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.
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!
Olivier's Henry V was immensely effective at its release as a patriotic vehicle.
My Own Private Idaho is basically Henry IV
Hamlet has always been a good barometer of national attitudes toward intellectualism, insanity, and military actions. A completely sane Hamlet was only introduced in the nineteenth century.