Editing Archy and Mehitabel (section)

==Adaptations in other media==
A musical version of the Archy and Mehitabel materials was recorded July 7, 1953, and April 9, 1954, entitled ''[[Shinbone Alley|archy and mehitabel]]'' with [[Carol Channing]] as Mehitabel and [[Eddie Bracken]] as Archy, and narrated by David Wayne, with Percival Dove as Bill, the fierce tomcat. It was followed by ''echoes of archy'', narrated by David Wayne, recorded August 31, 1954. The credits read: Words—Joe Darion, Music—George Kleinsinger. It was originally released as Columbia Masterworks ML 4963 in 1955, and was re-released on CD, combined with the unrelated work ''[[Carnival of the Animals]]'', featuring Noël Coward reading the Ogden Nash poems, as part of the Columbia Masterworks series.<ref>{{cite web |title=archy and mehitabel: a back alley opera—1954 |url=https://www.masterworksbroadway.com/music/archy-and-mehitabel-a-back-alley-opera-1954/ |website=Masterworks Broadway |accessdate=10 December 2019 |archive-date=10 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191210155050/https://www.masterworksbroadway.com/music/archy-and-mehitabel-a-back-alley-opera-1954/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

The music and lyrics from the album were the basis of a short-lived 1957 loud and brassy Broadway musical titled ''Shinbone Alley'', starring Eddie Bracken as Archy and Eartha Kitt as Mehitabel. It was based on the columns and on the Columbia Masterworks album, but with additional music by Kleinsinger and dialog by Mel Brooks.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Holden |first1=Steven |title=Joe Darion, 90, Lyricist of 'Man of La Mancha' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/06/19/theater/joe-darion-90-lyricist-of-man-of-la-mancha.html |accessdate=10 December 2019 |work=The New York Times |date=19 June 2001 |archive-date=21 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190121232833/https://www.nytimes.com/2001/06/19/theater/joe-darion-90-lyricist-of-man-of-la-mancha.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

On May 16, 1960, an abridged version of the musical was broadcast under the original title ''archy & mehitabel'' as part of the syndicated TV anthology series ''Play of the Week'' presented by [[David Susskind]]. The cast included Bracken, [[Tammy Grimes]], and [[Jules Munshin]].{{citation needed|date=December 2019}}

Some of the songs from the album were used in 1971 in an [[animated film]], also called ''[[Shinbone Alley (film)|Shinbone Alley]]''. Directed by John Wilson, produced by Preston M. Fleet (the creator of [[Fotomat]] and [[IMAX|Omnimax]]),<ref>{{cite news | url= https://www.nytimes.com/1995/02/04/obituaries/preston-fleet-60-creator-of-fotomat-and-omnimax-dies.html | work= The New York Times | title= Preston Fleet, 60, Creator of Fotomat And Omnimax, Dies | date= 3 February 1995 | location= Santa Barbara, California | accessdate= 3 February 2015 | archive-date= 4 February 2015 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150204015254/http://www.nytimes.com/1995/02/04/obituaries/preston-fleet-60-creator-of-fotomat-and-omnimax-dies.html | url-status= live }}</ref> and starring Eddie Bracken and Carol Channing. It was not a commercial success.

Actor [[Jeff Culbert]] toured a solo show to [[fringe festival]]s across North America during 2009 to 2011. The show, ''archy and mehitabel'', was based on Archy's writings and involved Culbert playing the characters of Archy and Mehitabel.<ref name="Culbert11">
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  | last = Culbert
  | first = Jeff
  | title = archy and mehitabel
  | publisher = JeffCulbert.ca
  | url = http://www.jeffculbert.ca/archy.htm
  | accessdate = 2012-08-21
  | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160305024945/http://www.jeffculbert.ca/archy.htm
  | archive-date = 2016-03-05
  | url-status = dead
  }}
</ref>

American actor, singer, and clown Gale McNeeley traveled the United States in 2016 with his ''Archy and Mehitabel 100th Anniversary Tour''.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Payne |first1=Joe |title=Gale McNeeley explores the creative spirit with one-man show 'Archy and Mehitabel' |url=http://www.santamariasun.com/art/14516/gale-mcneeley-explores-the-creative-spirit-with-oneman-show-archy-and-mehitabel/ |accessdate=10 December 2019 |work=Santa Maria Sun |volume=17 |issue=7 |date=19 April 2016 |archive-date=10 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191210155102/http://www.santamariasun.com/art/14516/gale-mcneeley-explores-the-creative-spirit-with-oneman-show-archy-and-mehitabel/ |url-status=live }}</ref> McNeeley's show featured in the introduction to editor Michael Sim's ''The Annotated Archy and Mehitabel'' by Penguin Classics. Lisa Dunseth, Program Manager of Book Arts & Special Collections at San Francisco's Main Library said of McNeeley, ''"His 100th Anniversary Tour is the perfect opportunity to become a fan, if you aren't already, and enjoy the still-funny and sometimes wicked humor of Don Marquis's famous cockroach and infamous cat."''{{citation needed|date=December 2019}}

Composer [[Gabriel Lubell]] wrote a work for baritone, clarinet, cello, and piano called ''Archy Speaks'' (2009). The work sets four of the original poems to music.<ref name="Lubell">{{cite web
  | last = Lubell
  | first = Gabriel
  | title = Gabriel Lubell: Composer, etc.
  | publisher = GabrielLubell.com
  | url = http://www.composerlubell.com/
  | accessdate = 2013-06-23
  }}</ref>