The Turn of the Screw (play)

The Turn of the Screw
Written byJeffrey Hatcher
Based onThe Turn of the Screw
by Henry James
Date premieredJanuary 11, 1996 (1996-01-11)
Place premieredPortland Stage Company
Original languageEnglish
GenreGhost story

The Turn of the Screw is a theatrical adaptation by Jeffrey Hatcher of the 1898 novella of the same name by Henry James. Hatcher developed the adaptation with the Portland Stage Company as part of its Little Festival of the Unexpected program in 1995, and it debuted at the company's home theater in Portland, Maine on January 11, 1996. In 1999, the play was staged Off-Broadway by the Primary Stages company. Director Melia Bensussen won an Obie Award for the Primary Stages production.