"[3] Luce wrote the one-person play, The Belle of Amherst, which premiered on Broadway in 1976, starring Julie Harris as Emily Dickinson, among others, and directed by Charles Nelson Reilly.
[10] Luce turned this play into The Last Flapper, which was performed in regional U.S. theatres initially in 1987 by Piper Laurie, once again directed by Charles Nelson Reilly.
[13] His play, Lucifer's Child, based on the writings of Karen Blixen (aka Isak Dinesen), appeared on Broadway in 1991 and starred Julie Harris.
Thames Television (London) aired a production of the play starring Claire Bloom and directed by Adrian Brown, which received an International Emmy Award in 1987.
[20] Barrymore is a 2011 Canadian drama film directed and screenplay adaptation by Érik Canuel, based on William Luce's 1996 play of the same name.
Lewis was a designer of furniture and created the Fauna Collection, hand-sculpted chairs in wood with animal motifs and then cast in metal.