The Prince and the Pauper retell the story, other cartoons employ parody (including an episode of the animated television show "Johnny Bravo" in which Twain appears, begging cartoonists to "let this tired story die"). Film critic Roger Ebert suggested that the 1983 comedy film "Trading Places" (starring Dan Aykroyd and Eddie Murphy) has similarities to Twain's tale due to the two characters' switching lives (although not by choice). A much-abridged 1920 silent version was produced (as one of his first films) by Alexander Korda in Austria entitled "Der Prinz und der Bettelknabe". The 1937 version starred Errol Flynn (as Hendon) and twins Billy and Bobby
Private Fears in Public Places dialogue remained entirely with the six onstage characters and one offstage character. The film won the Silver Lion award for Best Director at the Venice Film Festival. Private Fears in Public Places Private Fears in Public Places is a 2004 play by British playwright Alan Ayckbourn. The bleakest play written by Ayckbourn for many years, it intimately follows a few days in the lives of six characters, in four tightly-interwoven stories through 54 scenes. In 2006, it was made into a film "Cœurs", directed by Alain Resnais. The title was originally chosen for a play Ayckbourn was writing in 1994,