The Rajah's Diamond is a cycle of four short stories by Robert Louis Stevenson

Robert Louis Stevenson

Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson was a Scottish novelist, poet, essayist and travel writer. His best-known books include Treasure Island, Kidnapped, and Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde....

. First published in 1878

1878 in literature

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 in a serial magazine they were republished in the first volume of New Arabian Nights. The stories are:

• "Story of the Bandbox"
• "Story of the Young Man in Holy Orders"
• "Story of the House with the Green Blinds"
• "The Adventure of Prince Florizel and a Detective"

Adaptations

Dramafilms released a movie entitled The Tame Cat (1921

1921 in film

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), based on these stories, directed by Willard King Bradley and starring Marion Harding and Ray Irwin.

In 1979

1979 in television

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 BBC Wales

BBC Wales

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 broadcast an operatic adaptation of The Rajah's Diamond by Alun Hoddinott

Alun Hoddinott

Alun Hoddinott CBE , was a Welsh composer of classical music, one of the first to receive international recognition.-Life and works:...

, starring Geraint Evans

Geraint Evans

Sir Geraint Llewellyn Evans was a Welsh baritone or bass-baritone noted for operatic roles including Figaro in Le nozze di Figaro, Papageno in Die Zauberflöte, and the title roles in Falstaff and Wozzeck...

 and featuring the BBC National Orchestra of Wales

BBC National Orchestra of Wales

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Publication history

• 1878, UK, London Magazine, Pub date Jun-Oct 1878, Periodical
• 1991, USA, Carroll & Graf ISBN 0-88184-741-0, Pub date Sep 1991, Hardback

External links

• The New Arabian Nights scanned at Archive.org.