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==Adaptations== [[File:Lady Windermere's Fan (1916) - Ad 1.jpg|thumb|Advertisement for the British film ''[[Lady Windermere's Fan (1916 film)|Lady Windermere's Fan]]'' (1916), for its 1919 release in the United States (''[[The Moving Picture World]]'', June 7, 1919)]] The play has been the subject of numerous film and television adaptations and a musical adaptation. Films include: * A 1916 British film ''[[Lady Windermere's Fan (1916 film)|Lady Windermere's Fan]]''. * In 1924, [[Hong Shen]]'s production of 少奶奶的扇子 (''Shàonǎinai de shànzi'') ("The Young Lady's Fan").<ref>Hsiung, Yuwen: ''Expressionism and its Deformation in Contemporary Chinese Theater'', 2007 PhD dissertation, Purdue University</ref> * In 1925 [[silent film]], ''[[Lady Windermere's Fan (1925 film)|Lady Windermere's Fan]]'', which stars [[Ronald Colman]], [[May McAvoy]], [[Bert Lytell]], [[Irene Rich]] and [[Edward Martindel]]. It was adapted by [[Julien Josephson]] and directed by [[Ernst Lubitsch]]. In 2002, this film was selected for preservation in the United States [[National Film Registry]] by the [[Library of Congress]] as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". * A 1935 German film ''[[Lady Windermere's Fan (1935 film)|Lady Windermere's Fan]]'' directed by [[Heinz Hilpert]] and starring [[Lil Dagover]] and [[Walter Rilla]]. * A 1948 Argentine film ''[[Story of a Bad Woman]]'' directed by [[Luis Saslavsky]] and starring [[Dolores del Río]]. * In 1949, [[Otto Preminger]] directed an adaptation titled ''[[The Fan (1949 film)|The Fan]]'' starring [[Jeanne Crain]], [[Madeleine Carroll]], and [[George Sanders]]. * A musical theatre version of the play was created by [[Noël Coward]] in 1954 under the title ''[[After the Ball (musical)|After the Ball]]''. * In 1975, an Egyptian adaptation film (''2 Women'' – امرأتان) starring Nelly, Ahmed Mazhar and Noor El Sherif was released. The film was directed by Hassan Ramzy.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}} * A 2004 film adaptation, titled ''[[A Good Woman (film)|A Good Woman]]'', switched the setting to the [[Amalfi]] coast of Italy, made the Windermeres Mr. & Mrs, and updated the time frame to 1930. The film stars [[Helen Hunt]], [[Mark Umbers]], [[Scarlett Johansson]], [[Stephen Campbell Moore]], and [[Tom Wilkinson]]. * The [[BBC]] produced a television version as part of their ''[[Theatre Night]]'' series which was first transmitted in the UK during September 1985. This production features [[Helena Little]], [[Tim Woodward]], [[Stephanie Turner (British actress)|Stephanie Turner]] and [[Kenneth Cranham]].{{citation needed|date=March 2021}} It is available on DVD as part of ''The Oscar Wilde Collection''. * In 2009 Irish television production company Accomplice TV received funding from the [[Broadcasting Commission of Ireland]] and [[TV3 (Ireland)]] for their contemporary adaptation of the play set in South County Dublin. ''Laura Windermere's Bag'' was broadcast by TV3 in 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iftn.ie/news/?act1=record&aid=73&rid=4282430&tpl=archnews&only=1|title=TV3 Launches Autumn Schedule |publisher=The Irish Film & Television Network}}</ref> * In 2018, [[Kathy Burke]]'s production of the play<ref>The cast included [[Grace Moloney]], [[Samantha Spiro]], [[Kevin Bishop]], [[Jennifer Saunders]] and Joshua James.</ref> with the Classic Spring Theatre Company at London's Vaudeville Theatre was recorded and shown "live" in cinemas under the "More2Screen" initiative.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Review: Lady Windermere's Fan (Vaudeville Theatre) {{!}} WhatsOnStage|url=https://www.whatsonstage.com/london-theatre/reviews/jennifer-saunders-lady-windermeres-fan-vaudeville_45591.html|access-date=2021-10-14|website=www.whatsonstage.com|date=23 January 2018 |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Wilde |first=Oscar |title=Lady Windermere's Fan: Classic Spring |chapter=Lady Windermere's Fan (Classic Spring) |date=2018 |publisher=Classic Spring Theatre Company |doi=10.5040/9781350997066}}</ref> * In 2020, the virtual international theatre company Cloud Theatrics performed an online production. The production was directed by Marie Newton and Holden Stokes. The performance had a YouTube release followed by a public release on their platform.<ref>[https://www.cloudtheatrics.com/lady-windermeres-fan "''Lady Windermere's Fan''"], cloudtheatrics.com; {{YouTube|UjT4I8v0-PA|''Lady Windermere's Fan'', 2020 online production}}</ref>{{Third-party inline|date=March 2021|reason=Is there any coverage of this event?}} Radio adaptations include: *On 19 June 1989, [[Joely Richardson]] starred as Lady Windermere in a [[BBC Radio 4]] ''Monday Play'' production directed by David Johnson, with [[Penelope Keith]] as Mrs Erlynne, [[Gary Bond]] as Lord Windermere, Janet Burnell as the Duchess of Berwick, [[Patsy Rowlands]] as Lady Carlisle, [[Richard Tate (actor)|Richard Tate]] as Lord Augustus Lorton and [[Edward Fox (actor)|Edward Fox]] as Lord Darlington.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/schedules/radio4/fm/1989-06-19|title=BBC Radio 4 FM |date=19 June 1989 |publisher=BBC Genome}}</ref> * In May 1999, [[L.A. Theatre Works]] ''The Play's The Thing'' series broadcast a reading of the play featuring [[Joanna Going]] as Lady Windermere, [[Judy Geeson]] as Lady Plymdale, [[Roger Rees]] as Lord Windermere, [[Eric Stoltz]] as Lord Darlington, Lisa Harrow as Mrs Erlynne and [[Miriam Margolyes]] as the Duchess of Berwick.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://latw.org/title/lady-windermeres-fan|title=Catalog |publisher=LATW}}</ref> * On 15 April 2018, [[BBC Radio 3]]'s ''Drama on 3'' broadcast a production directed by [[Martin Jarvis (actor)|Martin Jarvis]] with [[Mira Sorvino]] as Mrs Erlynne, [[Susannah Fielding]] as Lady Windermere, James Callix as Lord Windermere, Jonathan Cake as Lord Darlington, [[Rosalind Ayres]] as the Duchess of Berwick, [[Ian Ogilvy]] as Lord Augustus Lorton and [[Peter Woodward]] as Mr. Dumby.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09z5x2t|title=Mozart from 2016 Wratislavia Cantans Festival, Through the Night |publisher=BBC}}</ref>
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