Editing Enid Blyton (section)

==Stage, film and television adaptations==
In 1954, Blyton adapted Noddy for the stage, producing the ''Noddy in Toyland'' pantomime in just two or three weeks. The production was staged at the 2,660-seat [[Stoll Theatre]] in [[Kingsway (London)|Kingsway]], London at Christmas.{{Sfnp|Greenfield|1995|p=118|ps=none}} Its popularity resulted in the show running during the Christmas season for five or six years.{{Sfnp|Greenfield|1995|p=119|ps=none}} Blyton was delighted with its reception by children in the audience and attended the theatre three or four times a week.{{Sfnp|Greenfield|1995|p=125|ps=none}} [[Noddy (character)#Television adaptations productions and incarnations|TV adaptations of Noddy]] since 1954 include one in the 1970s narrated by [[Richard Briers]].{{R|NoddyTV}} In 1955, a stage play based on the Famous Five was produced, and in January 1997 the [[King's Head Theatre]] embarked on a six-month tour of the UK with ''The Famous Five Musical'', to commemorate Blyton's centenary. On 21 November 1998, ''The Secret Seven Save the World'' was first performed at the [[Sherman Theatre]] in Cardiff.{{R|EBSChrono}}

There have also been several film and television adaptations of the Famous Five: by the [[Children's Film Foundation]] in [[Five on a Treasure Island (film)|1957]] and [[Five Have a Mystery to Solve (film)|1964]], [[Southern Television]] in [[The Famous Five (1970s TV series)|1978–79]], and [[Zenith Productions]] in [[The Famous Five (1990s TV series)|1995–97]].{{R|ODNB}} The series was also adapted for the German film ''[[Fünf Freunde]]'', directed by Mike Marzuk and released in 2011.{{R|FestivalFocus}}

[[St. Clare's (series)|St. Clare's]] was adapted into a 1991 anime television series, ''[[Mischievous Twins: The Tales of St. Clare's]]'', by [[Tokyo Movie Shinsha]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tms-e.co.jp/alltitles/1990s/069101.html|title=おちゃめなふたご ―クレア学院物語― &#124; 1990年代 &#124; TMS作品一覧|website=アニメーションの総合プロデュース会社 トムス・エンタテインメント}}</ref>

[[The Comic Strip]], a group of British comedians, produced two extreme parodies of the Famous Five for [[Channel 4]] television: ''[[Five Go Mad in Dorset]]'', broadcast in 1982,{{Efn|The Comic Strip's ''Five Go Mad in Dorset'' contains the first occurrence of a phrase wrongly attributed to Blyton, "lashings of ginger beer".{{Sfnp|Rudd|2004|p=114|ps=none}}}} and ''Five Go Mad on Mescalin'', broadcast the following year.{{R|EBSChrono}} A third in the series, ''[[Five Go to Rehab]]'', was broadcast on [[Sky (UK and Ireland)|Sky]] in 2012.{{R|TelegraphRehab}}

Blyton's ''The Faraway Tree'' series of books has also been adapted to television and film. On 29 September 1997, the BBC began broadcasting an animated series called ''[[The Faraway Tree#Television|The Enchanted Lands]]'', based on the series.{{R|EnchantedLands}} In 2014, the publishers [[Hachette Book Group USA|Hachette]], the copyright owners, announced a deal with the production company run by [[Sam Mendes]] for a film adaptation of "The Faraway Tree" series. Marlene Johnson, for Hachette, said: "Enid Blyton was a passionate advocate of children's storytelling, and The Magic Faraway Tree is a fantastic example of her creative imagination."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ellis-Petersen |first=Hannah |title=Enid Blyton's Faraway Tree series inspires new film |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/oct/22/enid-blyton-faraway-tree-series-film-sam-mendes |newspaper=The Guardian |mode=cs2|date=21 October 2014 }}</ref>

Blyton's ''Malory Towers'' has been adapted into a musical of the [[Malory Towers (musical)|same name]] by Emma Rice's theatre company. It was scheduled to do a UK spring tour in 2020, which has been postponed due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].

In 2020, ''Malory Towers'' was adapted as a [[Malory Towers (TV series)|13 part TV series]] for the BBC. It is made partly in Toronto and partly in the UK in association with Canada's Family Channel. The series went to air in the UK in April 2020 and has been renewed for three more series.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/mediapacks/malorytowers|title=Enid Blyton's iconic Malory Towers brought to life on CBBC|date=20 March 2020|access-date=6 July 2021|website=BBC}}</ref>