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Kidnapped, also known as The Adventures of David Balfour, was a 1978 TV miniseries, based on Robert Louis Stevenson's novel Kidnapped, with some elements taken from his novel Catriona. It was a French - West German co-production. [1] Peter Graham Scott was the producer and scriptwriter. [2] The cast included: David McCallum as Alan Breck
[1] [2] It is based on two series of novels by Robert Louis Stevenson's — The Suicide Club and The Rajah's Diamond. It was shown in January 1981 on TV under the title The Adventures of Prince Florizel. The original title was restored in the 1990s.
The Suicide Club is an 1878 collection of three 19th-century detective fiction short stories by Robert Louis Stevenson that combine to form a single narrative. First published in the London Magazine in 1878, they were collected and republished in the first volume of the New Arabian Nights.
Robert Louis Stevenson (born Robert Lewis Balfour Stevenson; 13 November 1850 – 3 December 1894) was a Scottish novelist, essayist, poet and travel writer. He is best known for works such as Treasure Island , Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde , Kidnapped and A Child's Garden of Verses .
This plot element is from Stevenson's sequel novel, Catriona. In the novel Kidnapped, Breck and James of the Glen were never arrested by the British, but the film showed James of the Glen being falsely arrested with the threat of being hanged, to force Breck to give himself up. The arrest of James of The Glen is another feature taken from Catriona.
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Adapted by producer Rex Tucker from the novel of the same name by Robert Louis Stevenson, it aired on the BBC for a total of six 30-minute episodes. [1] Cast included William Russell, Noelle Middleton, and Francis Matthews. [2] The most notable aspect of the production is that, unlike many BBC series of the era, the episodes still exist. [3]
St. Ives (released under the name All for Love in the UK [1]) is a 1998 television film based on the unfinished Robert Louis Stevenson novel of the same name. The film stars Miranda Richardson , Anna Friel , Richard E. Grant and Jean-Marc Barr .