Well, there's West Side Story, of course.
And I'm extremely partial to Stage Beauty.
Angel: You know, I killed my actual dad. It was one of the first things I did when I became a vampire. Wesley: I hardly see how that's the same situation. Angel: Yeah. I didn't really think that one through.
'Lineage'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Steph L. - Mar 05, 2010 7:36:12 am PST #11019 of 28348
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Dana - Mar 05, 2010 7:38:19 am PST #11020 of 28348
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Kiss Me Kate. The Boys from Syracuse. That episode of Moonlighting.
-t - Mar 05, 2010 7:39:18 am PST #11021 of 28348
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
The Midsummer's Night Dream part of Sandman.
Those Kurosawa movies that remake Macbeth and possibly another one I can't remember.
Ran - King Lear
Macbeth was Throne of Blood?
§ ita § - Mar 05, 2010 7:40:18 am PST #11022 of 28348
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I personally hate 10 Things I Hate About You, but some love it.
I do like what I've seen of the ShakespeaRe-told. Does that count?
Sue - Mar 05, 2010 7:40:25 am PST #11023 of 28348
hip deep in pie
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and her Lover (if not directly Titus Andronicus, certainly the whole revenge tragedy genre.)
Peter Brook's Dream
the play, Good Morning Desdemona, Goodnight Juliet
X-post, of course
-t - Mar 05, 2010 7:41:25 am PST #11024 of 28348
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I really liked Nothing LIke the Sun (I think that was the title) by the Clockwork Orange guy, but I'm not sure if it fits the criteria - it's more about Shakespeare the guy than the work, iirc.
Scrappy - Mar 05, 2010 7:41:26 am PST #11025 of 28348
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
A seminal Shakespeare production was Peter Brook's Midsummer Night's Dream [link] Amazing cast and a lyrical use of a circus theme. I wish I could have seen it so much.
Frankenbuddha - Mar 05, 2010 7:44:54 am PST #11026 of 28348
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I really liked Nothing LIke the Sun (I think that was the title) by the Clockwork Orange guy
Anthony Burgess
I'm blanking, except for RaGaD, which has been mentioned twice thrice.
Dana - Mar 05, 2010 7:46:18 am PST #11027 of 28348
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Several of Ngaio Marsh's mystery novels featuring Roderick Alleyn deal with theater productions of Shakespeare.
Barb - Mar 05, 2010 7:48:01 am PST #11028 of 28348
“Not dead yet!”
Ken Branagh's Henry V and Much Ado. Had an immense effect on making Shakespeare real and relatable for contemporary audiences-- making the dialogue very conversational and shading it with tone and nuance that made it more than a collection of arcane words.