Editing Of Mice and Men (section)

==Adaptations==

===Stage===
{{main|Of Mice and Men (play)|Of Mice and Men (opera)}}
As a "playable novel", it was performed by the Theater Union of San Francisco as written. This version opened on May 21, 1937 – less than three months after the novel's publication – and ran for about two months.<ref name=":0" />

To create a Broadway production, Steinbeck adapted and slightly revised his original text and this version, produced by [[Sam H. Harris]] and directed by [[George S. Kaufman]], opened on November 23, 1937, in the [[Music Box Theatre]] on Broadway and ran for 207 performances.<ref name="IBDB">{{cite web|title=Internet Broadway Database: Of Mice and Men|publisher=The League of American Theatres and Producers|date=2001–2007|url=http://www.ibdb.com/production.asp?ID=12320|access-date=October 8, 2007|archive-date=May 1, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080501081833/http://www.ibdb.com/production.asp?ID=12320|url-status=live}}</ref>  It starred [[Wallace Ford]] as George and [[Broderick Crawford]] as Lennie.<ref name="IBDB" /> The role of Crooks was performed by [[Leigh Whipper]], the first African-American member of the [[Actors' Equity Association]].<ref name="Whipper">{{cite web|title=Internet Broadway Database: Leigh Whipper|date=2001–2007|url=http://www.ibdb.com/person.asp?id=7209|access-date=October 8, 2007|archive-date=October 12, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012000112/http://ibdb.com/person.asp?id=7209|url-status=live}}</ref> (Whipper repeated this role in the 1939 film version.<ref name="Mice1939" />) The production was chosen as Best Play in 1938 by the [[New York Drama Critics' Circle]].<ref name="SteinbeckOrg">{{cite web|title=National Steinbeck Center: About John Steinbeck : Facts, Awards, & Honors|publisher=National Steinbeck Center|url=http://www.steinbeck.org/|access-date=October 8, 2007|archive-date=December 18, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151218083555/http://www.steinbeck.org/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 1939 the production was moved to Los Angeles, still with Wallace Ford in the role of George, but with Lon Chaney, Jr., taking on the role of Lennie. Chaney's performance in the role resulted in his casting in the movie.

In 1958, a musical theater adaptation by Ira Bilowit (1925–2016) was produced [[Off-Broadway]] in New York City. The cast included several in-demand performers of their day, including [[Art Lund]] and [[Jo Sullivan]], re-teamed after performing together in the hit musical ''[[The Most Happy Fella]]'', as well as [[Leo Penn]].<ref>{{cite web |title=The Western Stage and The National Steinbeck Center present Rare Musical Adaptation of Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men, Archived for 60 Years |url=https://latinoedge.wordpress.com/2018/04/27/the-western-stage-and-the-national-steinbeck-center-present-rare-musical-adaptation-of-steinbecks-of-mice-and-men-archived-for-60-years/ |website=Latino Edge |access-date=3 January 2019|date=2018-04-27 }}</ref> However, a newspaper strike negatively affected the production and it closed after six weeks.<ref name=Californian>{{cite news |last1=Ponce |first1=Cristian |title=Rare 'Of Mice and Men' reading to be performed for first time on West Coast |url=https://www.thecalifornian.com/story/entertainment/2018/05/03/rare-mice-and-men-reading-performed-first-time-west-coast/573556002/ |access-date=3 January 2019 |work=The Californian |date=3 May 2018 |archive-date=August 11, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200811192338/https://www.thecalifornian.com/story/entertainment/2018/05/03/rare-mice-and-men-reading-performed-first-time-west-coast/573556002/ |url-status=live }}</ref> A revival of the work was mounted at the [[Western Stage]] in [[Salinas, California]] in 2019.<ref name=Californian/>

The play was revived in a 1974 Broadway production in the [[Brooks Atkinson Theatre]] starring [[Kevin Conway (actor)|Kevin Conway]] as George and [[James Earl Jones]] as Lennie.<ref name="IBDB1974">{{cite web|title=Internet Broadway Database: Of Mice and Men (1974)|publisher=The League of American Theatres and Producers|date=2001–2007|url=http://www.ibdb.com/production.asp?ID=3709|access-date=October 8, 2007|archive-date=May 1, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080501081840/http://www.ibdb.com/production.asp?ID=3709|url-status=live}}</ref> Noted stage actress [[Pamela Blair]] played Curley's Wife in this production.

In 1970 [[Carlisle Floyd]] wrote an [[Of Mice and Men (opera)|opera]] based on this novella. One departure between Steinbeck's book and Floyd's opera is that the opera features The Ballad Singer, a character not found in the book.<ref name="NY Times Review of 1983 New York City Opera production">{{cite news|last=Henahan|first=Donal|title=NY Times Review of 1983 City Opera production|work=The New York Times|date=October 14, 1983|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/10/14/arts/opera-mice-and-men.html?&pagewanted=all|access-date=July 17, 2009|archive-date=May 22, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130522050810/http://www.nytimes.com/1983/10/14/arts/opera-mice-and-men.html?&pagewanted=all|url-status=live}}</ref>

A new version of the play opened on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] at The Longacre Theater on March 19, 2014 for a limited 18-week engagement, starring [[James Franco]], [[Chris O'Dowd]], [[Leighton Meester]] and [[Jim Norton (Irish actor)|Jim Norton]].<ref name=NYNews>{{cite news|last=Dzieemianowicz|first=Joe|title=James Franco Says He's Coming to Broadway to Star in 'Of Mice and Men'|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/node/136221|access-date=March 10, 2013|newspaper=[[Daily News (New York)|Daily News]]|location=New York City|date=March 6, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029230123/http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/node/136221|archive-date=October 29, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Leighton Meester on Broadway|url=http://ph.omg.yahoo.com/news/leighton-meester-broadway-030000179.html|work=Yahoo! Philippines|access-date=December 8, 2013|date=December 8, 2013|archive-date=December 15, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131215101004/http://ph.omg.yahoo.com/news/leighton-meester-broadway-030000179.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

A ballet adaptation was created by Cathy Marston with original music by Thomas Newman. It debuted on April 27, 2022 at the Joffrey Ballet in Chicago.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Warnecke |first1=Lauren |title=Review: The Joffrey brings 'Of Mice and Men' to the ballet stage in a world premiere; plus Balanchine's 'Serenade' |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/theater/reviews/ct-ent-mice-and-men-joffrey-ballet-review-20220428-4legte3aoffknfndofe32vtwfe-story.html |access-date=29 May 2022 |work=Chicago Tribune |date=April 28, 2022}}</ref>

===Film===
[[File:Of Mice And Men Poster.jpg|thumb|Poster for the 1939 film]]The [[Of Mice and Men (1939 film)|first film adaptation]] was released in 1939, two years after the publication of the novella, and starred [[Lon Chaney Jr.]] as Lennie, with [[Burgess Meredith]] as George, and was directed by [[Lewis Milestone]].<ref name="Mice1939">{{cite web|title=Of Mice and Men (1939)|work=Internet Movie Database|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031742/|access-date=October 8, 2007|archive-date=October 30, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071030200117/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031742/|url-status=live}}</ref> It was nominated for four [[Academy Awards]].<ref name="Mice1939" />

A [[Of Mice and Men (1968 film)|TV version]], produced by [[David Susskind]] in 1968, starred [[George Segal]] as George, [[Nicol Williamson]] as Lennie, [[Will Geer]] as Candy, [[Moses Gunn]] as Crooks, and [[Don Gordon (actor)|Don Gordon]] and [[Joey Heatherton]] as Curley and his wife, respectively.<ref name="tcm">{{cite web|title=Of Mice and Men (1968)|work=Turner Classic Movies|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/470253/of-mice-and-men|access-date=January 21, 2012}}</ref>

In 1981, a [[Television movie|TV movie]] version was released, starring [[Randy Quaid]] as Lennie, and [[Robert Blake (actor)|Robert Blake]] as George, and directed by [[Reza Badiyi]].<ref name="Mice1981">{{cite web|title=Of Mice and Men (1981)|work=Internet Movie Database|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082838/|access-date=October 8, 2007|archive-date=February 10, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080210014751/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082838/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Another [[Of Mice and Men (1992 film)|theatrical film version]] was made in 1992, directed by [[Gary Sinise]], who was nominated for the [[Palme d'Or]] at [[Cannes]].<ref name="Mice1992">{{cite web|title=Of Mice and Men (1992)|work=Internet Movie Database|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105046/|access-date=October 8, 2007}}</ref> Sinise played George, and the role of Lennie was played by [[John Malkovich]], both reprising their roles from the 1980 [[Steppenwolf Theatre Company]] stage production.<ref name="RottenTomatoes">{{cite web|title=Of Mice and Men (1992)|publisher=Rotten Tomatoes / IGN Entertainment|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1040322-of_mice_and_men/|access-date=October 8, 2007|archive-date=June 19, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150619015855/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1040322-of_mice_and_men/|url-status=live}}</ref>

The 1992 [[Malayalam cinema|Malayalam]] film ''[[Soorya Manasam]]'' directed by [[Viji Thampi]] is also based on the novel.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.golpaani.com/Film/Details/SOORYA_MANASAM_2014_Malayalam | title=Sooryam Manasam | access-date=29 May 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150529195643/http://www.golpaani.com/Film/Details/SOORYA_MANASAM_2014_Malayalam | archive-date=29 May 2015 | url-status=dead | df=dmy-all }}</ref>

===Radio===
''[[Kirsty Williams (drama)#Of Mice and Men|Of Mice and Men]]'' was adapted by [[Donna Franceschild]] as a [[radio play]] directed by [[Kirsty Williams (drama)|Kirsty Williams]] starring [[David Tennant]] and [[Liam Brennan (actor)|Liam Brennan]] broadcast on [[BBC Radio 4]] on 7 March 2010.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00r33y7 |title=BBC – Classic Serial – ''Of Mice and Men'' |access-date=October 18, 2011 |archive-date=November 30, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121130104653/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00r33y7 |url-status=live }}</ref> Earlier BBC productions were aired in 1966 and 1992.