This list of ''The Little Prince'' adaptations is based on the

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of the same name (original title: '' Le Petit Prince'') by the French writer, poet and

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. The illustrated book was first published in 1943. The novella is both the most read and most translated book in the French language, and was voted the best book of the 20th century in France. Translated into more than 250 languages and dialects (including braille), selling close to two million copies per year with sales totalling more than 140 million copies worldwide, it has become one of the best-selling books ever published. Due to the story's wide appeal, the novella has been adapted into various media over the decades, including

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s, movie screen,

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, live stage theatre,

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and

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Audio adaptations

Vinyl record

Richard Burton narrating 'The Little Prince', short 45 RPM demo excerpt

* 1954: An audio adaptation, as a

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, was made with the French actor

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in the role of The Narrator,

Georges Poujouly Georges Poujouly (20 January 1940 in Garches, Hauts-de-Seine – 28 October 2000 in Villejuif, Val-de-Marne) was a French actor who gained international acclaim as a child for his performance in the award-winning film ''Forbidden Games''. I ...

as The Prince,

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in the role of The Lamplighter,

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in the role of The Serpent, Jacques Grello in the role of The Fox, and

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in the role of The Rose. * 1956: A German adaptation on a Philips label double LP record album, narrated by

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* 1972: An adaptation with

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in the role of narrator and Eric Damain in the role of The Prince * 1972: An adaptation with

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reading all roles. (Argo ZSW 520-1 ) * 1973: An adaptation with

Marcel Mouloudji Marcel André Mouloudji (16 September 1922 – 14 June 1994) was a French singer and actor who was born in Paris and died in Neuilly-sur-Seine. He sang songs written by Boris Vian and Jacques Prévert. Personal life Mouloudji was born to Algeria ...

in the role of narrator and Eric Rémy in the role of The Prince. * 1975: Actor

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won the

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for his narration of ''The Little Prince'', featuring Jonathan Winters,

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, and Billy Simpson. It was produced by Buddy Kaye with music by

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. * 1978: A phono adaptation with

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in the role of narrator was released. * 1983: songs from the German version, ''Der kleine Prinz'', by Kurt Demmler, and later produced in 1985 as a double LP on the Amiga label * 1990: A phono adaptation with

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in the role of narrator and Benjamin Pascal in the role of The Prince was released. * 1996: A Digital Quebec production with a musical score by

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was released. Actor Michel Dumont (as the Narrator–Aviator) is surrounded by an array of characters, including a young Martin Pensa who embodies the title role.

Radio broadcasts

* 1953: An adaptation by Jon Farrell, with incidental music composed by James Bernard, was broadcast on the

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on 20 December 1953. * 1956:

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starred in a radio adaptation of ''The Little Prince'' on The CBS Radio Workshop."The Little Prince" - 1956 CBS Radio Workshop Audio Drama
YouTube.com. * 1974: Jon Farrell's adaptation, with Nigel Stock as Narrator and Gwyn Guthrie as The Little Prince, was broadcast on 13 April 1974 on BBC Radio 4 with incidental music by Wilma Paterson. * 1999:

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broadcast, on Christmas Day 1999 (and subsequently repeated), a dramatization by

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of a new translation into English of ''The Little Prince''."Bonnie Greer"

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, 2 May 2002. Produced by

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, and with music composed by Keith Waithe,"Classic Serial: The Little Prince"
(BBC Radio 4 FM, 26 May 2002), ''Radio Times'', Issue 4081, 23 May 2002, p. 125. the dramatization starred

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as the aviator and narrator, Garrett Moore as The Little Prince, and

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as The King, The Drunkard, and The Lamplighter. It was repeated in May 2002. An audio cassette recording is available in the

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series.

Cassette tape and CD

* 1959: An audio cassette adaptation in German, with Will Quadflieg in the role of narrator. * 1994: Adapted to a CD, by Matthew Mancini and others, with music by Fabio Concato, directed by Marco Carniti, on the EMI label from

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, Italy in 1994 * 1996: Marc André Coallier narrated ''Le Petit Prince'', supported by

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, Sophie Stanké, Paul Buissoneau, Ghislain Tremblay, Gaston Lepage, Jean-Pierre Gonthier and Gilbert Lachance. The accompanying music was performed by Alexandre Stanké. * 1998: A CD adaptation is directed by Romain Victo-Pujebet, with rumors of Philippe Leroy,

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with original music by Olivier Priszlak, released in Paris by Gallimard and in Milan by Pontaccio. * 1999: An

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adaptation on the Patmos label, read by

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, wins a ''

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'' award in 2000 (). * 2009: ''Hörbuch von Rausch'' (Ecstasy Audiobook) adaptation of ''Der kleine Prinz'', with a new translation narrated by

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Film and television

* 1966: A Soviet–Lithuanian film adaptation '' Mažasis princas'' (russian: Маленький принц), was made by Arūnas Žebriūnas. * 1966: The German DDR network broadcasts a TV movie of ''Der Kleine Prinz'' by

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* 1974: The first English film musical adaptation, titled ''

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'', directed by

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for Paramount Pictures, debuted to mixed reviews The film is notable chiefly in that it marked the third last "

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" collaboration (referring to lyricist and librettist Alan Jay Lerner and composer Frederick Loewe), which was also their final musical. The authors were dissatisfied with the film's Hollywood treatment, with Loewe subsequently refusing to visit London to supervise the arrangement and recording of its musical score. The film was unsuccessful at the box office, but has become somewhat of a cult classic, featuring

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, who choreographed his own dance sequences as The Snake, and

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who played The Fox. * 1978: '' The Adventures of the Little Prince'', a Japanese

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series based on the book, aired in Europe and North America in the 1970s and 1980s. The show was made by the Knack animation studio and first aired in Japan in 1978 under the title . In it, the little prince often traveled to Earth to help people. During the 1980s, the English-language version was aired in the United States on ABC and then

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, as internationally produced animation often was. The English version featured

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(later voiced by veteran voice actress

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) in the role of the Little Prince and is available on DVD from

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. : 1978: A Russian animated series ''Приключения Маленького принца'' (The Adventures of the Little Prince) is produced by Franklin Kofod. * 1979: A

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short film adaptation titled ''The Little Prince'' was created by

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written by Susan Shadburne, featuring

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as the narrator-pilot. * 1990: A 60-minute German ZDF animated film, ''Der Kleine Prinz'', is produced by Theo Kerp, featuring the voices of

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, Joachim Hoeppner, and

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. : 1990: A French film adaptation is released as ''Le Petit Prince'' by Jean-Louis Guillermou, with Guy Gravis, Daniel Royan and Alexandre Warner. * 2001: The film '' Picture Claire'' (starring Juliette Lewis and

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) includes several references, including animations, to ''The Little Prince''. * 2003: In The

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TV movie '' Eloise at the Plaza'', ''The Little Prince'' played an important part in the Prince's plot. His mother read the book to him and several quotes from the book appeared in the movie as well. * 2004: An operatic adaptation based on the music of

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and

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) was broadcast on the UK's BBC Two television network on 27 November 2004, as a studio-filmed production starring

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as The Prince and

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as The Pilot, and later released as a DVD. * 2010: ''Le Petit Prince'' is the title of a 2010 French computer animated television series of 52 episodes of 26 minutes each by Method Animation. The Little Prince is voiced by Gabriel Bismuth-Bienaimé, and The Rose by

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. * 2011: Oliver d'Agay of the Saint-Exupéry–d'Agay Estate, responsible for author's intellectual property and head of the Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Youth Foundation, reached an agreement with the author's original French publisher and others on creating updated adaptations of ''The Little Prince'' story. In the new adaptations, The Prince is made more attuned to children of the 21st century and include a new 3D

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, as well as the aforementioned new animated TV series in 52 parts, a new video game, and 100 serial print story editions. The TV series is produced in collaboration with

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, the Swiss

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(TSR) and the Italian Rai Fiction, and licensed for distribution in many countries worldwide. The animated movie is titled as ''Le Petit Prince 4D'', produced by nWave Pictures, with effects by Parc du Futuroscope. : 2011: ''Der kleine Prinz'' is produced for DVD in

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, directed by Lorenz Christian Köhler. * 2012: ''The Little Prince'' TV series was translated into

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. * 2015: ''

'' was released in 2015 as a 3D

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and

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fantasy film. The film is directed by Mark Osborne with its script written by Irena Brignull and Bob Persichetti. The film stars

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and

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. : 2015: In the Turkish TV drama ''Eve Dönüş'', it's mentioned that ''The Little Prince'' is a favorite book of 7-year-old Elif; as such, Pinar/Leyla is shown reading it to Elif at bedtime in episodes 1, 3 and 9, while it's also referenced during episodes 6, 7 and 8. * 2023: An upcoming 2D-animated series produced by ON kids & family and the Saint-Exupéry-d’Agay Estate.

Ballet

The novella has been transformed into

productions on a number of occasions, including in: * 1982: ''Malenkiy prints'' ballet with the music of Belarusian composer Yevgeniy Glebov is performed for the first time in

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; next year it was also staged in the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, with Nina Ananiashvili in the cast. * 1985: ''Der Kleine Prinz'' ballet is performed by the Gregor Seyffert Company

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in Dessau, Germany * 1987: The Los Angeles Chamber Ballet produced ''The Little Prince'' for two performances at the

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, choreographed the previous year by Victoria Koenig, Raiford Rogers, Patrick Frantz and Stanley Holden, with a musical score by Lloyd Rodgers. * 2010: The Ballet d’Europe performed The Little Prince in a new ballet choreographed by Florencia Gonzalez and performed by nine dancers, with a score by René Aubry. * 2012:

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produced the story as ballet, performed at

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venue and choreography by

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. It received a mixed reviews in the Toronto ''

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'', being said to suffer from "choreographic sameness and evenness of tone." * 2014: The Hurjaruuth Dance Theater in

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created a new production, with direction by Arja Pettersson, expressing the story's elements of friendship, loneliness, the search for happiness and the thrill of life in general, and also depicting adult

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. * 2015: The

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, Canada announced a future full-length adaptation of the story premiering in its 2015–16 season, to be choreographed by Guillaume Côté, with its score composed by Kevin Lau and its libretto written by

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Graphic novel

* 2008: French artist

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drew a

adaptation of ''The Little Prince'' that was released in 2008 by

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in France. * 2012–15: see The Little Prince (2010 TV series)#Book series

Operas and musical productions

* 1964: Russian operatic composer Lev Knipper wrote a three-part symphony in 1962, his ''skazka'' (tale) entitled ''Malen′kiy Prints'' (''The Little Prince''), which was first performed in

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in 1978. * 1981: A musical theatre adaptation entitled ''

The Little Prince and the Aviator ''The Little Prince and the Aviator'' is a musical with a book by Hugh Wheeler, lyrics by Don Black, and music by John Barry. Based on the classic book by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, the musical deviates from the original in that aviator Toni, wh ...

'', co-produced by lawyer A. Joseph Tandet who held the rights to ''The Little Prince'', with music composed by John Barry and directed by

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. Previews began on 26 December 1981 at the

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. Choreographed by Billy Wilson, it starred

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as The Aviator and

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as The Prince, with

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in a supporting role. The musical deviates from Saint-Exupéry's original story in that the aviator, Toni, whose plane crashes in the

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, is explicitly in real-life the author (Saint-Exupéry), and the plot alternates flashbacks to actual events in his life with his interaction with the fictional Little Prince, a refugee from Asteroid B-612. After 16 preview shows the stage production closed on 17 January 1982, prior to its

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debut. * 1985 : ''Der Kleine Prinz'' opera with music by Michael Horwath and libretto by Barbara Hass, at the

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* 2002: ''

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'' as a

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. * 2003:

Rachel Portman Rachel Mary Berkeley Portman,
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, ''

'', based on the book that had its stage premiere in 2003 at the Houston Grand Opera in

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, starring Nate Irvin as ''The Prince'' and

in the role of ''The Pilot'', receiving widespread critical acclaim. It was broadcast on the UK's BBC Two television network on November 27, 2004, as a studio-filmed production starring

as The Prince and

as The Pilot, and later released as a DVD by the BBC. * 2003: Opera composer Nikolaus Schapfl composes, '' Der Kleine Prinz'' in German, after first obtaining the rights from the author's heirs in 1998. The opera is in two acts and calls for 11 soloists, chorus and

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. As of 2007, it has been performed 25 times in seven other European cities by five different orchestras and ensembles. In 2005, it was broadcast by Bavarian Classic Radio. * 2004: An operatic version of ''The Little Prince'' was directed by

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and broadcast on the UK's BBC Two television network on 27 November 2004, as a studio-filmed production starring

as The Prince and

as The Pilot, and later released as a DVD by the BBC. * 2015: A new musical version in German of "The Little Prince" produced by 3for1 Trinity Concerts GmbH in Lorsch, Germany, premiered at the Musical Theater Niedernhausen (Wiesbaden) on December 12/2015. The music of "Der kleine Prinz-Das Musical" was written by American soprano Deborah Sasson, the libretto and the lyrics are by Jochen Sautter, who also directed and choreographed the show
www.derkleineprinz.eu
The role of the prince was created by the young tenor Moritz Bierbaum, the role of the pilot by French Canadian bass baritone Benoit Pitre. The show is currently touring in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Italy and has received raving reviews. * 2016: A new musical version of ''The Little Prince'' will be produced by

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in Calgary,

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in association with Lamplighter Drama (London, UK), as adapted by Nicholas Lloyd Webber (son of Andrew Lloyd Webber) and James D. Reid, with Sarah Caraher at the Prince, Adam Brazier as the Pilot, and Louise Pitre as the Snake. This production has received the full endorsement of the Saint-Exupéry Estate. *2022: A

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for ''The Little Prince'' with a libretto by Chris Mouron and original music by Terry Tuck ran on Broadway at the

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from March 30 to May 8, 2022 as part of an international tour that included runs in Paris, Sydney, and Dubai. It was directed and choreographed by Anne Tournié, with Mouron as co-director.

Live theatre dramas

* 1950: The first German theatrical adaptation of ''Der Kleine Prinz'' is created by puppeteer Rudolf Fischer. * 1971: An Italian theatrical adaptation is produced by Remo Rostagno and Bruna Pilgrims as ''Il piccolo principe di Saint-Exupéry, letto, interpretato e riscritto da un gruppo di bambini di undici anni'' (The Little Prince by Saint-Exupéry, read, interpreted and rewritten by a group of children of eleven years of age).''Interventi'', Italy: Marsilio Editori, Vol. 42, 1975. * 1987: Adapted to live theatre in English by David Zucker, produced by Esquire Jauchem and Peter Ellenstein as ''The Little Prince'', featuring David Morse and Bridget Hoffman, at the Cast Theatre and Burbage Theatre in

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, United States* Zucker's adaptation was previously produced by Boston Repertory Theatre Multiple times in the 1970s-1980s. *1994: Adapted to live theatre in Italian as ''Il piccolo principe'', featuring Maria Antonietta and Giuseppina Canapa, at the Aperto Theater in

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, Italy * 2000: A play adaptation of ''The Little Prince'', was written by Rick Cummins and John Scoullar. * 2002: The French-language musical, ''Le Petit Prince'', by composer

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, ran at the

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from October 2002 to January 2003.

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played The Pilot while Jeff Tetedoie played The Prince. It was reprised at the Shanghai Oriental Art Centre in July 2007, and in the Hong Kong Cultural Centre in January 2008 with lyrics by Elizabeth Anais. * 2002: Adapted to a live theatre play by Anja Pirling, herself playing the central part of "The little prince". Opening night in the Circus Krone Munich, then touring for 6 years in more than 140 cities (concert halls and theatres with up to 2000 seats) in Germany

* 2005: Peter Joucla adapted and directed a version for Tour de Force Theatre which toured Germany between October and December 2005, produced by American Drama Group Europe. * 2008: The Little Prince was staged as a solo play by Indian actress

Rashi Bunny Rashi Bunny is an Indian theatre and cinema actress. She has performed in Bhisham Sahni's '' Madhavi'', Manjula Padmanabhan's Hidden Fires, and Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's '' The Little Prince'' with director Arvind Gaur. Rashi Bunny was se ...

directed by

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and adapted to Hindi by Capt. Rigved (2008–09) : 2008: The

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produced a theatre adaptation of ''The Little Prince'', which ran from December 2008 to January 2009. : 2008: A French theater adaptation with

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is produced by the group Theatre Trois Hangars, staged by Jean-Louis Kamoun with Nils Kasch (as The Prince ), Julien Asselin (The Aviator), Nans Combes (all other characters) and Olivier Durand (video). * 2011: The Portuguese drama company Byfurcação produces a theatrical adaptation under the title ''O Principezinho na Quinta da Regaleira''. : 2011: The

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scheduled a tour of a new translation and adaptation of the book to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in August 2011. : 2011:

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n director Srdjan Simic produces a Russian language adaptation in

, ''Маленького принца'', based on ''The Little Prince'', in which the story is set in

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. * 2012: The Dragonfly Theatre Co. put on an original adaptation in Ho Chi Minh City,

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, in November 2012. * 2015: Bossy Flyer created an acrobatic theatre adaptation called ''Flight.'' Adapted and directed by Ezra LeBank, ''Flight'' premiered at the 2015 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, and was performed Off-Broadway at the Barrow Street Theatre in New York City in September 2016. * 2016: Christine Lesiak created a radical, site-specific, adaptation titled ''The Object of Constellations'', in which the character of the pilot is recast as an female astronomer. It premiered April 2016 in

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, Canada, at the astronomical observatory of the University of Alberta. * 2017: Théâtre du Rêve staged a new French-language adaptation by Carolyn Cook in

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Music and cultural references

* 1974: Rock band

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's initial concept for their 1974 album (that became

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) was initially ''The Little Prince''. * In 1975,

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wrote a song called ''

'', telling about a soldier who served alongside him and was killed during a combat exercise. The song contains numerous allusions to the book. * 1979: The Russian rock band Mashina Vremeni played a concert program in 1979–80, called ''The Little Prince'' and included intersong quotations from the book. The whole concept of the program (the live version was released in 2000) was based on the story and the philosophy of the book. * 1994: ''Le Petit Prince à La Geode'', a multimedia show with music by Giuseppe Verdi and Claude Debussy, was produced by Gianni Ravens and Pierre Goismier at the Géode Music Hall in Paris, France * 1997: An orchestral suite is conducted by Nicholas Schapfl, in

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, China * 1999:

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, a lead slovak singer has a song "Fox", named after a character from the book. The lyrics of the song deal with the relationship between The Little Prince and The Fox. * 2002: The cover art of the Japanese band

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's album '' Perspective'' was inspired by the book; the album also includes the song , whose lyrics (written by P-MODEL member Susumu Hirasawa), also reference the book. : 2002: The U.S.

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band The Saddest Landscape takes their name from the closing passage of ''The Little Prince'', and one of their songs, "Forty Four Sunsets", refers to one of the book's episodes.The Saddest Landscape
TopShelfRecords.com. Retrieved 11 April 2014. * 2006: French singer

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has recorded a song, "

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" ("Draw me a sheep"), which alludes to ''The Little Prince''. : 2006: Singer–pianist

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has a song entitled "Baobabs", which refers to ''The Little Prince'' and the effect it has on its readers. The song entitled "Baobabs" was included in their special edition vinyl album, ''Begin to Hope'', released in June 2006. * 2008: The

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ese female group band

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released a song entitled "Planet 612", which pays tribute to ''The Little Prince''. * 2010: JimmyThumP/OneRoomSong composed a Vocaloid song entitled "Little Traveler", that is based on the story. *2012: sasakure.UK composed a song entitled "to asteroid B-612", that is based on the story. *2015: Prog band Riverside drew inspiration from ''The Little Prince'' when writing opening track ''Lost (Why Should I Be Frightened By a Hat?)'' on their album '' Love, Fear and the Time Machine''. * 2016: The

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n singer

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of idol group Super Junior released his first solo minialbum entitled "The Little Prince" which features the lead single of the same name. * 2019:

n alt-rock band

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released "Regulus", which is written from the perspective of ''The Little Prince's'' title character.

Other cultural references

* 1970s: Actor James Dean's fondness for the work extended to his memorizing most of its passages. The nickname of his 1955

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, "The Little Bastard", is a play on words of his favorite book. A stylized sculpture in memorial to Dean was built in Cholame, California during the late 1970s. It carries a plaque quoting the ''Little Prince'' that reads: "What is essential is invisible to the eye", a phrase which Dean reportedly quoted often. * ''Little Prince'' (sculpture), Portland, Oregon

Games

* 2003: The

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, ''Der Kleine Prinz'', designed by Kai Haferkamp and published by Kosmos, is a semi-cooperative game, somewhat like '' Cranium'', wherein the players try to help the little prince "tame the fox" by performing activities and guessing games. * 2011: The video games '' Kingdom Hearts'' and ''

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'' have many similarities to the descriptions and pictures from the original book. * 2013: Another tabletop game, ''The Little Prince: Make Me A Planet'', designed by Antoine Bauza (author of famous board game '' 7 Wonders'') and Bruno Cathala, is a competitive game whose players collect sets of themed pieces to build their own planet and then score it according to the numbers of sheep, roses, lamp posts, etc. their characters managed to collect. * 2015: ''The Little Prince 2: Kingdom's Rights'' is a free computer flash game based on the story. *2016: '' OneShot'' contains several references to the book and its characters, especially inside the ''

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'' expansion. *2021: '' Sky: Children of the Light'', developed by ''

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'', held a seasonal event based on the story in honor of the original book's 75th anniversary.

Audio adaptations

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Film and television

Ballet

Graphic novel

Operas and musical productions

Live theatre dramas

Music and cultural references

Other cultural references

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References

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