Writing 12 lines about happy prince touches you heart
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In 1941 Orson Welles and The Mercury Theatre broadcast a version on their "Christmas Show", with music by Bernard Herrmann.
Another radio version was broadcast in the Philco Radio Hall of Fame on 24 December 1944. This featured Orson Welles (narrator), Bing Crosby (as The Prince) and Lurene Tuttle as The Swallow.[8]
A record album called The Happy Prince was recorded on 21 August 1945[9] and issued in 1946 by American Decca Records, with Orson Welles narrating and Bing Crosby as the Prince.[10]
In 1968 the British group Bee Gees publish the song "When the Swallows fly" with clear references to The Happy Prince tale.
In 1969 New Zealand group The La De Das recorded and performed a rock opera based on the story. Band members Bruce Howard and Trevor Wilson conceived the idea in 1967, composing the music with Australian poet Adrian Rawlins narrating the story.
An animated film adaptation of the story was produced in 1974, starring Glynis Johns as the swallow and Christopher Plummer as the Prince.[11]
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child presented a version of the title story set in New York City featuring Ed Koch as the Happy Prince (who was the statue of the city's previous mayor) and Cyndi Lauper as a streetwise pigeon named "Pidge" (in place of the Swallow).
Leo the Lion Records released a reading of the story performed by Richard Kiley on a recording (#GD01603) including a dramatization of "The Magic Fishbone" by Charles Dickens featuring Julie Harris and Ian Martin and a reading of Rudyard Kipling's story "The Potted Princess" performed by Ms. Harris.
McDull, Prince de la Bun was partially based on this story.
In 2012 the Irish composer Vincent Kennedy and playwright John Nee adapted the story for narrator, chorus and orchestra. "The Happy Prince" was premiered in County Donegal, Ireland, in April 2012 with Nee narrating and acting and Kennedy conducting and performing. It was broadcast on RTÉ Jr Radio.[citation needed]
A chamber musical, by Sue Casson, based on the story first toured Britain in 1992, touring again for its’ 20th anniversary 2012 - 2014.[12] Original cast recording featuring John Barr as the Happy Prince and Mina Anwar as the Swallow released in 1993 on Dress Circle Records.[1]
Music for Oscar Wilde's "Happy Prince" from his book "The Happy Prince and Other Tales", composed by Edvard Schiffauer, c.2000
In 2014, composer Stephen DeCesare released and published his adaption of the "Happy Prince" as a children's musical.[13]
In 2015, Irish singer/songwriter Oliver Cole released a song called "The Happy Prince" with vocals from Gemma Hayes on his album "Year of the Bird".[14]
In 2014, Brisbane composer Simon Chan recorded his production as a children's musical featuring members of Opera Queensland Meg Kiddle (the Narrator), D'Arne Sleeman (Chorus), Bernard Wheaton (the Swallow), Patrick Oxley (the Happy Prince), and accompanied by Mark Leung.
In 2016, British-Canadian composer Tony Matthews composed an operetta version for children which premiered in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, on 4 December 2016.[15]
In 2017, Tall Stories Theatre Company premiered "Wilde Creatures" at London's Vaudeville Theatre. The show is an adaptation of three of Oscar Wilde's tales
for children ("The Devoted Friend", "The Nightingale and the Rose" and "The Birthday of the Infanta"), using "The Happy Prince" as a framing device.
In 2019, Viki produced an adaption of the manga "Zattai Kareshi" by Yuu Watase. The title of the show being the same as the English title of the manga "Absolute Boyfriend". The show features numerous references to "The Happy Prince" even featuring a children's story book of the tale.
In the fall of 2020, a "Rock Reading" dramatic presentation of the story was performed for the Theatre 1010 in Tokyo Japan. It starred Motodaka Katsuki as the titular prince and Konno Taiki as the swallow, both of the J-pop boyband 7 Men Samurai.[16]
The visual novel "Sakura no Uta" makes various references to The Happy Prince.