In 1977 an updated version of the play, by Barrie Keeffe, was performed by the Joint Stock Theatre Company at the Young Vic in London.[4][5]
On 21 July 1983, BBC Radio 3 broadcast a production adapted by Peter Barnes and directed by Penny Gold, featuring Roy Marsden as Follywit, James Villiers as Sir Bounteous, Ian McDiarmid as Master Penitent, Theresa Streatfield as Francesca the Courtesan and Stephen Thorne as Master Harebrain.[6] This production was rebroadcast on BBC Radio 3 on 7 October 1983 and on BBC Radio 4 Extra on 19 June 2021.
Sean Foley and Phil Porter edited the play for a 2013 Royal Shakespeare Company production, directed by Foley.[7] They updated the setting of the play to 1950s Soho. It played in the Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon from June to October 2013.
