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Christopher Rawlence wrote the libretto for a chamber opera, directed by Michael Morris with music by Michael Nyman, based on the title story. The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat was first produced by the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London in 1986.
A television version of the opera was subsequently broadcast in the UK.
Peter Brook adapted Sacks's book into an acclaimed theatrical production, L'Homme Qui..., which premiered at the Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord, Paris, in 1993.
An Indian theatre company, performed a play The Blue Mug, based on the book, starring Rajat Kapoor, Konkona Sen Sharma, Ranvir Shorey and Vinay Pathak.
A man with Anterograde memory loss named Jimmy G. is the subject of one chapter, sharing the name of a character in Memento, a movie where the main protagonist has the same defect.
The Man Who, an album by the Scottish indie pop band Travis named after this book.
In the 2009 claymation film Mary and Max the title character Mary is studying neurological disorders while attending college. She can be seen reading the book on a park bench during a later scene in the movie.
In the 2011 Stephen King novel "11/22/63", it is mentioned that Jake was not "The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat", but rather, "The Man Who Thought He Was In 1958".
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