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[mrockwell]

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So EB's class is studying Shakespeare (specifically, Romeo & Juliet). His teacher challenged the students to come up with the most obscure song/movie/piece of literature that is based on the works of Shakespeare, and the kids who come up with the best ones get some serious extra credit.

Now, I'm not one for doing my kids' homework for them, but I figured with all the writers on my Flist, we ought to be able to come up with some AWESOME stuff those high schoolers would likely never discover on their own and maybe broaden some horizons. If I get a good list, I'll have YB take it in to give to his teacher (after he looks up his OWN obscure reference, of course) so he (the teacher) knows where he should be setting the bar for his kids. Anyone want to play? If so, just leave a response in the comments section. Have fun!

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[stillnotbored.livejournal.com]

Lou Reed--Romeo had Julliette

Dire Straits--Romeo and Juliet

Two of my all time favorite songs. And I'm betting most kids his age won't even know who Lou Reed is. *g*

If I think of more, I'll be back.

[hewet-ka-ptah.livejournal.com]

I don't know about obscure, but 10 Things I Hate About You was based on Taming of the Shrew. The film Ran by Kurosawa is based on King Lear. And Jane Smiley's novel "A Thousand Acres" is also based on King Lear. There are a couple of Neil Gaiman short stories that play on A Midsummer Night's Dream, and Woody Allen filmed A Midnight Summer's Sex Comedy.

Ooh! Wikipedia went nuts on this:
Literary

Botho Strauß' play Der Park (1983) is based on characters and motifs from A Midsummer Night's Dream. St. John's Eve written in 1853 by Henrik Ibsen relies heavily on the Shakespearean play. The Thyme of the Season, written in 2006 by Duncan Pflaster is a sequel to Shakespeare's play, set on Halloween.

For his series The Sandman, Neil Gaiman included a fantastical retelling of the play's origins in the graphic novel Dream Country. It won several awards, and is distinguished by being the only comic that has ever won a World Fantasy Award. In 2006–2007, comic-strip artist Brooke McEldowney, creator of 9 Chickweed Lane and the webcomic Pibgorn, adapted the story into a 20th century setting in Pibgorn, using characters from both his comic series in the "cast." A Midwinter Morning's Tale is comic of the Corto Maltese series by Hugo Pratt. Oberon, Puck, Morgan Le Fey and Merlin appear in the comic as a representation of the Gaelic and Celtic fantasy beings. They choose Corto Maltese as their knight to fight for their sake against a possible German invasion in the context of World War I.

Jean Betts of New Zealand also adapted the play to make a comedic feminist spoof, "Revenge of the Amazons"(1996). The gender-roles are reversed (play actors are feminist "thesbians"/ Oberon falls in love with a "bunny girl"). It is set in the 1970s with many social references and satire.

Magic Street (2005) by Orson Scott Card revisits the work as a continuation of the play under the premise that the story by Shakespeare was actually derived from true interactions with fairy folk. A Midsummer Night's Gene (1997) by Andrew Harman is a sci-fi parody of Shakespeare's play. Faerie Tale, the 1988 fantasy novel by Raymond E. Feist, contains many references to the mythical characters represented in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream.

Lords and Ladies, written by Terry Pratchett, adapts the general of use of fantasy characters (elves), the setting of a field, rustic thespians, and a royal wedding to his Discword cast of characters[23] .

"The Sisters Grimm (novel series)", written by Micheal Buckly, features Puck, A.K.A: the Trickster King, as one of the main characters. In the fourth book of the series, "Once Upon a Crime", Titania, Oberon, and other Faerie Folk are introduced.

The teen book, This Must Be Love (2004) by Tui Sutherland is based on the play. The characters have similar or identical names to the original. One sub-plot involves a school play of another Shakesperean play, Romeo and Juliet, and another sub-plot involves the main characters going to see a play entitled "The Fairies Quarrel" in which a character acts like Puck amongst the main characters.

Disney's animated series Gargoyles featured many characters from Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream, including Oberon, Titania, and, most prominently, Puck. In this series, Puck actually takes the form of Owen, loyal assistant to the main villain Xanatos. Later, Puck becomes the tutor for Xanatos' quarter-fae son, Alex. He is wily, sprightly, and willing to have fun at the expense of others.

Get Over It: The 2001 film stars Kirsten Dunst (Kelly Woods/Helena), Ben Foster (Berke Landers/Lysander), Melissa Sagemiller (Allison McAllister/Hermia) and Shane West (Bentley 'Striker' Scrumfeld/Demetrius) in a "teen adaptation" of Shakespeare's play. The characters are set in high school, and in addition to some similarities in plot, there is a sub-plot involving the main characters acting in a musical production of A Midsummer Night's Dream.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Midsummer_Night%27s_Dream

They probably have similar listings for Hamlet or Othello but I didn't check.

[darthrabe.livejournal.com]

taH pagh taHbe

(taCH pahk taCHbe)

From Hamlet in the original Klingon - which literally translates to:

to continue or not to continue

(because Klingon doesn't have the 'to be' verb)

Does that work?

(and I think there are other lines that were translated for the Star Trek VI film if you want those as well)

The entire "Beauty and the Beast" is a take on the Romeo and Juliet 'different worlds' theme

and if I were able to think more clearly, I would be able to give you the Prospero reference that is floating around in my head somewhere...

[mysanal.livejournal.com]

The original Star Trek episode "Conscience of the King" has a Shakespearian troupe aboard whose lead actor is thought to be an infamous dicator and the Hamlet "play within a play" (from which the line is taken) is used to get him to confess.

[mysanal.livejournal.com]

Also, the TV show "Moonlighting" did their own version of "Taming of the Shrew" called "Atomic Shakespeare". The musical "Kiss Me Kate" is based on the same play.

More if I think of them.

[emeraldlich.livejournal.com]

The movie "Strange Brew" - a cult comedy classic, in case you hadn't heard of it - is essentially "Hamlet".

[mrockwell.livejournal.com]

One of my all time favorite movies!

STEAMROLLER!

[(Anonymous)]

Here's some from South Africa tv. Entabeni (Macbeth), is set in present-day Joburg, about the rapid rise and downfall of Kumkani, a talented young prodigy in the world of investment banking.

Paul crilley

[(Anonymous)]

There are more. They are part of a series called SHakespeare in Mzansi (Jo'burg). Izingane zoBaba (King Lear), uGugu no Andile (Romeo and Juliet) and Jolile kaKheza (Julius Caesar)

Paul