2007-01-17 01:58:51 · 5 answers · asked by Will C 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
West Side Story is an updated version of Romeo and Juliet.
Ten Things I Hate About You and Kiss Me Kate are both updatings of The Taming of the Shrew.
2007-01-17 02:13:52 · answer #1 · answered by sallyotas 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well here are a few of the many-sorry I can't think of any more but there are loads!
The Lion King is loosely based on Hamlet
O (the movie) is Othello
Thousand Acres by Jane Smiley is based on King Lear
Manchurian Candidate - Hamlet
2007-01-17 10:42:57 · answer #2 · answered by Charlotte C 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
10 things I Hate About You=The Taming of the Shrew
The Lion King=Hamlet
West Side Story=Romeo and Juliet
'O' = Othello
HBO's Rome = The Tragedy of Julius Caesar (sort of)
2007-01-17 12:05:31 · answer #3 · answered by Year of the Monkey 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As far as films are concerned, Kurosawa's RAN is "King Lear" set in medieval Japan. The late great Richard Harris portrays Lear in modern Liverpool in the film MY KINGDOM (2001). SCOTLAND, PA (2001) sets "Macbeth" in modern rural Pennsylvania.
2007-01-17 12:43:09 · answer #4 · answered by Tony 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
"Seinfeld" recreated as "Much Ado About Nothing" Larry David, Jerry Seinfeld, etc.
2007-01-17 11:04:11 · answer #5 · answered by flipdout2 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋