Editing The Exorcist (novel) (section)

==Adaptations==
{{Main|The Exorcist|The Exorcist (play)}}
===Feature film===
In 1973, the novel was adapted by Blatty for [[The Exorcist|the film of the same name]] and directed by [[William Friedkin]] with [[Ellen Burstyn]], [[Max von Sydow]], [[Lee J. Cobb]], [[Jack MacGowran]], [[Jason Miller (playwright)|Jason Miller]] and [[Linda Blair]]. The screenplay for the film won Blatty an [[Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay]]. In 1974 famed Japanese horror author [[Kazuo Umezu]] also created a short comic adaptation of this film.

===Radio===
In February 2014, [[BBC Radio 4]] broadcast a two-part adaptation of the novel by Robert Forrest<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03w71wx |title=BBC Radio 4 – The Exorcist |publisher=Bbc.co.uk |date=February 21, 2014 |access-date=March 31, 2014 |archive-date=March 3, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140303214245/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03w71wx |url-status=live }}</ref> produced and directed by [[Gaynor MacFarlane]] and
starring [[Robert Glenister]] as Father Karras, [[Lydia Wilson]] as Regan, [[Teresa Gallagher]] as Chris MacNeil, [[Karl Johnson (actor)|Karl Johnson]] as Detective Kinderman, [[Bryan Dick]] as Father Dyer, Alexandra Mathie as The Demon and [[Ian McDiarmid]] as Father Merrin.

===Theatre===
A [[The Exorcist (play)|stage adaptation]] of the novel was written by [[John Pielmeier]] and premiered at [[Geffen Playhouse]] in Los Angeles in July 2012. It was directed by [[John Doyle (director)|John Doyle]] and starred [[Brooke Shields]], David Wilson Barnes, Richard Chamberlain, Emily Yetter, [[Harry Groener]], Roslyn Ruff, [[Manoel Felciano]], Tom Nelis, and [[Stephen Bogardus]]. The play made its [[Theatre of the United Kingdom|UK]] premiere at the [[Birmingham Repertory Theatre]] in October 2016, co-produced by [[Bill Kenwright]]. The new production was directed by [[Sean Mathias]], designed by [[Anna Fleischle]] and starred [[Jenny Seagrove]] as Chris, [[Peter Bowles]] as Merrin and [[Adam Garcia]] as Damien.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.birmingham-rep.co.uk/news/news/full-cast-and-creative-team-announced-for-the-most/|title=Full Cast & Creative Team Announced For The Most Terrifying Show This Year at Birmingham Repertory Theatre|last=Ltd|first=Made Media|website=www.birmingham-rep.co.uk|access-date=September 24, 2016|archive-date=September 24, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160924112400/http://www.birmingham-rep.co.uk/news/news/full-cast-and-creative-team-announced-for-the-most/|url-status=dead}}</ref>