Editing Edith Wharton (section)

==Adaptations==
Source (except where otherwise indicated): {{harv|Marshall|1996|pages=21–25}}

===Ballet===
*''Ethan Frome'' was adapted by [[Cathy Marston]] as a one-act ballet titled ''Snowblind'' for the [[San Francisco Ballet]]. The ballet premiered in 2018, with Ulrik Birkkjaer as Ethan, [[Sarah Van Patten]] as Zeena and [[Mathilde Froustey]] as Mattie.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://dancetabs.com/2018/04/san-francisco-ballet-unbound-festival-prog-b-myles-thatcher-cathy-marston-david-dawson-sf/|title=San Francisco Ballet – Unbound Festival Program B: works by Myles Thatcher, Cathy Marston, David Dawson – San Francisco|website=DanceTabs|last=Desaulniers|first=Heather|date=April 23, 2018}}</ref>

===Film===
*''[[The House of Mirth (1918 film)|The House of Mirth]]'', a 1918 silent film adaptation of the 1905 novel directed by French [[film director]] [[Albert Capellani]], starring [[Katherine Harris Barrymore]] as Lily Bart. It is considered to be a [[lost film]].
*''[[The Glimpses of the Moon (film)|The Glimpses Of The Moon]]'', a 1923 silent film adaptation of the 1922 novel directed for [[Paramount Studios]] by [[Allan Dwan]], starring [[Bebe Daniels]], [[David Powell (actor)|David Powell]], [[Nita Naldi]] and [[Maurice Costello]]. It is considered to be a [[lost film]].
*''[[The Age of Innocence (1924 film)|The Age of Innocence]]'', a 1924 silent film adaptation of the 1920 novel directed for [[Warner Brothers]] by [[Wesley Ruggles]], starring [[Beverly Bayne]] and [[Elliott Dexter]]. It is considered to be a [[lost film]].
*''[[The Marriage Playground]]'', a 1929 talking film adaptation of the 1928 novel ''The Children'' directed for [[Paramount Studios]] by Lothar Mendes, starring rising star [[Fredric March]] in leading role (as Martin Boyne), Mary Brian (as Judith Wheater), and Kay Francis (as Lady Wrench).
*''[[The Age of Innocence (1934 film)|The Age of Innocence]]'', a 1934 film adaptation of the 1920 novel directed for [[RKO Studios]] by Philip Moeller, starring [[Irene Dunne]] and [[John Boles (actor)|John Boles]].
*''[[Strange Wives]]'', a 1934 film adaptation of the 1934 short story ''Bread Upon the Waters'' directed for [[Universal Pictures|Universal]] by [[Richard Thorpe]], starring Roger Pryor (as Jimmy King), June Clayworth (as Nadja), and Esther Ralston (as Olga). It is considered to be a [[lost film]].
*''[[The Old Maid (1939 film)|The Old Maid]],'' a 1939 film adaptation of the 1924 short novella directed by Edmund Goulding starring [[Bette Davis]].
* A 1944 film version of the 1911 novel ''[[Ethan Frome]]'' starring [[Joan Crawford]] was proposed, but never came to fruition.<ref>[[Joan Crawford#Move to Warner Bros.|Wikipedia English / Joan_Crawford / Move to Warner Bros.]]</ref>
*''[[The Children (1990 film)|The Children]]'' directed by [[Tony Palmer (director)|Tony Palmer]] and released in 1990, starring [[Ben Kingsley]] and [[Kim Novak]].
*''[[Ethan Frome (film)|Ethan Frome]]'' directed by [[John Madden (director)|John Madden]] and released in 1993, starring [[Liam Neeson]] and [[Patricia Arquette]].
*''[[The Age of Innocence (1993 film)|The Age of Innocence]]'' directed by [[Martin Scorsese]] and released in 1993, starring [[Daniel Day-Lewis]], [[Winona Ryder]] and [[Michelle Pfeiffer]].
* ''[[The Reef (1999 film)|The Reef]]'' directed by [[Robert Allan Ackerman]] and released in 1999.
*''[[The House of Mirth (2000 film)|The House of Mirth]]'' directed by [[Terence Davies]] and released in 2000, starring [[Gillian Anderson]] as Lily Bart.

===Radio===
* ''The Age of Innocence'' had a [https://archive.org/download/TheaterGuildontheAir/Tgoa_47-04-20_ep072-Age_of_Innocence.mp3 ''Theatre Guild on the Air'' radio adaptation in 1947].<ref> https://archive.org/download/TheaterGuildontheAir/Tgoa_47-04-20_ep072-Age_of_Innocence.mp3</ref>

===Television===
*''The Touchstone'', a live broadcast on CBS April 1951. First Wharton adaptation on television.
*"Grey Reminder"—the April 30, 1951 episode of [[NBC]]'s ''[[Lights Out (1949-1952 TV series)|Lights Out]]''—is an adaptation of Wharton's story, "The Pomegranate Seed", starring [[Beatrice Straight]], [[John Newland]], Helene Dumas and Parker McCormick.<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-kansas-city-star/143688317/ "Television"]. ''The Kansas City Star''. April 30, 1951. p.&nbsp;25. Retrieved March 19, 2024.</ref><ref>The Radio Ghost (July 14, 2017). [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBcyulVueD0&t=1690s "Lights Out TV Series: Grey Reminder"]. [[YouTube]]. Retrieved March 19, 2024.</ref>
*''Ethan Frome'', a 1960 (CBS) TV US adaptation, directed by Alex Segal, starring [[Sterling Hayden]] as Ethan Frome, [[Julie Harris (American actress)|Julie Harris]] as Mattie Silver and [[Clarice Blackburn]] as Zenobia Frome. 
*''Looking Back'', a 1981 TV US loose adaptation of two biographies of Edith Wharton: ''A Backward Glance'', Wharton's own 1934 autobiography & ''Edith Wharton'', a 1975 biography by [[R.W.B. Lewis]] (1976 [[Bancroft Prize]]-winner).
*''[[The House of Mirth (1981 film)|The House of Mirth]]'', a 1981 TV US adaptation, directed by Adrian Hall, starring [[William Atherton]], [[Geraldine Chaplin]] and Barbara Blossom
*''Afterward'' and ''Bewitched'' are both featured in the 1983 [[ITV Granada|Granada Television]] series ''Shades of Darkness''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Garrett |first=Shawn |date=2019-03-22 |title=RETROSPECTIVE: TEA & SPOOKERY - A LOOK AT THE "SHADES OF DARKNESS" ANTHOLOGY TV SERIES (1983) |url=https://rue-morgue.com/retrospective-tea-spookery-a-look-at-the-shades-of-darkness-anthology-tv-series-1983/ |access-date=2025-01-26 |website=Rue Morgue |language=en-US}}</ref>
*''The Buccaneers'', a 1995 BBC mini-series, starring [[Carla Gugino]] and [[Greg Wise]]
*''[[The Buccaneers (2023 TV series)|The Buccaneers]]'', a 2023 Apple TV+ streaming series. Starring [[Kristine Frøseth]].

===Theater===
*''The House of Mirth'' was adapted as a play in 1906 by Edith Wharton and [[Clyde Fitch]].<ref>{{cite book|url=http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2897041|title=The house of mirth : the play of the novel / dramatized by Edith Wharton and Clyde Fitch, 1906; edited, with an introd., notes, and appendixes by Glenn Loney|first1=Edith|last1=Wharton|first2=Glenn|last2=Loney|first3=Clyde|last3=Fitch|year=1981 |publisher=Fairleigh Dickinson University Press; Associated University Presses|isbn=9780838624166 |access-date= September 14, 2017|via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://openlibrary.org/works/OL15000223W/The_play_of_the_novel_The_house_of_mirth|title=The play of the novel The house of mirth: the play of the novel|first=Edith|last=Wharton|date= September 14, 1980|publisher=Fairleigh Dickinson University Press|access-date= September 14, 2017|via=The Open Library}}</ref>
*''The Age of Innocence'' was adapted as a play in 1928. [[Katharine Cornell]] played the role of Ellen Olenska.
*''The Old Maid'' was adapted for the stage by [[Zoë Akins]] in 1934. It was staged by [[Guthrie McClintic]] and starred [[Judith Anderson]] and [[Helen Menken]].<ref name="bde010835">{{cite news |last=Pollock |first=Arthur |title='The Old Maid' |work=Brooklyn Daily Eagle |date=January 8, 1935 |location=Brooklyn, New York |page=11 |via = [[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> The play was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in May 1935.<ref name="dn050735">{{cite news |title='The Old Maid' Steals Pulitzer Play Prize |work=Daily News |date=May 7, 1935 |location=New York, New York |page=177 |via = [[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> When published, the play had both Akins and Wharton's names on the copyright.<ref name="za1951">{{cite book |author=Zoë Akins |title=The Old Maid |publisher=Samuel French, Inc |year=1951 |page=2 |isbn=978-0-573-61336-4 |url= |quote= }}</ref>
*''Shadow of a Doubt'' made its world stage premiere in 2023 directed by Peter Hinton-Davis produced by the [[Shaw Festival]]. The show was designed by Gillian Gallow (Set & Costume) Bonnie Beecher (Lighting) and projections by mixed media artist HAUI (Live Video). The show starred Katherine Gautier as Kate Derwent.<ref>{{cite news |last=Taylor |first=Kat |title='Forgotten for a century rediscovered play The Shadow of a Doubt' |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/theatre-and-performance/reviews/article-forgotten-for-a-century-rediscovered-play-the-shadow-of-a-doubt-mixes/ |work=[[The Globe and Mail]] |access-date=January 14, 2024}}</ref>