 The play was adapted twice for film; the first, in 1927 starred Marion Davies, and the second, in 1937, starred Katharine Hepburn.A musical theatre adaptation, "Dear Miss Phoebe", written by Christopher Hassall and Harry Parr Davies, premiered in 1950.The play was so popular that Quality Street chocolates and caramels were named after it, and the confectionery originally used characters from the play in their advertising and packaging.