The Count of Monte Cristo discussion

The Count of Monte Cristo has been adapted to the stage numerous times.

The most well known stage adaptation is by Dumas himself. The story was split into four parts with the first two being performed over two nights in Feb 1848. The remaining two were performed in 1851. Each part lasted around 5 hours and many people complained about the length. Dumas also took the play to England but was faced with protestors who demanded that only English plays be performed. This was known as the "Monte Cristo riots".

Dumas' adaptation is available online, translated by the brilliant Frank Morlock.
http://www.cadytech.com/dumas/stories...
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Other famous versions include Monte Cristo by Charles Fechter, which made a superstar out of James O'Neill who perfomed in the role of Dantes over 4000 times. If you were living in America in the 1880s you would almost certainly know this classic play and the famous catchphrase "The World is Mine!"
You can read this version for free here https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=L...

I enjoyed the recent movie adaption.

He changed the original text. Which ruins the story.