Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde was based on the novella The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson first published in 1886.

The first dramatization of the Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde story was a stage play in Boston produced in 1887.

Stage actor Richard Mansfield played the Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde role for over 20 years in various touring productions of the play. He came to be identified with the role, which defined his acting career.

There have been over 100 films that are based on the Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde story.

John Barrymore starred in a famous silent 1920 film version of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.

Fredric March won an Oscar® as Best Actor for his portrayal of the title character in the 1932 film version of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. His version is thought by many to be the definitive one.

There have been six Broadway productions of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde in 1887, 1899, 1904, 1905, 1906 and 1907.

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde became a popular Broadway musical in 1997 called Jekyll and Hyde. It ran for 1543 performances and featured the Broadway debut of singer Linda Eder as the female lead.

In addition to films, plays and musicals, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde has also been turned into spoofs, ballets and operas.

In the 1946 Warner Bros. cartoon Hare Remover Elmer Fudd drinks a potion and suffers some strange side effects. Bugs Bunny looks at the camera and refers to the 1941 film Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, "I think Spencer Tracy did it much better, don't you folks?" he says.

by Andrea Passafiume