The Aspern Papers - Play and Opera Versions

Play and Opera Versions

  • In 1962, The Aspern Papers was adapted for the stage by Michael Redgrave and successfully produced on Broadway. Wendy Hiller and Maurice Evans played the lead roles. The play has been revived a number of times since the original production.
  • In 1984 the play was produced at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket, London. The cast included Vanessa Redgrave playing Miss Tina, the lead, and Wendy Hiller playing Juliana. Christopher Reeve played the male lead, Henry Jarvis. Vanessa Redgrave was won the Oliver Award for Best Actress in a revival.
  • In 1988 the Dallas Opera presented the world premiere of Dominick Argento's opera The Aspern Papers.
  • The 1947 film The Lost Moment was based on The Aspern Papers. It starred Susan Hayward as Miss Tina and Robert Cummings as the narrator.
  • On 26 April 2010, BBC Radio 4 began broadcasting an abridged audio version of 'The Aspern Papers', in their Book at Bedtime slot. It was read by Samuel West.
  • In 1974, London Weekend Television (ITV) made "Affairs of the Heart", a collection of seven dramatisations of stories by Henry James. The third episode, retitled "Miss Tita", was a fairly close adaptation of "The Aspern Papers". It starred Margaret Tyzack as Miss Tita, Beatrix Lehmann as Juliana Bordereau, and John Carson as Charles Faversham, the narrator and would-be editor.
  • The 1985 film Aspern, directed by Eduardo de Gregorio, starring Jean Sorel, Bulle Ogier and Alida Valli
  • The 1991 film Els Papers d'Aspern, directed by Jordi Cadena, starring Silvia Munt
  • The 2010 film The Aspern Papers, directed by Mariana Hellmund, starring Judith Roberts and Brooke Smith

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