, ▁Me ier - G ra efe ▁( 1 9 0 8 ): ▁" He ▁[ G au gu in ] ▁may ▁be ▁charged ▁with ▁having ▁always ▁wanted ▁something ▁else ." ▁ ▁Ada pt ations ▁ ▁The ▁book ▁was ▁made ▁into ▁a ▁stage ▁play ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 5 ▁at ▁the ▁New ▁Theatre ▁with ▁Henry ▁Ain ley ▁as ▁Str ick land ▁and ▁E ile en ▁Sh arp ▁as ▁A ta ▁and ▁a ▁film ▁of ▁the ▁same ▁name ▁directed ▁and ▁written ▁by ▁Albert ▁Lew in . ▁Re leased ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 2 , ▁the ▁film ▁stars ▁George ▁Sand ers ▁as ▁Charles ▁Str ick land . ▁ ▁The ▁novel ▁served ▁as ▁the ▁basis ▁for ▁an ▁opera , ▁also ▁titled ▁The ▁Moon ▁and ▁Six p ence , ▁by ▁John ▁Gard ner ▁to ▁a ▁libre tto ▁by ▁Patrick ▁Terry ; ▁it ▁was ▁premier ed ▁at ▁Sad lers ▁Well s ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 7 . ▁ ▁W riter ▁S ▁Lee ▁P og ost in ▁adapted ▁it ▁for ▁American ▁TV ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 9 . ▁This ▁production ▁star red ▁Laur ence ▁Oliv ier , ▁with ▁H ume ▁C ron yn ▁and ▁Jess ica ▁T andy ▁in ▁supporting ▁roles . ▁ ▁In ▁popular ▁culture ▁In ▁the ▁opening ▁scene ▁of ▁François ▁Tru ff aut ' s ▁cin ematic ▁adaptation ▁of ▁F ahren heit ▁ 4 5 1 , ▁several ▁fire men ▁are ▁prepar ing ▁books ▁for ▁burning . ▁In ▁the ▁crowd ▁of ▁on look ers ▁is ▁a ▁little ▁boy ▁who ▁pick s ▁up ▁one