Editing Nicholas Nickleby (section)

==Adaptations==
There are numerous stage adaptations, including:

* ''Nicholas Nickleby; or, Doings at Do-The-Boys Hall'' (1838) by [[Edward Stirling (playwright)|Edward Stirling]], which premièred at the [[Adelphi Theatre]] and [[City of London Theatre]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Burwick |first=Frederick |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mdJyEAAAQBAJ&q=%22Nicholas+Nickleby;+or,+Doings+at+Do-The-Boys+Hall%22 |title=Time in Romantic Theatre |date=2022-06-01 |publisher=Springer Nature |isbn=978-3-030-96079-7 |pages=141 |language=en}}</ref>
* ''Nicholas Nickleby and Poor Smike or, The Victim of the Yorkshire School'' (1839) by [[William Thomas Moncrieff|William Moncrieff]]. Dickens's offence at this unauthorised staging prompted him to have Nicholas encounter a "literary gentleman", to whom Nicholas delivers a lengthy and heated condemnation of the practice of adapting still-unfinished books without the author's permission.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Mangham |first=Andrew |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rQZCAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA56 |title=The Cambridge Companion to Sensation Fiction |date=2013-10-17 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-1-107-51169-9 |pages=56 |language=en}}</ref>
* ''[[Smike]]'' (1973), a musical adaptation written by [[Simon May]], Clive Barnett and [[Roger Holman]].
* ''[[The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (play)|The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby]]'' (1980) by [[David Edgar (playwright)|David Edgar]]. Premièred in the [[West End theatre|West End]] by the [[Royal Shakespeare Company]], it is longer than eight hours in length. In 2006 Edgar prepared a shorter version for a production at the [[Chichester Festival Theatre|Chichester Festival]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Billington |first=Michael |date=22 July 2006 |title=The Guardian Theatre review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2006/jul/22/theatre |access-date=13 February 2012 |location=London}}</ref>

Film and television adaptations of ''Nicholas Nickleby'' include:
* ''Dotheboys Hall; or, Nicholas Nickleby'' (1903), directed by [[Alf Collins]]. A three-minute short showing the fight scene at Dotheboys Hall.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Eaton |first=Michael |title=BFI Screenonline: Dickens on Film |url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/id/473285/index.html |access-date=2024-07-17 |website=www.screenonline.org.uk}}</ref>
* ''[[Nicholas Nickleby (1912 film)|Nicholas Nickleby]]'' (1912), a half-hour film that attempted to cover most of the novel, featuring [[Harry Benham]] as Nicholas.
* ''[[The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (1947 film)|The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby]]'' (1947), the first sound film adaptation, starring [[Derek Bond]] as Nicholas.
* ''[[Nicholas Nickleby (1957 TV series)|Nicholas Nickleby]]'' (1957), a BBC serial with William Russell in the title role. No episodes survive.
* ''[[Nicholas Nickleby (1968 TV series)|Nicholas Nickleby]]'' (1968), a [[BBC One]] series, starring Martin Jarvis. All episodes exist.
* ''[[Nicholas Nickleby (1977 TV series)|Nicholas Nickleby]]'' (1977), a BBC series directed by [[Christopher Barry]], starring [[Nigel Havers]] in the title role.
* ''[[The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (1982 film)|The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby]]'' (1982), a videotaped version of the [[Royal Shakespeare Company]]'s stage adaptation, shown on [[Channel 4]]. In 1983, it was shown on television in the United States, where it won an [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series|Emmy Award for Outstanding Miniseries]].
* ''Nicholas Nickleby'' (1985), an animated version produced for television by [[Burbank Animation Studios|Burbank Films Australia]].
* ''[[The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (2001 film)|The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby]]'' (2001), an [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] television film directed by [[Stephen Whittaker]], with [[James D'Arcy]] as Nicholas. The film won a [[British Academy of Film and Television Arts|BAFTA]] and an [[RTS Award]] for costume design.
* ''[[Nicholas Nickleby (2002 film)|Nicholas Nickleby]]'' (2002), a film directed by [[Douglas McGrath]].
* ''Nick Nickleby'' (2012), a BBC One series with modernised settings. It was filmed in [[Belfast]], Northern Ireland, with mainly local actors.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Farina |first=William |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gjyVEAAAQBAJ&dq=%22Nick+Nickleby%22+%22belfast%22&pg=PA37 |title=Screening Charles Dickens: A Survey of Film and Television Adaptations |date=2022-10-17 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-1-4766-8567-0 |pages=37 |language=en}}</ref>