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==Adaptations== ===Stage=== * The writer and director [[Steven Berkoff]] adapted several of Kafka's novels into plays and directed them for stage. His version of ''The Trial'' was first performed in 1970 in London and published in 1981.<ref>[[Steven Berkoff|Berkoff, Steven]]. "''The Trial'', ''Metamorphosis'', ''In the Penal Colony''. Three theatre adaptions from Franz Kafka." Oxford: Amber Lane Press, 1981.</ref> * Israeli director [[Rina Yerushalmi]] adapted ''The Trial'' (paired with [[Samuel Beckett]]'s ''[[Malone Dies]]'') for a production called ''Ta, Ta, Tatata'' presented in June 1970 at [[La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club]]. * Chicago based writer, Greg Allen, wrote and directed ''K.'', based on ''The Trial''. After award-winning runs in Chicago and New York, it was produced by [[The Hypocrites (theatre company)|The Hypocrites]] and ran for several months in 2010 at The Chopin Theater in Chicago.<ref>[http://leisureblogs.chicagotribune.com/the_theater_loop/2010/10/k-by-the-hypocrites-greg-allens-k-can-be-unfeeling-but-it-showed-the-way.html "'K.' by The Hypocrites: Greg Allen's 'K.' can be unfeeling, but it showed the way"] by Chris Jones, ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' (26 October 2010)</ref> * ''Joseph K'', written by [[Tom Basden]] and based on ''The Trial'', takes place in modern-day London, with the protagonist cast as a City banker. It ran at the [[Gate Theatre (London)|Gate Theatre]], Notting Hill, London, in late 2010.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2010/nov/17/joseph-k-review "Joseph K – review"] by Lynn Gardner, ''[[The Guardian]]'' (17 November 2010)</ref> * [[Gottfried von Einem]] wrote an [[opera]], ''[[Der Prozeß (opera)|Der Prozeß]]'', based on the novel. Its American debut was directed by [[Otto Preminger]]. * The writer [[Serge Lamothe]] adapted ''The Trial'' for the stage. Directed by [[François Girard]], his version of ''The Trial'' was first performed in 2004 in Montreal and Ottawa, Canada, and published in 2005. * Between June and August 2015, [[Young Vic#Young Vic Theatre|The Young Vic theatre]] in London staged a version of ''The Trial'' adapted by Nick Gill and starring [[Rory Kinnear]] as K.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2015/jun/28/the-trial-review-a-punishing-kafkaesque-experience|title=The Trial review – a punishing Kafkaesque experience|first=Michael|last=Billington|author-link=Michael Billington (critic)|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=28 June 2015|access-date=1 April 2016}}</ref> *[[Jean-Louis Barrault]] and [[Andre Gide]] adapted the novel for the stage, performed in Paris in 1947. *An operatic adaptation of ''[[The Trial (2014 opera)|The Trial]]'' by the composer [[Philip Glass]] was premiered by [[Music Theatre Wales]] in October 2014. ===Radio=== * On 19 May 1946, ''[[Columbia Workshop]]'' broadcast an adaptation of ''The Trial'' by Davidson Taylor with an original musical score by [[Bernard Herrmann]] and starring [[Karl Swenson]] as Joseph K.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.digitaldeliftp.com/DigitalDeliToo/dd2jb-Columbia-Workshop.html|title=The DefinitiveThe Columbia Workshop Radio Log with Georgia Backus. William N. Robson and Norman Corwin|website=www.digitaldeliftp.com}}</ref> * In 1982, [[Mike Gwilym]] starred as Josef K. with [[Miriam Margolyes]] as Leni in an adaptation on [[BBC Radio 4]] dramatised for radio by [[Hanif Kureishi]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04k6p4c|title=BBC Radio 4 Extra – Franz Kafka – ''The Trial''|publisher=BBC}}</ref> * [[Sam Troughton]] starred as Joseph Kay in a new adaptation by [[Mark Ravenhill]] titled ''The Process'' directed by [[Polly Thomas]] and broadcast on 10 May 2015 on [[BBC Radio 3]]'s ''Drama on 3'' program.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05tpnkk|title=BBC Radio 3 – Drama on 3, ''The Process''|publisher=BBC}}</ref> ===Film=== * In the [[The Trial (1962 film)|1962 film adaptation]] by [[Orson Welles]], Josef K. is played by [[Anthony Perkins]] and The Advocate by Welles.<ref>{{cite AV media | people = Welles, Orson (Director) | title = The Trial | medium = Movie Production | publisher =Astor Pictures Corporation | location = France, Italy, West Germany | date =1962 }}</ref> * The 1993 film ''[[The Trial (1993 film)|The Trial]]'' was based on [[Harold Pinter]]'s screenplay adaptation. Directed by [[David Jones (director)|David Jones]], it starred [[Kyle MacLachlan]] as Josef K. and [[Anthony Hopkins]] as The Priest.<ref>Review of adaptations of ''The Trial'', ''Journal of the Kafka Society of America'' 24 (2003), 59.</ref> === Graphic novel === * A graphic novel adaptation by [[Chantal Montellier]] (illustrations) and [[David Zane Mairowitz]] (adaptation) appeared on April 15, 2008.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Montellier |first=Chantal |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/180690015 |title=Franz Kafka's The trial : a graphic novel |date=2008 |publisher=Sterling |others=David Zane Mairowitz, Franz Graphic novelization of: Kafka |isbn=978-1-4114-1591-1 |location=New York |oclc=180690015}}</ref>
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