Editing T. E. Lawrence (section)

==In popular culture==
===Film===
* [[Alexander Korda]] bought the film rights to ''The Seven Pillars'' in the 1930s. The production was in development, with various actors cast as the lead, such as [[Leslie Howard]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article30091256 |title=Pictures and Personalities|newspaper=[[The Mercury (Hobart)|The Mercury]]|location=Hobart, Tas. |date=15 June 1935 |access-date=7 July 2012 |page=13}}</ref>
* [[Peter O'Toole]] was nominated for an [[Academy Award for Best Actor]] for his portrayal of Lawrence in the 1962 film ''[[Lawrence of Arabia (film)|Lawrence of Arabia]]''. In 2003, the [[American Film Institute]] ranked his portrayal as the [[AFI's 100 Years...100 Heroes & Villains|10th greatest film hero of all time]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.afi.com/afis-100-years-100-heroes-villians/|title=AFI's 100 Years...100 Heroes & Villains|publisher=American Film Institute|access-date=18 March 2022}}</ref>
* The 1990 television film ''[[A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia]]'', starring [[Ralph Fiennes]] as Lawrence, depicted events after those in ''Lawrence of Arabia'' (1962).<ref>{{Cite web |title=A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia |url=https://www.tvguide.com/movies/a-dangerous-man-lawrence-after-arabia/2030123918/ |access-date=2024-07-10 |website=TVGuide.com}}</ref>
* Peter O'Toole's portrayal of Lawrence inspired behavioural affectations in the android [[David 8|David]], portrayed by [[Michael Fassbender]] in the 2012 film ''[[Prometheus (2012 film)|Prometheus]]'' and its 2017 sequel ''[[Alien: Covenant]]'', both of which are part of the [[Alien (franchise)|Alien franchise]].<ref>{{cite news | last=McGurk | first=Stuart | date=12 May 2017 | title=Alien: Covenant is great – but the aliens are the worst thing about it | work=[[GQ]] | url=http://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/alien-covenant-review-michael-fassbender | access-date=17 October 2017}}</ref>
* [[Robert Pattinson]] portrays Lawrence in [[Werner Herzog]]'s 2015 film ''[[Queen of the Desert (film)|Queen of the Desert]]'' which centres on Gertrude Bell's time in Arabia and depicts the friendship between the pair.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Queen of the Desert (Official Site) |url=https://queenofthedesertmovie.com/ |access-date=2024-07-10 |website=Queen of the Desert}}</ref>
* The 2021 film ''Lawrence: After Arabia'' discusses and advocates for numerous conspiracy theories surrounding Lawrence's death.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lawrence After Arabia 2021 {{!}} Lawrence The Movie {{!}} United Kingdom |url=https://www.lawrencethemovie.com/ |access-date=2024-07-11 |website=Lawrence The Movie}}</ref>

===Literature===
* ''The T.E. Lawrence Poems'' was published by Canadian poet [[Gwendolyn MacEwen]] in 1982. The poems rely on, and quote directly from, primary material including ''Seven Pillars'' and the collected letters.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Jessop |first1=Paula |title=Gwendolyn MacEwen |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/gwendolyn-macewen |website=The Canadian Encyclopedia |access-date=17 July 2020}}</ref>
*''Dreaming of Samarkand'', published by Martin Booth in 1989, is a fictionalised account of Lawrence's time in Carchemish, and his relationship with [[James Elroy Flecker]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lamb |first=David |date=1990-06-03 |title=Loving Lawrence, Hating Arabia : DREAMING OF SAMARKAND by Martin Booth (William Morrow: $19.95; 333 pp.) |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-06-03-bk-962-story.html |access-date=2024-07-05 |website=Los Angeles Times}}</ref>
*''The Waters of Babylon,'' published by David Stevens in 2000, is a novel concerning Lawrence's time in the RAF, in which he reflects on his past and enters into a relationship with a (fictional) airman named Slaney.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Private Shaw |url=https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/books/00/04/16/reviews/000416.16sackst.html |access-date=2024-07-05 |website=archive.nytimes.com}}</ref>
*''Dreamers of the Day,'' written by Mary Doria Russell in 2008, follows fictional protagonist Agnes Shankin as she finds herself involved in the 1921 Cairo Peace Conference, and her interactions with Lawrence, as well as with Winston Churchill and Gertrude Bell.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dreamers of the Day |url=https://marydoriarussell.net/novels/dreamers-of-the-day/ |access-date=2024-07-10 |website=Mary Doria Russell}}</ref>
*''Empire of Sand'', written by Robert Ryan in 2008, is a fictionalised take on his time in Cairo and his clashes with a German spy.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Empire of Sand by Robert Ryan - TheBookbag.co.uk book review |url=https://www.thebookbag.co.uk/reviews/Empire_of_Sand_by_Robert_Ryan |access-date=2024-07-10 |website=www.thebookbag.co.uk}}</ref>
*''George: A Novel of T.E. Lawrence'', written by E.B. Lomax in 2017, postulates on an alternate universe in which Lawrence survived the fatal motorcycle accident with full amnesia of his past.<ref>{{Cite web |last=ThriftBooks |title=George: A Novel of T.E. Lawrence book by E.B. Lomax |url=https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/george-a-novel-of-te-lawrence_eb-lomax/14376037/ |access-date=2024-07-10 |website=ThriftBooks}}</ref>

===Television===
* Lawrence is a semi-recurring character in the 1992-1993 US TV series ''[[The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles]]'', appearing in three different episodes as a friend of Indiana Jones.<ref>{{Cite web |title=TheRaider.net - The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles |url=http://www.theraider.net/films/young_indy/chapter_01.php |access-date=2024-07-10 |website=www.theraider.net}}</ref>
* He was also portrayed in a Syrian series called ''Lawrence Al Arab'', directed by Thaer Mousa in 2008. The series consisted of 37 episodes, each between 45 minutes and one hour in length.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.istikana.com/en/tv_shows/lawrence-alarab|title=Istikana – Lawrence Alarab... Al-Khdi3a – Episode 1|work=Istikana}}</ref>

===Theatre===
* The character of Private Napoleon Meek in George Bernard Shaw's 1931 play ''[[Too True to Be Good]]'' was inspired by Lawrence. Meek is depicted as conversant with the language and lifestyle of the native tribes. He repeatedly enlists with the army, quitting whenever offered a promotion. Lawrence attended a performance of the play's original [[Worcestershire]] run, and reportedly signed autographs for patrons attending the show.{{sfn|Korda|2010|pp=670–671}}
* Lawrence was the subject of [[Terence Rattigan]]'s controversial play ''[[Ross (play)|Ross]]'', which explored Lawrence's alleged homosexuality. ''Ross'' ran in London in 1960–1961, starring [[Alec Guinness]], who was an admirer of Lawrence, and [[Gerald Harper]] as his blackmailer, Dickinson. The play had been written as a screenplay, but the planned film was never made. In January&nbsp;1986 at the [[Theatre Royal, Plymouth]], on the opening night of the revival of ''Ross'', [[Marc Sinden]], who was playing Dickinson (the man who recognised and blackmailed Lawrence, played by [[Simon Ward]]), was introduced to the man on whom the character of Dickinson was based. Sinden asked him why he had blackmailed Ross, and he replied, "Oh, for the money. I was financially embarrassed at the time and needed to get up to London to see a girlfriend. It was never meant to be a big thing, but a good friend of mine was very close to Terence Rattigan and years later, the silly devil told him the story."<ref>{{cite news|title=Lady Astor on T.E.'s Pillion?|newspaper=Western Morning News|date=18 October 1986}}</ref>
* [[Alan Bennett]]'s play ''[[Forty Years On (play)|Forty Years On]]'' (1968) includes a satire on Lawrence; known as "Tee Hee Lawrence" because of his high-pitched, girlish giggle. "Clad in the magnificent white silk robes of an Arab prince ... he hoped to pass unnoticed through London. Alas he was mistaken."<ref>{{cite news |last=Boyd |first=William |date=29 April 2016 |title=Lawrence of Arabia: a man in flight from himself |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2016/apr/29/lawrence-after-arabia-hampstead-theatre-london |newspaper=The Guardian |access-date=30 April 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160430122228/https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2016/apr/29/lawrence-after-arabia-hampstead-theatre-london |archive-date=30 April 2016}}</ref>
* Lawrence's first year back at Oxford after the War to write was portrayed by Tom Rooney in a play, ''The Oxford Roof Climbers Rebellion'', written by [[Stephen Massicotte]] (premiered Toronto 2006). The play explores Lawrence's reactions to war, and his friendship with Robert Graves. Urban Stages presented the U.S. premiere in New York City in October&nbsp;2007; Lawrence was portrayed by actor Dylan Chalfy.<ref>{{cite book |title=Oxford Roof Climber's Rebellion |edition=paperback |year=2007 |first=Stephen |last=Massicotte |publisher=Theatre Communications Group / Playwrights Canada Press |isbn=978-0887544996 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/oxfordroofclimbe0000mass}}</ref>
* His 1922 retreat from public life forms the subject of [[Howard Brenton]]'s play ''[[Lawrence After Arabia]]'', commissioned for a 2016 premiere at the [[Hampstead Theatre]] to mark the centenary of the outbreak of the Arab Revolt.<ref>{{cite web | title=Book theatre tickets at Chichester | date=25 November 2018 | url=https://www.cft.org.uk/whats-on/event/ross | access-date=22 February 2016 | archive-date=3 March 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303115127/https://www.cft.org.uk/whats-on/event/ross | url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Radio===
*Lawrence's life was dramatised in the 1935 Australian radio play ''[[Lawrence of Arabia (radio play)|Lawrence of Arabia]]''.<ref>{{cite news| title=Lawrence of Arabia | journal=The Wireless Weekly: The Hundred per Cent Australian Radio Journal| date=April 19, 1941 | location=Sydney| publisher=Wireless Press| url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-714844691| access-date=8 February 2024| via=Trove}}</ref>

===Music===
* Swedish [[power metal]] band [[Sabaton (band)|Sabaton]] wrote the song "Seven Pillars Of Wisdom" about Lawrence for their 2019 album ''[[The Great War (Sabaton album)|The Great War]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Seven Pillars Of Wisdom - Lyrics |url=https://www.sabaton.net/discography/the-great-war/seven-pillars-of-wisdom/ |website=Sabaton Official Website}}</ref>

=== Video games ===

* "Nothing is Written", the sixth chapter of the single-player campaign in the 2016 [[first-person shooter]] ''[[Battlefield 1]]'', follows a Bedouin soldier under Lawrence's command.<ref>{{Cite web |last=updated |first=Cale Hunt last |date=2016-12-16 |title=Where to find all field manuals in the Battlefield 1 Nothing is Written campaign |url=https://www.windowscentral.com/where-find-all-field-manuals-battlefield-1-nothing-written-campaign |access-date=2024-07-10 |website=Windows Central}}</ref>