title, came out in 2013. Theatre adaptations 1898. The Gadfly or the Son of the Cardinal by George Bernard Shaw. This version was created at Voynich's request to forestall other dramatisations. 1899. The Gadfly by Edward E. Rose, commissioned by Stuart Robson. Voynich described this version as an "illiterate melodrama", and tried to get an injunction to stop it being performed. 1906. Zhertva svobody by L. Avrian (in Russian). 1916. Ovod by V. Zolotarëv (in Russian). 1940. Ovod by A. Zhelyabuzhsky (in Russian). 1947. Ovid by Yaroslav Halan (in Ukrainian). 1974. Zekthi by Esat Oktrova (Teledrama; in Albanian). Radio adaptation 1989. The Gadfly, BBC Radio 4, Saturday Night Theatre. Opera, ballet, musical adaptations 1923. Prazdnik krovi, melodrama in 6 acts with a prologue by S. I. Prokofiev (opera) (in Russian). 1928. Ovod by Mikhail Zhukov (opera) (in Russian). 1930. Ovod, opera in 4 acts by Alexander Ziks (opera) (in Russian). 1958. Ovod, opera in 4 acts and 7 scenes by Antonio Spadavecchia (in Russian). 1967. Ovod by A. Chernov (ballet). 1982. Rivares by Sulkhan Tsintsadze (ballet). Film version: Rivares, Soviet Georgian, by B. Chkheidze. 1983. Ovod by A. Kolker (rock musical) (in Russian). Film adaptations 1928. Krazana, Soviet Georgian, by Kote Mardjanishvili. 1955. Ovod, Soviet, by Aleksandr Faintsimmer. Shostakovich composed its film score. The Gadfly Suite, which includes the movement Romance, later becoming popular on its own right, is an arrangement of selections from Shostakovich's score by composer Levon Atovmian. 1980. Ovod by Nikolai Mashchenko, starring Andrey Kharitonov, Sergei Bondarchuk and Anastasiya Vertinskaya. 1987. Rivares. Soviet Georgian film of B. Chkheidze. 2003. Niumeng, Chinese, directed by Wu Tianming Other adaptations 1976. Bögöly (Vihar Itália felett) (The Gadfly (Storm over Italy)), a condensed comic book adaptation which concentrated on the adventurous aspects of the novel, by Tibor Cs. Horváth and Attila Fazekas; published in Hungarian, and subsequently in Polish as Szerszeń (Przygody Artura i Gemmy) (The Hornet (The Adventures of Arthur and Gemma)). References External links 1897 British novels Irish novels adapted into films Novels set in the 1840s Novels set in Italy Henry Holt and Company books British novels adapted into plays British novels adapted into television shows Novels adapted into ballets Novels adapted into operas Philosophy of mind 1897 debut novels