Doctor Dolittle - Adaptations

Adaptations

There have been a number of adaptations of the Doctor Dolittle stories in other media:

• A 1928 silent animated short by Lotte Reiniger, Doktor Dolittle und seine Tiere (Doctor Dolittle and his Animals)
• A 1933–1934 NBC radio series.
• A 1967 film musical starring Rex Harrison. See Doctor Dolittle (film).
• A 1970–1972 TV cartoon series Doctor Dolittle, produced at DePatie-Freleng Enterprises.
• A 1970s stage play by Olga Fricker, Hugh Lofting's sister-in-law.
• A 1973 stage adaptation by the Philadelphia Boys Choir & Chorale which was used during their concert tour to Belgium and Kenya.
• A 1984 cartoon series The Voyages of Dr. Dolittle
• A 1990 Japanese cartoon series Dolittle Sensei Monogatari
• A series (1995–2001) of BBC audio books read by Alan Bennett.
• A 1998–1999 stage musical by Leslie Bricusse, based on the earlier film musical.
• A touring stage musical, Doctor Dolittle The Musical, which was built in Owensboro, Kentucky and opened in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in summer 2005.
• A 1998 film, Dr. Dolittle, its 2001, 2006, 2008, and 2009 sequels, based on the stories of Doctor Dolittle. The first two movies starred Eddie Murphy, but all five also star Kyla Pratt as Dolittle's daughter Maya, who shares her father's gift.
• Theatreworks USA produced a 60 minute stage musical adaptation in 2007, written by Randy Courts and Mark St. Germain.
• A 2011 direct-to-video animated movie The Voyages of Young Doctor Dolittle, starring Jane Seymour, Jason Alexander, and Tim Curry