Rappaccini’s Daughter | Related Titles / Adaptations
Octavio Paz adapted Hawthorne’s “Rappaccini’s Daughter” into the play La Hija de Rappaccini (1956), closely following the original plot and characters.
Daniel Catán, a Mexican composer, adapted the story into an opera in 1991, but reviews emphasize that the composer used Paz’s play rather than Hawthorne’s work as his inspiration.
Other theatrical adaptations include a 1992 musical production by the Blooming Grove Theater Ensemble. A review in The New York Times described it as too “dead earnest” to be of any fun.
A 2001 DVD of Twice-Told...
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