Editing The Hundred and One Dalmatians (section)

==Adaptations==
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[[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]] adapted the novel into an [[animated film]], released to cinemas on 25 January 1961 as ''[[One Hundred and One Dalmatians]]''. It became the tenth highest-grossing film of 1961,<ref name="Gebert">{{Cite book|last=Gebert |first=Michael |title=The Encyclopedia of Movie Awards |publisher=St. Martin's Paperbacks |year=1996 |isbn=0-668-05308-9}}{{Page needed|date=September 2010}}</ref> and one of the studio's most popular films of the decade. It was re-issued to cinemas four times, in 1969, 1979, 1985, and 1991. The 1991 reissue was the twentieth highest earning film of the year for domestic earnings. It was remade into [[101 Dalmatians (1996 film)|a live action film]] in 1996.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?yr=1991 |title=1991 Domestic Grosses #1–50 |publisher=[[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=2 April 2008 }}</ref>

In both the live-action and animated adaptations, there is only one nanny, Missis and Perdita are combined into one character, and other characters (such as many of the other dogs, Prince, Tommy, Cruella's cat, and Cruella's husband) were omitted. In the animated film, Pongo and Missis' owners' last names were changed to "Radcliffe" from "Dearly", and in the live-action film, Cruella (portrayed by [[Glenn Close]]) appears as the spoiled magnate of an [[haute couture]] fashion house, "''House of DeVil''". Disney kept the book's characters Horace and Jasper Baddun in both versions, but represented them as the thieves hired by Cruella to steal Pongo and Missis' puppies. In the novel, Horace is named Saul, and they are merely caretakers, the puppies having been stolen by hired professional thieves some days before.
 
Disney later created an [[101 Dalmatians: The Series|animated television series]] starring three of the puppies (Lucky, Rolly and Cadpig), and a [[101 Dalmatian Street|second series]] that stars mostly descendants of Pongo and Perdita. Disney also released a sequel film for each of their film versions (''[[101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure|One Hundred and One Dalmatians II]]'' and ''[[102 Dalmatians]]''), but both were largely criticized for poor story and lack of originality.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/101_dalmatians_ii_patchs_london_adventure|title=101 Dalmatians:Patch's London Adventure|publisher=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=23 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/102_dalmatians|title=102 Dalmatians|publisher=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=23 January 2021}}</ref> In 2021, Disney released a live-action reboot of the franchise, titled ''[[Cruella (film)|Cruella]]'', which revolves around the origin of the title character and her partnership with Jasper and Horace.

The novel has been adapted for the stage by [[Debbie Isitt]] for the [[Belgrade Theatre|Belgrade Theatre, Coventry]] in 2000 (followed by productions at the [[Royal & Derngate|Royal & Derngate, Northampton]] in 2007 and [[Birmingham Repertory Theatre]] in 2017), by [[Bryony Lavery]] for the Chichester Youth Theatre in 2014 and was devised by the company (directed by [[Sally Cookson]]) for [[Tobacco Factory Theatre]]s in 2014. The novel was also adapted into a [[101 Dalmatians Musical|2009 musical]] which opened in [[Minneapolis]] prior to a US tour. Another [[101 Dalmatians (2022 musical)|stage musical adaptation]] was due to open at [[Regent's Park Open Air Theatre]] in 2020, before being postponed twice to 2022 due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].

In 1996, the [[BBC]] adapted Dodie Smith's novel into a full-cast musical [[audiobook|audio dramatization]], starring [[Patricia Hodge]] as Cruella. This version is very faithful to the source material, in that it has all the characters, but events are slightly changed – Cruella's husband argues with her more than in the novel, and they do not leave London after the destruction of the fur stocks, nor do the Dearlys ever find out she was the mastermind. Furthermore, Perdita and Prince's story is greatly abridged, Mrs. Willow helps the Colonel attack the Badduns to prevent them following the Dalmatians, and the White Cat does not join the family until after the move to Suffolk. [[Audible (service)|Amazon Audible]] later released this production as an Audiobook, available for streaming online or through the app.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Hundred-One-Dalmatians-Childrens-Classics/dp/B000HT2J44|title=The Hundred and One Dalmatians (BBC Children's Classics)|publisher=Amazon |date=1996|access-date=23 January 2021}}</ref>