this distinction belongs to The Administratrix by Emma Ghent Curtis (John B. Alden Publishing, 1889), which was published thirteen years earlier. Adaptations Stage Wister and Kirke La Shelle adapted the novel for a stage production. The Virginian opened at the Manhattan Theatre on January 5, 1904, and ran until May 1904. It was reprised in October 1905 for 16 performances at the Academy of Music in New York City. In 2022 playwrights L.C Bernadine and Spencer Huffman newly adapted the novel for City Lit Theater in Chicago. The production opened on January 16 2022 for a 5-week run. Films The Virginian (1914 film) directed by Cecil B. DeMille, with Dustin Farnum The Virginian (1923 film) with Kenneth Harlan and Florence Vidor The Virginian (1929 film) with Gary Cooper and Walter Huston The Virginian (1946 film) with Joel McCrea and Brian Donlevy The Virginian (2014 film) with Trace Adkins and Victoria Pratt Television The novel was loosely adapted for the NBC-TV series The Virginian (1962–1971). The Virginian (2000 TV film) with Bill Pullman and Diane Lane Comics The novel was adapted into comic form in Classics Illustrated #150. In 1963 Gold Key Comics published a single issue tie in with the television series. References Graulich, Melody; Tatum, Stephen. Reading the Virginian in the New West. Lincoln, Nebraska: University of Nebraska Press, 2003. The Pittsburgh Press, Nov 3, 1911 The Scranton Republican, Dec 1, 1908 External links Owen Wister Papers at the University of Wyoming – American Heritage Center Fifty years of The Virginian, 1902-1952 Laramie, University of Wyoming Library Associates, 1952. The Virginian at Open Library The manuscript of The Virginian is preserved at the American Heritage Center at the University of Wyoming. 1902 American novels Novels by Owen Wister Western (genre) novels Macmillan Publishers books American novels adapted into films American novels adapted into plays American novels adapted into television shows Novels set in the 1880s Novels set in Wyoming Novels set in Vermont Fictional cowboys and cowgirls Literary characters introduced in 1902