The Rajah's Diamond Explained

The Rajah's Diamond
Author:Robert Louis Stevenson
Country:Scotland
Language:English
Series:Later-day Arabian Nights
Genre:Detective fiction short story
Publisher:London Magazine
Pub Date:June–October 1878
Media Type:Print (Periodical)
Preceded By:The Suicide Club

The Rajah's Diamond is a cycle of four short stories by Robert Louis Stevenson. First published in 1878 in a serial periodical London Magazine, they were republished in the first volume of New Arabian Nights. The stories are:

Adaptations

Dramafilms released a movie entitled The Tame Cat (1921), based on these stories, directed by Will H. Bradley and starring Marion Harding and Ray Irwin.

On the 24 November 1979 BBC Wales broadcast an operatic adaptation for television of The Rajah's Diamond (1979) by Alun Hoddinott, starring Geraint Evans and featuring the BBC National Orchestra of Wales.[1]

A Soviet adaptation titled The Suicide Club, or the Adventures of a Titled Person was released in 1981.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Rajah's Diamond. Radio Times. 2924. 24 November 1979.