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.
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."
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.
Several of Ngaio Marsh's mystery novels featuring Roderick Alleyn deal with theater productions of Shakespeare.
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.
Kurosawa remade Macbeth and King Lear. Both in awesome fashion.
Sons of Anarchy was much like Hamlet, at first.
The Trevor Nunn-directed stage version of Macbeth with Ian McKellen and Judi Dench is terrific and pretty groundbreaking, from what I've read.
Songs:
Prospero's Speech - Lorena McKennit
Sister Moon- Sting
Innocent One - Michael Penn
Juliet - Royal Wood
Romeo And Juliet - Dire Straights
the play, Good Morning Desdemona, Goodnight Juliet
The Canadian knows what I'm talking about!
"The Shakespeare Code." Hee.
Strange Brew!