The Tailor of Gloucester - Adaptations

Adaptations

In 1988, Rabbit Ears Productions produced a storyteller version with narration by Meryl Streep, drawings by David Jorgensen and music by The Chieftains.

Ian Holm played the tailor in a live-action TV adaptation in 1989 which included Thora Hird and Jude Law in an early part as the Mayor's stableboy.

In 1993, the tale was adapted to animation for the BBC anthology series, The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends. Derek Griffiths was the voice of Simpkin and Ian Holm the tailor. The episode was also dedicated to Dianne Jackson who died of cancer on New Year's Eve 1992.

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