Film, Radio, and Television Adaptations
In 1934, the book was made into a critically acclaimed American film, The Moonstone by Monogram Pictures Corporation. Adapted to the screen by Adele S. Buffington, the film was directed by Reginald Barker and starred David Manners, Charles Irwin, and Phyllis Barry.
On 11 March 1945, "The Moonstone" was episode number 67 of the radio series, The Weird Circle.
In 1959, the BBC adapted the novel into a television serial starring James Hayter. In 1972 it was remade again in the United Kingdom, featuring Robin Ellis, and aired in the United States on PBS's Masterpiece Theatre. In 1996 it was remade a third time, also in the United Kingdom, for television by the BBC and Carlton Television in partnership with U.S. station WGBH of Boston, Massachusetts, airing again on Masterpiece Theatre. It starred Greg Wise as Franklin Blake and Keeley Hawes as Rachel Verinder.
In 2011 BBC Radio 4 serialised the story in four hour-long episodes in the Classic Serial slot.
The BBC have commissioned a new television adaptation of The Moonstone, to be broadcast over Christmas 2012. The adaptation will comprise three episodes, each of which will be one hour in duration.
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