Henry James on Stage and Screen

In the 1890s, when Henry James tried to achieve fame and financial security by turning to the theatre, he was unceremoniously booed off the stage.

Since the 1940s and 50s his fiction has nevertheless been consistently interpreted by composers and film directors, culminating in the recent film adaptations of his novels by Merchant Ivory, Jane Campion and Iain Softley.

This book traces the historical development of these adaptations.