Doctor Dolittle

Doctor Dolittle is the central character of a series of children's books by Hugh Lofting. He is a doctor who shuns human patients in favour of animals, with whom he can speak in their own languages. He later becomes a naturalist, using his abilities to speak with animals to better understand nature and the history of the world.

Adaptations

There have been a number of adaptations of the Doctor Dolittle stories in other media:

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• A 1928 silent animated short by Lotte Reiniger, Doktor Dolittle und seine Tiere (Doctor Dolittle and his Animals)
• A 1933 – 1934 NBC radio series.
• A 1967 film musical starring Rex Harrison. See Doctor Dolittle (film).
• A 1970 – 1972 cartoon series Doctor Dolittle, produced at DePatie-Freleng Enterprises.
• A 1970s stage play by Olga Fricker, Hugh Lofting's sister-in-law.
• A 1984 cartoon series The Voyages of Dr. Dolittle
• A series (1995 – 2001) of BBC audio books read by Alan Bennett.
• A 1998 – 1999 stage musical by Leslie Bricusse, based on the earlier film musical.
• A touring stage musical, Doctor Dolittle The Musical, which opened in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in summer 2005.

A 1998 film, Dr. Dolittle, and its 2001 sequel, both starring Eddie Murphy, were inspired by the Doctor Dolittle books. However, these films use almost none of the material of the books.

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1998 - Dr. Dolittle - 2001 - Eddie Murphy

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