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==Stage, film, radio, and television adaptations== The novel was first adapted for the theatre by [[Richard Cottrell]] with Lance Severling for the [[Prospect Theatre Company]], and staged at the [[Albery Theatre]] on 27 November 1975 by directors [[Toby Robertson]] and [[Timothy West]]. [[Merchant Ivory]] produced an award-winning [[A Room with a View (1985 film)|film adaptation]] in 1985 directed by [[James Ivory]] and starring [[Maggie Smith]] as Charlotte Bartlett, [[Helena Bonham Carter]] as Lucy Honeychurch, [[Judi Dench]] as Eleanor Lavish, [[Denholm Elliott]] as Mr. Emerson, [[Julian Sands]] as George Emerson, [[Daniel Day-Lewis]] as Cecil Vyse and [[Simon Callow]] as The Reverend Mr. Beebe. [[BBC Radio 4]] produced a four-part radio adaptation written by David Wade and directed by [[Glyn Dearman]] (released commercially as part of the [[BBC Radio Collection]]) in 1995 starring [[Sheila Hancock]] as Charlotte Bartlett, Cathy Sara as Lucy Honeychurch, [[John Moffatt (actor)|John Moffat]] as Mr. Emerson, [[Gary Cady]] as George Emerson and [[Stephen Moore (actor)|Stephen Moore]] as The Reverend Mr. Beebe. The production was rebroadcast on [[BBC7]] in June 2007, April 2008, June 2009 and March 2010 and on [[BBC Radio 4 Extra]] in August 2012, March 2017 and August 2023. In 2006 [[Andrew Davies (writer)|Andrew Davies]] announced that he was to adapt ''[[A Room with a View (2007 film)|A Room with a View]]'' for [[ITV (TV Network)|ITV]].<ref>BBC News (2006): [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/5019566.stm Davies to adapt Room with a View]</ref> This was first shown on ITV1 on 4 November 2007. It starred father and son actors [[Timothy Spall|Timothy]] and [[Rafe Spall]] as Mr Emerson and George, together with [[Elaine Cassidy]] as Lucy Honeychurch, Sophie Thompson as Charlotte Bartlett, [[Laurence Fox]] as Cecil Vyse, [[Sinéad Cusack]] as Miss Lavish, [[Timothy West]] as Mr Eager and [[Mark Williams (actor)|Mark Williams]] as Reverend Beebe. This adaptation was broadcast in the US on many PBS stations on Sunday 13 April 2008. A musical version of the novel, directed by Scott Schwartz, opened at San Diego's [[Old Globe Theatre]]<ref>[https://www.playbill.com/article/a-room-with-a-view-a-musical-romance-with-karen-ziemba-ephie-aardema-kyle-harris-opens-in-ca-com-188296 Playbill.com (2012)]</ref> in previews on 2 March 2012 with opening night 10 March, and ran until 15 April. Conceived by [[Marc Acito]], the production featured music and lyrics by Jeffrey Stock and additional lyrics by Acito. The cast included [[Karen Ziemba]] as Charlotte Bartlett, Ephie Aardema as Lucy Honeychurch, [[Kyle Harris]] as George Emerson and Will Reynolds as Cecil Vyse. A reworked version of the musical opened at Seattle's [[5th Avenue Theatre]]<ref>[https://www.playbill.com/article/a-room-with-a-view-with-laura-griffith-and-louis-hobson-opens-at-5th-avenue-theatre-april-30-com-217768 Playbill.com (2014)]</ref> on 15 April 2014, following two weeks of previews, and ran through 11 May. Directed by [[David Armstrong (director)]], the show's cast featured [[Louis Hobson]] as George Emerson, Laura Griffith as Lucy Honeychurch, Allen Fitzpatrick as Mr. Emerson, [[Patti Cohenour]] as Charlotte Bartlett and Richard Gray as Reverend Beebe. [[L.A. Theatre Works]] recorded an audio adaptation of the novel at UCLA's James Bridges Theater in March 2019.<ref>[https://latw.org/title/room-view L.A. Theatre Works Catalog]</ref> The production featured [[Julian Sands]] as Mr. Emerson Sr., [[Eugene Simon]] as George Emerson, and [[Eleanor Tomlinson]] as Lucy Honeychurch. In 2020 [[Kevin Kwan]] released his novel ''[[Sex and Vanity]]'', a contemporary adaptation, in which the characters are well-connected aristocrats and some are [[Crazy Rich Asians]].
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