Editing The Scarlet Pimpernel (section)

==Adaptations==
Hollywood took to the Pimpernel early and often, although most of the Pimpernel movies have been based on a melange of the original book and another Orczy novel, ''[[Eldorado (Novel)|Eldorado]]''. The best known of the Pimpernel movies is the 1934 ''[[The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934 film)|The Scarlet Pimpernel]]'' starring [[Leslie Howard]], which is often considered the definitive portrayal and adaptation.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Richards |first1=Jeffrey |title=Swordsmen of the Screen: From Douglas Fairbanks to Michael York |date=2014 |publisher=Routledge |page=163}}</ref>

===Films===
In 1923, Fred Terry and Julia Nelson bought the sole performance right to a stageplay based on ''The Scarlet Pimpernel''. Orczy sued the two in an attempt to claim a separate right of performance for films, but was unsuccessful. As a result of the case, people who controlled a stage performance right under the English Copyright Act were entitled to create films with the same right.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://archive.org/details/variety75-1924-06/page/n137 |title=London Ruling on Play Film Rights |date=24 June 1924 |work=Variety |access-date=2019-12-22 |publisher=New York, NY: Variety Publishing Company}}</ref>

[[File:Scarlet-Pimpernel-Dustin-Farnum.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Dustin Farnum]] in ''The Scarlet Pimpernel'' (1917)]]
* ''The Scarlet Pimpernel'' (1917; silent) starring [[Dustin Farnum]], [[Winifred Kingston]] and [[William Burress]]
* ''[[The Elusive Pimpernel (1919 film)|The Elusive Pimpernel]]'' (1919; silent) starring [[Cecil Humphreys]], Maire Blanche and [[Norman Page]]
* ''[[I Will Repay (film)|I Will Repay]]'' (1923; silent) starring [[Holmes Herbert]]
* ''[[The Triumph of the Scarlet Pimpernel (film)|The Triumph of the Scarlet Pimpernel]]'' (1928) starring [[Matheson Lang]]
* ''[[The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934 film)|The Scarlet Pimpernel]]'' (1934) starring [[Leslie Howard (actor)|Leslie Howard]], [[Merle Oberon]] and [[Raymond Massey]]
* ''[[The Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel]]'' (1937) starring [[Barry K. Barnes]], [[Sophie Stewart]] and [[Francis Lister]]
* ''[[The Elusive Pimpernel (1950 film)|The Elusive Pimpernel]]'' (1950), a.k.a. ''The Fighting Pimpernel'' in the US, starring [[David Niven]], [[Margaret Leighton]] and [[Cyril Cusack]]
* ''[[The Scarlet Pimpernel (1982 film)]]''

===Stage===
* ''The Scarlet Pimpernel'' (1903), a play co-written by Baroness Orczy and Montague Barstow; produced in England, opening in Nottingham in 1903, then moving to London; revived ten times between 1905 and 1985<ref>{{cite news |title=The Scarlet Pimpernel |url=https://www.thisistheatre.com/londonshows/scarletpimpernel.html |access-date=16 August 2022 |website=This is theatre.com}}</ref>
* ''The Scarlet Pimpernel'' (1910), Broadway production of the Orczy/Barstow play; ran for only 40 performances<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/the-scarlet-pimpernel-7204#ProductionStaff | title=The Scarlet Pimpernel – Broadway Play – Original &#124; IBDB }}</ref>
* ''[[The Scarlet Pimpernel (musical)|The Scarlet Pimpernel]]'' (1997), a Broadway [[musical theater|musical]] composed by [[Frank Wildhorn]] and written by [[Nan Knighton]]; the production starred [[Douglas Sills]] as Sir Percy, [[Christine Andreas]] as Marguerite and [[Terrence Mann]] as Chauvelin
* ''The Scarlet Pimpernel'' (2008), a Broadway-style Japanese adaptation, performed by the popular all-women's [[Takarazuka Revue]] in Hyogo and Tokyo, Japan
* ''The Scarlet Pimpernel'' (2011), Cawthra Park High School of the Performing Arts, Mississauga, Ontario.
* ''The Scarlet Pimpernel'' (2016), the Broadway 1997 version translated into Japanese, performed by Umeda Art's Theatre<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.umegei.com/the-scarlet-pimpernel/|title=Umeda Arts Theatre The Scarlet Pimpernel Website|access-date=24 April 2017}}</ref> in Osaka and Tokyo, Japan

===Television===
* ''[[BBC Sunday Night Theatre]]'' – three performances, in 1951, 1952 and 1953, based on the stage play co-written by Baroness Orczy and Montague Barstow
** Season 1 episode 6, 5 February 1950<ref>[https://www.radiotimes.com/programme/b-sgvb6k/bbc-sundaynight-theatre-season-1/ Episode 6: The Scarlet Pimpernel]</ref> starring James Carney as Sir Percy, [[Sydney Tafler]] as Chauvelin and [[Margaretta Scott]] as Marguerite<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/909192b5dabc46fab57ee0ccd955105b|title=BBC Programme Index|date=5 February 1950 }}</ref>
** Season 2 episode, 2 14 January 1951<ref>[https://www.radiotimes.com/programme/b-fpgc4b/bbc-sundaynight-theatre-season-2/?episode=b-llbkg8 Episode 2: The Scarlet Pimpernel]</ref> starring James Carney as Sir Percy, [[Terence de Marney]] as Chauvelin and Margaretta Scott as Marguerite<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/87a2444532bf47eda3128da08be4be14|title=BBC Programme Index|date=14 January 1951 }}</ref>
** Season 6 episode 38, 18 September 1955<ref>[https://www.radiotimes.com/programme/b-2nq1yr/bbc-sundaynight-theatre-season-6/?episode=b-5ukvu4 Episode 38: The Scarlet Pimpernel]</ref> starring [[Tony Britton]] as Sir Percy, [[Douglas Wilmer]] as Chauvelin and Harriette Johns as Marguerite<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/cc734ec7fa564f7e9f927edf7386d3dd|title=BBC Programme Index|date=18 September 1955 }}</ref>
* ''[[The Scarlet Pimpernel (television series)|The Scarlet Pimpernel]]'' (1955–1956 British [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] television series) starring [[Marius Goring]] as Sir Percy, Stanley Van Beers as Chauvelin and [[Patrick Troughton]] as Sir Andrew
* ''[[DuPont Show of the Month]]'' Season 4 episode 4 ("The Scarlet Pimpernel"), 18 December 1960<ref>[https://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/dupont-show-of-the-month/episodes-season-4/1030157190/ The Scarlet Pimpernel]</ref> starring [[Michael Rennie]] as Sir Percy, [[Maureen O'Hara]] as Marguerite and [[Reginald Denny (actor)|Reginald Denny]] as Chauvelin<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0215156/fullcredits/?ref_=tt_cl_sm|title="The DuPont Show of the Month" the Scarlet Pimpernel (TV Episode 1960) – IMDb|publisher=[[IMDb]]}}</ref>
* ''Den Røde Pimpernell'' (1968), Norwegian television series, broadcast by [[NRK]]<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7959152/ Den røde pimpernell] – IMDb.com</ref>
* ''The Elusive Pimpernel'' (1969), a ten-part [[BBC One]] serial starring [[Anton Rodgers]] as Sir Percy, Diane Fletcher as Marguerite and [[Bernard Hepton]] as Chauvelin<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/search/0/20?filt=is_tv&q=The+Elusive+Pimpernel&after=1968-12-31T23%3A00%3A00.000Z&before=1969-12-31T22%3A59%3A59.999Z#top|title = Search – BBC Programme Index}}</ref>
* ''[[The Scarlet Pimpernel (1982 film)|The Scarlet Pimpernel]]'' (1982), starring [[Anthony Andrews]] as Sir Percy, [[Jane Seymour (actress)|Jane Seymour]] as Marguerite, and [[Ian McKellen]] as Chauvelin.<ref>[[David Quinlan (film critic)|Quinlan, David]] (1996) ''Quinlan's Film Stars'', Batsford, {{ISBN|0-7134-7751-2}}, p. 16</ref>
* ''[[The Scarlet Pimpernel (TV series)|The Scarlet Pimpernel]]'', two TV series of three episodes each (1999, 2000).<ref>{{cite news |title=The Scarlet Pimpernel |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007bgz2 |access-date=9 July 2021 |publisher=BBC Four}}</ref> starring [[Richard E. Grant]] as Sir Percy and [[Martin Shaw]] as Chauvelin. [[Elizabeth McGovern]] starred as Marguerite in the first series; the character did not appear in the second.

===Radio===
* An adaptation of the 1934 film, featuring [[Leslie Howard (actor)|Leslie Howard]] in his original role and [[Olivia de Havilland]] as Marguerite, was produced in 1938 as part of the [[Lux Radio Theatre]] series.
* A radio series based on the novels starring [[Marius Goring]] as Blakeney was produced and syndicated 1952–53 on NBC under the direction of [[Harry Alan Towers]] through his Towers of London production company.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/The_Scarlet_Pimpernel|title=The_Scarlet_Pimpernel|access-date=18 March 2018|via=Internet Archive}}</ref> This series did not include the character of Marguerite and promoted the character of Lord Antony "Tony" Dewhurst to Blakeney's second-in-command, while the novels' second-in-command, Sir Andrew Ffoulkes, became a lesser character.
* A two-part adaptation for [[BBC Radio 4]] with [[James Purefoy]] as Sir Percy Blakeney was broadcast in December 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09hp7cv|title=Episode 1, The Scarlet Pimpernel, Drama – BBC Radio 4|publisher=BBC|access-date=18 March 2018}}</ref>