Adaptations Treasure Island

1 adaptations

1.1 film
1.2 television
1.3 theatre
1.4 radio
1.5 audio recordings
1.6 books
1.7 music
1.8 software

adaptations
film

poster 1934 film treasure island, first talkie adaptation of novel

there have been on 50 movie , tv versions made. of notable ones include:

treasure island (1918), silent version released fox film corporation , directed sidney franklin
treasure island (1920), silent version starring charles ogle , shirley mason, released paramount pictures , directed maurice tourneur. lost film.
treasure island (1934), starring jackie cooper , wallace beery. mgm production, first sound film version.
treasure island (ru) (1937), loose soviet adaptation starring osip abdulov , nikolai cherkasov, score nikita bogoslovsky.
treasure island (1950), starring bobby driscoll , robert newton. notable being walt disney studios first live action film. first version in color. sequel version made (but not disney) in 1954, entitled long john silver.
treasure island (ru) (1971), soviet (lithuanian) film starring boris andreyev long john silver, score alexei rybnikov.
animal treasure island (1971), anime film directed hiroshi ikeda , written takeshi iijima , hiroshi ikeda story consultation famous animator hayao miyazaki. version replaced several of human characters animal counterparts.
treasure island (1972), starring orson welles. adaptation produced national general pictures, directed john hough, andrew white , john salway.
treasure island (1982), soviet film in 3 parts; entirely faithful text of novel. featuring oleg borisov long john silver.
l Île au trésor (1985), chilean-french adaptation starring vic tayback long john silver.
il pianeta del tesoro—treasure planet (1987), italian/german science-fiction adaptation, known treasure island in outer space, starring anthony quinn long john silver.
treasure island (1988), critically acclaimed soviet animation film in 2 parts. released in united states (1992) return treasure island.
treasure island (1990), starring charlton heston, christian bale, oliver reed, christopher lee , pete postlethwaite. made-for-tv film written, produced , directed heston s son, fraser c. heston.
treasure island pirate (1991)
treasure island (1995), made-for-tv movie directed ken russell , starring hetty baynes long jane silver.
muppet treasure island (1996), film produced jim henson company , released walt disney pictures, starring muppets, including kermit frog captain smollett, miss piggy female benjamin gunn, named benjamina gunn, fozzie bear squire trelawney, dr. bunsen honeydew dr. livesey, , sam eagle mr. samuel arrow. great gonzo , rizzo rat play themselves, being best friends jim hawkins. human performers include tim curry long john silver, billy connolly billy bones, jennifer saunders mrs. bluberidge, , newcomer kevin bishop jim hawkins.
treasure island (1999), starring jack palance long john silver, patrick bergin billy bones, christopher benjamin squire trelawney , kevin zegers jim hawkins.
treasure planet (2002), version walt disney animation studios set in space, long john silver cyborg , many of original characters re-imagined aliens , robots, except jim , mother, human.
pirates of treasure island (2006), direct-to-dvd film asylum, released 1 month before dead man s chest.

television

the adventures of long john silver (1955), 26 episodes shot @ pagewood studios, sydney, australia filmed in full colour , starring robert newton.
mr. magoo s treasure island (1964), two-part episode of cartoon series famous adventures of mr. magoo, based on novel, mr. magoo in role of long john silver.
die schatzinsel (de) (1966), german-french co-production german television station zdf.
treasure island (1968), bbc series of 9 25-minute episodes starring peter vaughn.
treasure island (1977), bbc adaptation starring ashley knight , alfred burke.
treasure island (takarajima) (1978), japanese animated series adapted novel.
treasure island (1988), episode of alvin , chipmunks starring alvin jim hawkins, dave long john silver, simon dr. livesey, theodore squire trelawney, , brittany mrs. hawkins.
the legends of treasure island (1993), animated series loosely based on novel, characters animals.
in wishbone episode salty dog , wishbone explores story in children s adapted version.
treasure island: adventure begins (1994), tv movie special promoting treasure island hotel , casino.
treasure island (2012), two-part mini-series shown on sky1 (united kingdom) 1–2 january.
black sails (2014), prequel drama series premiered in 2014 on starz (united states). however, series said take place 20 years before events in book, set in 1715. s 40 years then, before dates given stevenson on map.
in survivor: heroes vs villains episode jumping ship , castaways amanda, colby , danielle won overnight trip former home of robert louis stevenson , screening of 1934 version of treasure island.
treasure island (l isola del tesoro) (2015), italian cgi animated series rai fiction , mondo tv. mixes original work new characters , mythical elements such voodoo.

a number of sequels have been produced, including 1954 film titled return treasure island, 1986 disney mini-series, 1992 animation version, , 1996 , 1998 tv version.

theatre

there have been on 24 major stage adaptations made. number of minor adaptations remains countless.

in 1947, production mounted @ st. james s theatre in london, starring harry welchman long john silver , john clark jim hawkins.
for time, in london, there annual production of musical treasure island, based on book bernard miles , josephine wilson. music composed cyril ornadel , lyrics hal shaper. musical performed @ mermaid theatre, under direction of bernard miles, played long john silver, part played in television version. comedian spike milligan play ben gunn in these productions, , in 1981, tom baker played long john silver.
pieces of eight, musical adaptation jule styne, premiered in edmonton, alberta, in 1985.
the henegar center arts in downtown historic melbourne, florida ran adaptation in august 2009.
the story popular plot , setting traditional pantomime mrs. hawkins, jim s mother dame.
on 18 february 2011, play adaptation richard rose opened @ barter theatre in abingdon, virginia.
in 2011, tom hewitt starred in b.h. barry , vernon morris’s stage adaptation of novel, officially opened 5 march @ irondale center in brooklyn.
in july 2011, bristol old vic staged large-scale outdoor production of treasure island outside theatre on king street, bristol directed sally cookson, music benji bower.
from october 2013 2014, mind gap theatre company, uk s leading theatre company working actors learning disabilities embarks on national tour of treasure island, retold twist olivier award-winning writer mike kenny.
in 2013, youthplays published long joan silver arthur m. jolly, adaptation of pirates women.
a new version bryony lavery , directed polly findlay produced @ london s royal national theatre december 2014 april 2015. in version of play, jim girl.
another doctor alumnus, arthur darvill, played silver in 2014 national theatre production of treasure island.
as part of 2017 season, stratford festival of canada premiered new adaptation of treasure island canadian playwright nicolas billon.

radio

orson welles broadcast radio adaptation via mercury theatre on air on july 1938; half in england, half on island; omits sea adventure ; music bernard herrmann; available online.
william redfield played silver on may 14, 1948 playhouse of favorites adaptation.
ronald colman hosted adaptation of novel on april 27, 1948 broadcast of favorite story.
james mason played silver opposite bobby driscoll s jim hawkins on lux radio theatre s adaptation on january 29, 1951.
there have been 2 bbc radio adaptations of treasure island, silver being played peter jeffrey in 1989, , jack shepherd in 1995.
the author john le carre performed abridged reading of novel in 5 parts part of bbc radio 4 s afternoon reading.

audio recordings

basil rathbone starred both narrator , silver in 1944 audio recording columbia masterworks records.
james kennedy played silver in tale spinners children audio adaptation of treasure island (united artists records, uac 11013).
in late 2012, big finish productions announced producing audiobook adaption of treasure island, written , directed barnaby edwards , starring tom baker long john silver, nicholas farrell narrator, , edward holtom story s main protagonist, jim hawkins. audiobook released in march 2013.

books

charles sheffield s 1993 novel godspeed science-fictional retelling of treasure island, recasting search pirate treasure search lost faster-than-light drive technology.

music

the ben gunn society album released in 2003 presents story centered around character of ben gunn, based on chapter xv man of island , other relevant parts of book.
treasure island song running wild s album named pile of skulls (1992). song tells novel s story.
the goo goo dolls frontman john rzeznik performed songs m still here (jim s theme) , know disney s animated film treasure planet.
skull & bones album cursed island (2014) based on treasure island.
introduction novel treasure island, poem hesitating purchaser ( if sailor tales... ), set music (for piano , baritone) lithuanian composer giedrius alkauskas , released on album enchanted time in 2014.

software

a computer game based loosely on novel written greg duddle, published mr. micro (and rebranded commodore) on commodore 16, commodore plus/4, commodore 64, , zx spectrum. graphical adventure game, player takes part of jim hawkins travelling around island dispatching pirates cutlasses before getting treasure , being chased ship long john silver.

another treasure island adventure game based upon novel released in 1985, published windham classics.

lucasarts adventure monkey island partly based on treasure island, lending many of plotpoints , characters , using many humorous references book.

disney has released various video games based on animated film treasure planet, including treasure planet: battle @ procyon.

treasure island (2010) hidden objects game launched french publisher anuman interactive.