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== Adaptations == [[File:The Ladykillers at the Gielgud (6481418261).jpg|thumb|upright|''[[The Ladykillers (play)|The Ladykillers]]'' playing at the [[Gielgud Theatre]] in the [[West End theatre|West End]], December 2011.]] *In 1966, the film was adapted into an [[opera]] by the Czech composer [[Ilja Hurník]] under the name ''The Lady and the Robbers'' (''Dáma a lupiči''), which was premiered in [[Brno]] in October 1973.<ref>James Helme Sutcliffe. Czechoslovakia : 'The Ladykillers'. ''[[Opera (British magazine)|Opera]]'', January 1974, Vol. 25 No. 1, p.40 & 57.</ref> *In 1969, the film was adapted into Egyptian film "Thieves But Funny" (original name: لصوص ولكن ظرفاء) starring [[Ahmed Mazhar]] and [[Adel Emam]].<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8711822/ Losos Laken Dhurafa'a] on [[IMDb]], Retrieved 30 December 2023</ref> *On 13 January 1996, an adaptation for [[radio]] of the film, by Bruce Bedford, was first broadcast on [[BBC Radio 4]] starring [[Edward Petherbridge]] and [[Margot Boyd]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007jnlr |title=BBC radio programmes catalogue entry |publisher=BBC|date=26 November 2012|access-date=1 November 2014}}</ref> *In 2004, the [[Coen brothers]] directed an American [[The Ladykillers (2004 film)|remake of the film]], starring [[Tom Hanks]], [[Irma P. Hall]], [[Marlon Wayans]], [[J. K. Simmons]], [[Tzi Ma]] and [[Ryan Hurst]]. The setting of the film is moved from [[London]] to [[Saucier, Mississippi]], home of a [[riverboat casino]].<ref name="The Ladykillers 2004">{{cite web|url=http://alt.tcm.turner.com/tcmdb/title/452160/Ladykillers-The/full-credits.html|title=The Ladykillers 2004|publisher=[[Turner Classic Movies]]|location=[[Atlanta]]|access-date=11 July 2016|archive-date=13 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180713103554/http://alt.tcm.turner.com/tcmdb/title/452160/Ladykillers-The/full-credits.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> *In 2011, the film was adapted as the play [[The Ladykillers (play)|''The Ladykillers'']] by [[Graham Linehan]]. It premiered at the [[Liverpool Playhouse]] in November that year before transferring to the [[Gielgud Theatre]] in London with [[Peter Capaldi]] as Professor Marcus.<ref>{{cite news|author=Graham Linehan |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2011/dec/18/graham-linehan-dynamited-ladykillers |title=How Graham Linehan dynamited The Ladykillers |newspaper=The Guardian |access-date=1 November 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.london-theatreland.co.uk/theatres/gielgud-theatre/the-ladykillers.php |title=Play details on Gielgud Theatre site |publisher=London-theatreland.co.uk |access-date=1 November 2014}}</ref> *In 2013, the play was revived at the [[London]] Vaudeville Theatre<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vaudevilletheatre.org.uk/ |title=Vaudeville Theatre |publisher=Vaudeville Theatre |date=9 October 2007|access-date=1 November 2014}}</ref> and subsequently toured the [[UK]] and [[Ireland]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theladykillers.co.uk/category/news/ |title=» Latest News |publisher=Theladykillers.co.uk |access-date=1 November 2014}}</ref> This revived production featured a new cast.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bestoftheatre.co.uk/blog/post/ladykillers-review |title=The Ladykillers Review – Best of Theatre News |publisher=Bestoftheatre.co.uk |date=15 July 2013|access-date=1 November 2014}}</ref> *In June 2019, the play had its North American premiere at the [[Shaw Festival]] in [[Niagara-on-the-Lake]], [[Ontario]], Canada with [[Damien Atkins]] as Professor Marcus and Chick Reid as Mrs. Wilberforce.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.shawfest.com/playbill/the-ladykillers/| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190507130433/https://www.shawfest.com/playbill/the-ladykillers/| archive-date = 2019-05-07| title = The Ladykillers |publisher=Shaw Festival Theatre}}</ref>
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