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The Monkey's Paw

"The Monkey's Paw" is a horror short story by English author W. W. Jacobs. It first appeared in Harper's Monthly in 1902, and was reprinted in his third collection of short stories, The Lady of the Barge, later that year.[1] In the story, three wishes are granted to the owner of The Monkey's Paw, but the wishes come with an enormous price for interfering with fate.[2]

This article is about the short story by W. W. Jacobs. For other uses, see The Monkey's Paw (disambiguation).

"The Monkey's Paw"

England

English

Horror, short story

September 1902

It has been adapted many times in other media, including plays, films, TV series, operas, stories and comics, as early as 1903.[3] It was first adapted to film in 1915 as a British silent film directed by Sidney Northcote. The film (now lost) starred John Lawson, who also played the main character in Louis N. Parker's 1907 stage play.[4]

On 6 October 1903, a one-act play opened at London's , starring Cyril Maude as Mr. White and Lena Ashwell as Mrs. White.[5]

Haymarket Theatre

A 1907 British stage adaptation by starred John Lawson.[4][6]

Louis N. Parker

A 1915 British film version was directed by and starred John Lawson (who was in the 1907 stage play).[7]

Sidney Northcote

A 1919 British silent film (director unknown) is known to have been made but is now considered lost.

[8]

was a British film directed by Manning Haynes and starred Moore Marriott, Marie Ault, and Charles Ashton.[7]

The Monkey's Paw (1923 film)

A 17 July 1928 British radio adaptation was based on the 1907 play.

[6]

an American film with screenplay by Graham John and directed by Wesley Ruggles (his last film with RKO), starred C. Aubrey Smith, Ivan Simpson, and Louise Carter. The film was considered lost[9] until pictures from it were posted online in 2016; the existing copy is dubbed in French.[10]

The Monkey's Paw (1933 film)

A 28 May 1946 episode of the series Appointment with Fear.[6]

BBC Radio

a British film with screenplay by Norman Lee and Barbara Toy.[11]

The Monkey's Paw (1948 film)

A 16 December 1958 episode of the British radio series Thirty-Minute Theatre, starring and Gladys Young.[6]

Carleton Hobbs

A 1961 Mexican film version called Espiritismo (released as Spiritism in the US), directed by and starring Nora Veyran, Jose Luis Jiminez, and Jorge Mondragon.[7]

Benito Alazraki

"The Monkey's Paw – A Retelling" aired on American television on 19 April 1965 in season 3, episode 26, of , starring Leif Erickson, Jane Wyatt, and Lee Majors.[12]

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

An episode of the 1970's British television series .[13]

Orson Welles Great Mysteries

An 11 July 1980 episode of the Canadian series Nightfall.[6]

CBC Radio

The 1983 novel, , by American author Stephen King, was reportedly inspired by the story.[14]

Pet Sematary

A 17 January 1988 BBC Radio adaptation by , presented as part of Fear on Four; rebroadcast individually as a Halloween special on 31 October 1993.[6]

Patrick Galvin

A half-hour televised special broadcast on the UK's in 1988, directed by Andrew Barker and starring Alex McAvoy and Patricia Leslie.[15]

Channel 4

A 1992 Simpsons Treehouse of Horror 2 Segment features a parody of the story - Lisa dreams that the Simpsons buy a severed monkey paw, which can grant them wishes, but each wish has an unexpected consequence.

[16]

A 1993 episode named Taveez of the Indian television series .[6]

The Zee Horror Show

A 2004 adaptation as a radio play narrated by in 2004 as part of the BBC radio drama series Christopher Lee's Fireside Tales.[17]

Christopher Lee

A 2008 Nepali film, , is a loose adaptation of the story.[18]

Kagbeni

A with screenplay by Macon Blair, and directed by Brett Simmons.[19]

2013 American film version

A 2017 American opera, The Monkey's Paw, by composer , and produced by Pacific Opera Project.[20]

Brooke deRosa

The story has been adapted into other media many times, including:

Rabbit's foot

Unintended consequences

Hand of Glory

. “The Monkey's Paw”, The Lady of the Barge at Project Gutenberg

W. W. Jacobs

public domain audiobook at LibriVox

"The Monkey's Paw"

; full short story text

"The Monkey's Paw"

Archived 25 September 2014 at the Wayback Machine

Gaslight edition of the story

Monkey's Paw Radio Play

Podcast of "The Monkey's Paw" as read by John Lithgow