Adaptations
Edward Loder used the work as the basis for his 1855 opera Raymond and Agnes.
The French writer Antonin Artaud's only full-length novel of the same name is a reworking of Lewis's plot. Artaud discarded some of the original's subplots and added others of his own, wanting his version to be even more shocking and subversive than the original.
Luis Buñuel and Jean-Claude Carrière attempted to film a version of The Monk in the 1960s, but the project was halted due to lack of funds. Buñuel's friend, the Greek director Ado Kyrou, used this script as the basis for his 1972 film version. Le Moine (English The Monk) boasted an international cast with Franco Nero in the title role. The film also starred Nathalie Delon, Eliana de Santis, Nadja Tiller and Nicol Williamson.
In 1990 The Monk was produced by Celtic Films. It starred Paul McGann as the title character, and was written and directed by Francisco Lara Polop.
A stage adaptation by Christopher Renstrom was produced off-off-Broadway by Bad Neighbors Theater Co. in 1992.
A new stage adaptation of The Monk written by Nirmala Nataraj premiered Oct. 9, 2008 at the Exit Theatre in San Francisco.
A brand new musical parodying the novel is in development. A workshop of the first act (of at least three) was presented at Carnegie Mellon University in March 2010, and the second act in October 2010.
Grant Morrison and Klaus Janson's 1990 DC graphic novel Batman: Gothic relies heavily and overtly upon the Monk, combined with elements of Don Giovanni, as the inspiration for the plot.
A new film adaption, The Monk, was made by French-German director Dominik Moll in 2011, it was shot in Madrid and stars Vincent Cassel, Déborah François, Geraldine Chaplin, and Sergi López i Ayats. Shooting began in mid April and was set for 12 weeks.
A stage adaptation by Benji Sperring for Tarquin Productions is running at Baron's Court Theatre, London, from 16th October to 3rd November 2012.
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