List of adaptations of Shakespearean plays - Definition and Overview

The following is a partial list of adaptations of Shakespearean plays, and includes more literal adaptations as well as works where Shakespeare was obviously an inspiration:

• Kiss Me, Kate (1948) by Cole Porter
• A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy (1982) by Woody Allen
• My Own Private Idaho (1991) by Gus Van Sant
• O (2001) by Tim Blake Nelson
• The Prince of West End Avenue (1994) by Alan Isler
• Prospero's Books (1991) by Peter Greenaway
• Roméo et Juliette (1867) by Charles Gounod
• Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (1966) by Tom Stoppard
• Scotland, Pa. (2001) by Billy Morrissette
• Strange Brew (1983) by Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas
• 10 Things I Hate About You (1999) by Gil Junger
• West Side Story (1961) by Jerome Robbins and Robert Wise
• The Lion King (1994) by Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff.