A screenplay written for television is also known as a teleplay. The teleplay starred retired star actress Izetta Jewell. The film version is somewhat darker in its plotline than the original teleplay. Rose wrote several variations on his own stage adaptation of the teleplay. The episode was directed by series creator Chris Carter who wrote the teleplay. It was directed by John Erman and the teleplay was adapted by Oscar Saul. It was directed by Robert Florey with the teleplay written by Robert Libott. This version was directed by Robert Fuest with the teleplay written by Edward Pomerantz. It was directed by Robert Markowitz from a teleplay by John J. McLaughlin. The movie was directed by John Kent Harrison, with a teleplay by Susan Shilliday. The 1953 teleplay "Aesop and Rhodope" takes up another theme of his fictional history. Sayles received a 1990 Edgar Award for his teleplay for the pilot. His first teleplay "Love's Labor Lost" won multiple Emmy Awards. "Home" was the first teleplay written by Eick. She collaborated with the director, Mark Rosman, on the teleplay for the film.