List of adaptations of The Prince and the Pauper

Television

Direct or faithful adaptations

• Te Prince ands the Pauper (1955), BBC television adaptation by Rhoda Power, consisting of six thirty-minute episodes, with Tegid Wyn-Jones as Edward, Dwyryd Wyn-Jones as Tom Canty, Alan Edwards as Miles Hendon and James Raglan as Lord Hertford
• DuPont Show of the Month (1957), single-episode adaptation with Johnny Washbrook as Tom Canty and Rex Thompson as Prince Edward
• The Prince and the Pauper (1962), produced by
  Shepperton, England, featuring Guy Williams as Miles Hendon. Both Prince Edward and Tom Canty were played by Sean Scully, using an early version of the split-screen technique which the Disney studios use in the 1961 film The Parent Trap
  .
• The Prince and the Pauper (1976), a six-part episode of the PBS series Once Upon a Classic
• The Prince and the Pauper (1976), BBC television adaptation by writer Richard Harris, consisting of six thirty-minute episodes (re-broadcast in 1977 as two sixty-minute episodes), with Nicholas Lyndhurst in the starring role and Barry Stokes as Miles Hendon
• The Prince and the Pauper (1996 TV series), a six-part BBC series starring James Purefoy, with Keith Michell reprising his role of Henry VIII, and screenplay by Julian Fellowes
• The Princess & the Pauper (2000), from the 1995 original HBO Family animated series Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child depicting a feminist twist with two African-American girls Zoe and Princess Olivia, both played by Raven-Symoné.

Rough translations, pastiches, and parodies

• "The Prince and the Paupers" (1967), the 21st episode of The Monkees
• "P.J. and the President's Son" (1976), a modern American-based ABC Afterschool Special with Lance Kerwin playing the dual role
• "
  Duke of Wellington
  is after him. The prince swaps clothes with Blackadder (his butler) and says, "This reminds me of that story 'The Prince and the Porpoise'." Blackadder corrects him: "Pauper. The Prince and the Pauper."
• "Dave" (1993) An uncanny Presidential lookalike named Dave is recruited by the Secret Service to become a momentary stand-in for the President of the United States.
• "The Prince and the Pooch" (1996), an episode of Wishbone with Wishbone playing both Tom Canty and Edward VI
• "Double, Double, Boy in Trouble" (2008), an episode of The Simpsons
• Jake & Blake (2010), an Argentine television series which started out as a parody of The Prince and the Pauper, but turned to a more serious plotline as the show progressed
• "Princess for a Day" (2011), an episode of Olivia (season 2, episode 4) with Olivia portrays the upper class Princess Anneliese and Stephanie portrays the lower class pauper Erika who switch places for a while.
• "Make Play" (2011), an episode of Phineas and Ferb (season 2, episode 64), with Candace switching places with Princess Baldegunde of Duselstein and discovering that royal life is dull
• "The Princess and the Pickpocket" (2017), an episode of the anime series Princess Principal. The characters Ange and Princess Charlotte have their history revealed by Ange under the guise of a fairy tale. Ten years prior to the start of the series, Ange, who was actually the real Princess Charlotte, met Princess, who was actually a common pickpocket named Ange and looked identical to her. They befriended one another and eventually decided to trade places for a day. Soon after the switch, however, a revolution broke out and divided their country, separating the girls and leaving them trapped in each other's roles.

See also

• Cultural depictions of Edward VI of England
• Trading Places, a 1983 comedy that draws heavily on the plot outline for The Prince and the Pauper

References

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