publication of the book. After a regional tour, the play opened in the Shaftesbury Theatre in London with Lewis Walker in the lead role. However, it was so poorly received by the public and critics alike that it only last 13 performances. On 5 March 1898 Wilson Barrett, Maud Jeffries along with their London company opened the play in Her Majesty's Theatre, Sydney, Australia. After a correspondence with George Bernard Shaw, Hall Caine himself then wrote a second version of the play in collaboration with Louis N. Parker. This version of the play, entitled Pete: A Drama in Four Acts featured Parker and his wife in the lead roles and proved to be a popular success. In Australia Maud Williamson dramatised the novel as A Woman's Sin. The novel had two eponymous silent film adaptations. In 1916, George Loane Tucker directed the first version and in 1929 Alfred Hitchcock made the hit remake, his last fully silent film. Locations in the novel The principle locations in the novel include the following: Ramsey – The location of Pete and Kate's house, Philip's family home (in Ballure, which was considered to be distinct from Ramsey at the time of the novel), and most of the later action of the novel. Sulby – The location of the parental home of Kate, and most of early action in the novel. Douglas – The location of Philip's home in which he lives in secret with Kate (in Athol Street). Peel – The location of various scenes concerning Pete and his time as a sailor. Tynwald – The location of the confrontation between the sailors and the Governor, adjudicated by Philip (in Part V of the novel) Castletown – The location of Kate's incarceration, and Philip's final confession in the courthouse. Notes Bibliography Allen, Vivien. Hall Caine: portrait of a Victorian romancer. Sheffield Academic Press, 1997. Stark, Susanne. The novel in Anglo-German context: Cultural Cross-Currents and Affinities. Yacowar, Maurice & Grant, Barry Keith. Hitchcock's British Films. Wayne State University Press, 2010. External links The full text of the novel, from www.manxliterature.com Pete: A Drama in Four Acts, the 1908 dramatisation of the novel, adapted by Hall Caine, available from www.manxliterature.com. The Manxman 1929 pressbook British Film Institute 1894 British novels British novels adapted into films Novels by Hall Caine Novels set in the Isle of Man Heinemann (publisher) books Novels first published in serial form