Editing The Water-Babies (section)

==Adaptations==
The book was adapted into an animated film ''[[The Water Babies (film)|The Water Babies]]'' in 1978 starring [[James Mason]], [[Bernard Cribbins]] and [[Billie Whitelaw]]. Though many of the main elements are there, the film's storyline differs substantially from the book's, with a new sub-plot involving Tom saving the Water-Babies from imprisonment by a kingdom of sharks.

It was also adapted into a musical theatre version produced at the [[Garrick Theatre]] in London, in 1902. The adaptation was described as a "fairy play", by [[Rutland Barrington]], with music by [[Frederick Rosse]], Albert Fox, and [[Alfred Cellier]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Garrick Theatre |date=19 December 1902 |newspaper=[[The Times]] |place=London, UK |page=4}}</ref> The book was also produced as a play by [[Jason Carr]] and [[Gary Yershon]], mounted at the [[Chichester Festival Theatre]] in 2003, directed by [[Jeremy Sams]], starring [[Louise Gold]], [[Joe McGann]], Katherine O'Shea, and Neil McDermott.{{Citation needed|date=April 2010}}

The story was also adapted into a radio series<ref>{{cite AV media |author=Kingsley, Charles |date=7 September 1998 |title=The Water Babies |series=BBC Radio Collection |publisher=BBC Audiobooks |ISBN=978-0-563-55810-1 |medium=audio cassette |quote=A BBC Radio&nbsp;4 full cast dramatisation.}}</ref> featuring [[Timothy West]], [[Julia McKenzie]], and Oliver Peace as Tom.

A 2013 update for [[BBC Radio 4]] brought the tale to a newer age, with Tomi having been [[Trafficking of children|trafficked]] from [[Nigeria]] as a [[child labourer]].<ref>{{cite AV media |author=Farley, P. |author-link=Paul Farley |others=Harding, Emma (director) |title=Classic serial, ''The Water Babies'': A modern fairy tale |date=2013-03-30 |publisher=[[BBC Radio 4|BBC Radio&nbsp;4]] |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01rfy5k |access-date=2014-04-19}}</ref>

In 2014, it was adapted into a musical;<ref>{{cite AV media |author1=Ross, Fiona |author2=Colverd, Fiona |others=Last, David (music by) |year=2014 |title=The Water Babies |medium=musical}}</ref> a shortened version premiered at the [[Edinburgh Fringe Festival]] in 2014,<ref>{{cite web |title=Stephanie Wickmere |publisher=mandy.com |url=https://www.mandy.com/actor/profile/stephanie-wickmere# |access-date=2018-11-06}}</ref> with the full version being produced at the Playhouse Theatre, Cheltenham in 2015 by performing arts students of the [[University of Gloucestershire]]. It was performed, again by students, in the same venue in June&nbsp;2019.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Water Babies |series=What's On |website=cheltplayhouse.org.uk |url=https://www.cheltplayhouse.org.uk/whats-on/spring-2019/the-water-babies/ |access-date=2019-04-03}}</ref>

In 2019, the story was adapted into a folk opera performed at [[The Sydney Fringe]]<ref>{{cite AV media | title=The Water Babies | via=[[YouTube]] | medium=video | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjclPlWM-GU}}</ref> Australia from a musical score and libretto composed by musician and librettist Freddie Hill in 1999.<ref>{{cite web | title=The Water Babies : An opera in four acts with a prologue by Fred Hill |publisher=[[Australian Music Centre]] | url=https://www.australianmusiccentre.com.au/work/hill-fred-water-babies}}</ref>