden Age of Piracy.
• Treasure Island (L'isola del tesoro; 2015) — an Italian CGI animated series by Rai Fiction and Mondo TV. It mixes the original work with new characters and mythical elements such as voodoo.

Theatre

There have been over 24 major stage adaptations made, though the number of minor adaptations remains countless.[51] The story is also a popular plot and setting for a traditional pantomime wherein Mrs. Hawkins, Jim's mother is the dame.

• In 1947, a production was mounted at the St. James's Theatre in London, starring Harry Welchman as Long John Silver and John Clark as Jim Hawkins.
• For a time, in London, there was an annual production of the musical Treasure Island, based on a book by Bernard Miles and Josephine Wilson. The music was composed by Cyril Ornadel and the lyrics by Hal Shaper. The musical was performed at the Mermaid Theatre, originally under the direction of Bernard Miles, who played Long John Silver, a part he also played in a television version. Comedian Spike Milligan would often play Ben Gunn in these productions, and in 1981, Tom Baker played Long John Silver.
• Pieces of Eight (1985), premiered in Edmonton, Alberta, is a musical adaptation by Jule Styne.
• In 1986, a Danish language musical adaptation of Treasure Island named Skatteøen premiered at Folketeatret, Copenhagen, written by singer-songwriter Sebastian. Since its premiere, it has been put to stage frequently by several Danish theatre companies.[52]
• In 2007, an adaptation of Treasure Island by Ken Ludwig premiered at the Alley Theatre, Houston; played at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket on London's West End in 2008; and won the AATE Distinguished Play Award for Best Adaptation of the Year.
• An adaptation in August 2009 was run by the Henegar Center for the Arts in downtown historic Melbourne, Florida.
• Treasure Island: the Curse of the Pearl Necklace (2014–15), by Jon Bradfield and Martin Hooper, is an alternative pantomime that included gay, lesbian, and trans characters, and played a sold-out run at London's Above The Stag Theatre.
• In 2011, Tom Hewitt starred in B.H. Barry and Vernon Morris's stage adaptation of the novel, which officially opened 5 March at the Irondale Center in Brooklyn.[53]
• In July 2011, Bristol Old Vic staged a large-scale outdoor production of Treasure Island outside the theatre on King Street, Bristol directed by Sally Cookson, with music by Benji Bower.
• From October 2013 to 2014, Mind the Gap Theatre Company, a leading UK theatre company in working with actors with learning disabilities, embarked on a national tour of Treasure Island, retold with a twist by Olivier award-winning writer Mike Kenny.
• In 2013, YouthPlays published Long Joan Silver by Arthur M. Jolly, an adaptation in which all of the pirates are women.
• A version by Bryony Lavery and directed by Polly Findlay was produced at London's Royal National Theatre from December 2014 to April 2015. In this version of the play, Jim is a girl.[54] This production starred rising actor Patsy Ferran as Jim and Arthur Darvill as Silver.[55]
• As part of their 2017 Season, the Stratford Festival of Canada premiered an adaptation of Treasure Island by Canadian playwright Nicolas Billon.
• In 2018 the newly reopened Leicester Haymarket Theatre staged a new version of Treasure Island, adapted by Sandi Toksvig, as their first Christmas show in 10 years.

Audio

Radio

• Orson Welles broadcast a radio adaptation via The Mercury Theatre on the Air in July 1938, with its setting being half in England and half on the Island. The broadcast, which omits "My Sea Adventure", included music by Bernard Herrmann.[56]
• William Redfield played Silver on the May 14, 1948 Your Playhouse of Favorites adaptation.
• Ronald Colman hosted an adaptation of the novel on the April 27, 1948, broadcast of Favorite Story.[57]
• James Mason played Silver opposite Bobby Driscoll's "Jim Hawkins" on the Lux Radio Theatre's adaptation on January 29, 1951.[58]
• There have been two BBC Radio adaptations of Treasure Island, with Silver being played by Peter Jeffrey in 1989,[59] and Jack Shepherd in 1995.[60]
• Author John le Carré performed an abridged reading of the novel in five parts as part of BBC Radio 4's Afternoon Reading.[61]
• Treasure Island 2020 (November 12, 2018 – January 12, 2020) is a 10-part BYU Radio radio adaptation broadcast via The Apple Seed. The audio adventure places the main trio of kids in 2019 and turns it into a time-traveling adventure that involves both them going to the past to look for treasures and Long John Silver, Billy Bones, and others coming to the present through the time vortex. The series is now available as a free podcast.

Other audio recordings

• Basil Rathbone starred as both The Narrator and Silver, with Dix Davis as Jim Hawkins, in a 1944 audio recording for Columbia Masterworks Records.[62][63]
• James Kenney played Jim Hawkins and Anthony Woodruff played Long John Silver in the Tale Spinners for Children audio adaptation of Treasure Island (United Artists Records, UAC 11013).[64]
• A 2013 Big Finish Productions audiobook adaptation of Treasure Island was written and directed by Barnaby Edwards and starred Tom Baker as Long John Silver, Nicholas Farrell as the Narrator, and Edward Holtom as Jim Hawkins.[65]
• The King Arthur/Treasure Island album features a 15 minutes long adaptation of the novel with Captain Flint replacing Billy Bones as the holder of the map.
• There's also a 30 minute recording of the novel with a more expanded version of the plot. Both these albums feature different orchestration of the song "Fifteen men on a Dead man's chest," and the 30 minute version features a song about Long John Silver's parrot, Captain Flint.

Books and comics

• Famous Stories #1 (1942, Dell Comics) — sixty pages, drawn by Robert Bugg[66]
• Shin Takarajima (1947) — a loose adaptation of Treasure Island by Sakai Shichima and Osamu Tezuka
• Classics Illustrated #64 (Oct. 1949, Gilberton) — adapted by Ken Fitch and Alex A. Blum
• "Walt Disney's Treasure Island", Four Color #624 (April 1955, Dell Comics) — adapted by John Ushler from Disney's 1950 film adaptation
• "La isla del tesoro", Joyas Literarias Juveniles #2 (1970, Editorial Bruguera) — adapted by José Antonio Vidal Sales and Alfonso Cerón Nuñez; translated and reprinted as "Treasure Island", King Classics #7 (1977, King Features)
• Pendulum Illustrated Classics (1973, Pendulum Press) — adapted by John Norwood Fago and Nardo Cruz
• Marvel Classics Comics #15 (1976, Marvel Comics) — adapted by Bill Mantlo and Dino Castrillo; re-issued by Fisher-Price in 1984
• Godspeed (1993) — a science-fictional novel by Charles Sheffield that recasts the search for pirate treasure as the search for lost faster-than-light drive technology
• Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island: The Graphic Novel (2005, Penguin Books) — adapted by Tim Hamilton
• Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island (2007, Capstone Publishers) — adapted by Greg Rebis
• Treasure Island #1–6, Marvel Illustrated (Aug. 2007–Jan. 2008, Marvel Comics) — adapted by Roy Thomas, Mario Gully, and Pat Davidson
• L'Île au trésor, de Robert Louis Stevenson (2007–2009, Delcourt) — adapted by David Chauvel and Fred Simon; translated and reprinted as Papercutz Classics Illustrated Series #5 (2010, Papercutz)
• Disney Treasure Island, Starring Mickey Mouse (Oct. 2018, Dark Horse Comics) — adapted by Teresa Radice, Erin Brady (translation), and Stefano Turconi

Music

• The self-titled Ben Gunn Society album released in 2003 presents the story centred on the character of Ben Gunn, based primarily on Chapter XV, "Man of the Island", and other relevant parts of the book.
• "Treasure Island" (1992) is a song by Running Wild, from their Pile of Skulls album, that tells the novel's story.
• Scottish glam rock artists The Sensational Alex Harvey Band paid tribute to the book with their 1974 song "The Tomahawk Kid." The song names many of Treasure Island's characters in its lyrics, and was often dedicated to Robert Louis Stevenson in live performance.
• "I'm Still Here (Jim's Theme)" and "Always Know Where You Are" are songs performed by Goo Goo Dolls frontman John Rzeznik for Disney's animated retelling.
• The Cursed Island (2014) is an album by Skull & Bones that is based on Treasure Island.
• 'Dead Man's Sea Shanty', a song written by Chonny Jash, is a retelling of the story of Treasure Island, told as a sea shanty, utilising a rearrangement of 'Dead Man's Chest' heavily.

Video games

• Treasure Island (1984) is a graphical adventure computer game based loosely on the novel. It was written by Greg Duddle, published by Mr. Micro (and often rebranded by Commodore) on the Commodore 16, Commodore Plus/4, Commodore 64, and ZX Spectrum. In the game, the player takes the part of Jim Hawkins travelling around the island dispatching pirates with cutlasses before getting the treasure and being chased back to the ship by Long John Silver.
• Treasure Island (1985) is an adventure game based upon the novel published by Windham Classics.[67]
• La Isla del Tesoro de R. L. Stevenson (1999) is a point-and-click adventure game based upon the novel developed, edited, and published by Barcelona Multimedia.[68]
• Monkey Island, a LucasArts adventure game, is partly based on Treasure Island, lending many of its plot points and characters and using many humorous references to the book.
• Treasure Planet: Battle at Procyon is one of the various video games released by Disney based on their animated film Treasure Planet.
• Treasure Island (2010) is a hidden objects game launched by French publisher Anuman Interactive.[69]
• Captain Silver is an arcade game that follows its protagonist, Jim Aykroyd, in his quest to find Captain Silver's hidden treasure, for which he must battle an undead Captain Silver in order to find.