Editing Busman's Honeymoon (section)

==Adaptations==
''Busman's Honeymoon'' first saw the light of day as a stage [[Plays of Dorothy L. Sayers|play by Sayers]] and [[Muriel St. Clare Byrne]]. Subtitled ''A Detective Comedy in Three Acts'', it opened at London's [[Comedy Theatre]], in December 1936,<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ua2hCgAAQBAJ&q=busman%27s+honeymoon+1936+comedy+theatre&pg=PT188|title=The English Crime Play in the Twentieth Century|first=Beatrix|last=Hesse|date= 2015|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-1137463043|via=Google Books}}</ref> with [[Dennis Arundell]] as Peter and [[Veronica Turleigh]] as Harriet Vane.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Lachman|first=Marvin|url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/903807427|title=The villainous stage : crime plays on Broadway and in the West End|date=2014|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0-7864-9534-4|oclc=903807427}}</ref> The play was a success, and ran for 413 performances.<ref name=":0" />

A [[Busman's Honeymoon (film)|1940 film version]], based as much on the play as on the novel, stars [[Robert Montgomery (actor)|Robert Montgomery]] as Peter and [[Constance Cummings]] as Harriet.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6a6c3591|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160808092858/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6a6c3591|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 August 2016|title=Busman's Honeymoon (1940)|website=BFI}}</ref> The movie was released in the United States as ''Haunted Honeymoon''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/haunted-honeymoon-v126089|title=Haunted Honeymoon (1940) – Arthur B. Woods – Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related|website=AllMovie}}</ref>

It was twice adapted for BBC television broadcast. The 1947 adaptation, 90 minutes in length, was directed by [[John Glyn-Jones]] and starred [[Harold Warrender]] as Lord Peter, [[Ruth Lodge]] as Harriet, and [[Ronald Adam (actor)|Ronald Adam]] as Bunter; [[Joan Hickson]], later to be better known for playing [[Agatha Christie]]'s amateur sleuth [[Miss Marple]], played Miss Twitterton.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b8898350b|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210926052554/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b8898350b|url-status=dead|archive-date=26 September 2021|title = Busman's Honeymoon (1947)|newspaper = Bfi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://bufvc.ac.uk/screenplays/index.php/prog/1785|title = Busman's Honeymoon · British Universities Film & Video Council}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/073467266e7e43db8890a235b0a13237|title=BBC Programme Index}}</ref> The 1957 adaptation, again 90 minutes in length, was directed by [[Brandon Acton-Bond]], and starred [[Peter Gray (actor)|Peter Gray]] as Lord Peter, [[Sarah Lawson (actress)|Sarah Lawson]] as Harriet, and [[Charles Lloyd-Pack]] as Bunter.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b80be181f|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121030753/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b80be181f|url-status=dead|archive-date=21 January 2021|title = Busman's Honeymoon (1957)}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1176417/?ref_=tt_trv_cnn|title = Busman's Honeymoon|website = [[IMDb]]|date = 3 October 1957}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/255d4dc4e50c45078d548a6bdd7b2ec6|title = Broadcast – BBC Programme Index}}</ref>

There have been three BBC radio adaptations. The first, in 1949, was adapted for radio by [[Peggy Wells]], and starred [[Hugh Latimer (actor)|Hugh Latimer]] as Lord Peter, [[Rita Vale]] as Harriet, and Stanley Groome as Bunter.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/ffd03d1a6d9443e58a3a338ceae199d0|title = Broadcast – BBC Programme Index}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/67c6e82163cb4b578b23c5480050bb65|title = Broadcast – BBC Programme Index}}</ref> The second, again adapted for radio by Wells, was broadcast in 1965, and featured [[Angus MacKay (actor)|Angus MacKay]] as Lord Peter, [[Dorothy Reynolds]] as Harriet, and [[David Monico]] as Bunter. The [[Lord Peter Wimsey (radio series)|third adaptation]], broadcast in 1983 on [[BBC Radio 4]], was in six parts. This starred [[Ian Carmichael]] as Lord Peter Wimsey, Sarah Badel as Harriet, [[Peter Jones (actor)|Peter Jones]] as Bunter, Rosemary Leach as Miss Twitterton, Pearl Hackney as Mrs Ruddle, [[Peter Vaughan]] as Superintendent Kirk and John Westbrook as the Narrator.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007k4d8|title=BBC Radio 4 Extra – Wimsey, Busman's Honeymoon, A Chain of Circumstance|website=BBC}}</ref>

A stage production of ''Busman's Honeymoon'' took place at the Lyric theatre, Hammersmith from 12 July - 27 August 1988 and starred [[Edward Petherbridge]] as Lord Peter Wimsey and Emily Richard as Harriet (Lady Peter) Wimsey. The two actors are married to each other in real life. (Petherbridge starred as Lord Peter in [[A Dorothy L. Sayers Mystery]], a 1987 televised adaptation of all the Harriet Vane novels except ''Busman's'' ''Honeymoon'' for which the  BBC could not obtain the rights).<ref name="walter">{{cite book |last=Sayers |first=Dorothy L. |title=Gaudy Night |date=2009 |publisher=Hachette |page=3}}</ref>

[[Lifeline Theatre]] (Chicago, Illinois) presented an original adaptation of ''Busman's Honeymoon'' in the spring and summer of 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/chicago/article/BUSMANS-HONEYMOON-Concludes-Lifeline-Theaters-Season-20090129|title=Busman's Honeymoon Concludes Lifeline Theater's Season|author=BWW News Desk|website=BroadwayWorld.com}}</ref> Frances Limoncelli adapted the script from Dorothy Sayers' novel. The show was directed by Paul Holmquist. ''Busman's Honeymoon'' was preceded by adaptations of ''[[Whose Body?]]'', ''[[Strong Poison]]'', and ''[[Gaudy Night]]'' (all adapted by Frances Limoncelli and produced at [[Lifeline Theatre]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theatreinchicago.com/news.php?articleID=117|title=Sayers for Players: Lifeline's Gaudy Night |website=www.theatreinchicago.com}}</ref>