Kentley - Paul Gill Mrs Debenham - Alix Frizell Rupert Cadell - Ernest Milton Directed by Reginald Denham. The 1929 Broadway production Charles Granillo - Ivan Brandt Leila Arden - Margaret Delamere Kenneth Raglan - Hugh Dempster Sir Johnstone Kentley - Samuels Lysons Rupert Cadell - Ernest Milton Mrs. Debenham - Nora Nicholson Wyndham Brandon - Sebastian Shaw Sabot - John Trevor Directed by Reginald Denham Film and TV adaptations The play was first broadcast on experimental live television by the BBC, on 8 March 1939. It was adapted by Hamilton, produced by Dallas Bower, and used long takes. Director Alfred Hitchcock later said he saw (or heard about) the long takes of this television production and was inspired to attempt a feature film version. Another version was broadcast on the British commercial network ITV in 1957. In different roles, Dennis Price appeared in both versions. A version was made for Australian television in 1959, and aired as part of the series Shell Presents. A different version for Australian television aired in 1957. In Alfred Hitchcock's 1948 film version, Rope, Hitchcock, Hume Cronyn, and Arthur Laurents made some changes to the original stage play. The setting is relocated to the 1940s New York City and the names of all of the characters, with the exception of Rupert Cadell, are altered. Quiet Mrs. Debenham became cheerful Mrs. Atwater. The murder victim is renamed David Kentley. In the original play, Rupert Cadell is a 29-year-old First World War veteran, who walks with a stick. He was a teacher of Brandon and Granillo when they were at school. In the film, Cadell is played by James Stewart, who was forty at the time. In this version, Cadell had been the teacher of Brandon Shaw, Philip Morgan, Kenneth Lawrence, and David Kentley, and is currently a publisher. Hitchcock's is the only feature film version of the play to-date. In 1983, Rope was dramatised as a BBC Radio 4 Drama for Saturday Night Theatre, starring Alan Rickman as Cadell. References External links 1939 BBC TV version at IMDB 1952 Best Plays radio adaptation of play at Internet Archive 1957 ITV version at IMDB 1929 plays Plays by Patrick Hamilton Plays set in London Plays based on real people British plays adapted into films Cultural depictions of Leopold and Loeb West End plays