This is the only adaptation set in the time period of Melville's original story.

From Prada to Nada (2011) is an adaptation set in the present among Mexican Americans in Los Angeles.

Metropolitan (1990), directed by Whit Stillman, was a loose adaptation set in modern day Manhattan and Long Island.

The Bacchae 2.1, a theatrical adaptation set in modern times, was written by Charles Mee and first performed in 1993.

In 2011 the Stockholm City Theatre staged the play in an adaptation set in the Soviet 1930s.

Dracula 3000 (2004) is a futuristic adaptation set in outer space.

The Russian movie Rusalka (2007) by Anna Melikyan is a modern-day adaptation, set in Russia.

It is a loose adaptation of Molière's Le Malade imaginaire set in 1600 papal Rome.

The show has been described by its promoters as a jarring adaptation set in a surreal time of the "futuristic Middle Ages."