They develop an instant rapport, which leads Hawlings to confide that he is being chased by a magician called Abner Brown and his gang, which includes Harker's former governess.

This six-part adaptation, with a script by Robert Holland and John Keir Cross, was produced three times by the BBC as part of its Children's Hour, in 1943, 1948 and 1955.

It starred Devin Stanfield, Patrick Troughton and Robert Stephens as Kay Harker, Cole Hawlings and Abner Brown respectively[1] and adapted for television by Alan Seymour, directed by Renny Rye and produced by Paul Stone.

Jim Byrne and Gavin Mills adapted and produced the series and behind-the-scenes podcast (BODcast) called Opening the Box[6] in which they discussed how each episode was created including interviews with the cast.

Big Finish Productions produced an audio play of The Box of Delights, which was released on CD and download in June 2021,[7] starring Derek Jacobi, Mark Gatiss and David Warner.

John Masefield adapted an opera libretto from his book, also incorporating elements of The Midnight Folk, which was eventually set to music in the late 1980s by the British composer Robert Steadman.