The show was adapted for NBC radio's The Railroad Hour in 1950, with Gordon MacRae and Nadine Conner in the leads, and for NBC television's Colgate Comedy Hour in 1954, starring Ray Middleton, Ilona Massey and Harpo Marx. The composers and members of the Broadway cast presented a 30-minute condensed version of Revenge with Music over the CBS radio network on the night of December 8, 1934. The cast starred Charles Winninger as Don Emilio, Ilka Chase as Doña Isabella, Libby Holman and Georges Metaxa. The dance ensembles were by Michael Mordkin, direction by Theodore Komisarjevsky, orchestrations by Robert Russell Bennett. The production had a brief closure from December 15, 1934, until December 24, 1934, to permit one of the leads, Charles Winninger, recover from a broken ankle so that he could return to his role without having to use crutches. Franklin, the Broadway production, opened on November 28, 1934, at the New Amsterdam Theatre for a total of 158 performances. Carlos seeks revenge on Don Emilio, the Spanish governor, for his attempt at seducing newly-wed Maria on their wedding night, by seducing the governor's willing wife, Doña Isabella. The story is based on a Spanish folk tale about seduction. The musical takes place in Spain in 1800, and involves a young Spanish couple, played by Libby Holman, as Maria a young, new bride, and Georges Metaxa as Carlos, her new groom. The duo had wanted to write something other than the revues they had been doing.
Dietz, inspired by a trip to Spain, wrote his libretto based on the Spanish novel El sombrero de tres picos by Pedro Antonio de Alarcón.