Play
In 1960, an adaptation for stage by Louise F. Tanner was produced in Morgantown, West Virginia. Tanner travelled to the United Kingdom to consult Hartley in person about the work.[15]
Film
Playwright Harold Pinter adapted the novel into a screenplay of a film of the same name (1971), directed by Joseph Losey.
Television
A television adaptation starring Jim Broadbent was broadcast on BBC One on 20 September 2015.[16]
Radio
On 2 January 1961, a radio adaptation by Archie Campbell and narrated by Denys Blakelock was broadcast on BBC Home Service. The production was re-broadcast on 10 July 1961.[17]
On 25 May 2002, a new dramatisation by Laurie Graham for The Saturday Play, BBC Radio 4.[18]
On 8 July 2012, an adaptation by Frances Byrnes and directed by Matt Thompson was broadcast on BBC Radio 3. The production was re-broadcast on BBC Radio 3 on 26 May 2013.[19]
Opera
In 1991, South African composer David Earl adapted the novel as a two-act opera.[20]
Musical theatre
In 2011, a musical theatre adaptation of the novel was presented by the West Yorkshire Playhouse in Leeds, West Yorkshire;[21]at the Derby Live! Theatre in Derby, East Midlands; and at the Royal & Derngate in Northampton, East Midlands. The production won the Best Musical Award at the 2012 UK Theatre Awards. Adapted by David Wood[21] with music by Richard Taylor[21] and lyrics by Wood and Taylor,[21] the same production was remounted and opened at London's Apollo Theatre on 27 May 2016 and played its full twenty-week engagement, closing on 15 October 2016.[22]
