Non-Traditional Adaptations

http://ask.metafilter.com/115818/Wanted-decent-nontraditional-Shakespeare-adaptations

Over on Metafilter somebody’s asked for “interesting” adaptations of Shakespeare, either in book, film of play form.  The usual suspects are there, Kurosawa, Stoppard, 10 Things I Hate About You, etc…

Here’s a few that were new to me:

Kurosawa’s The Bad Sleep Well (I didn’t know he did a Hamlet?)

A Thousand Clowns (1997, apparently King Lear?)

Good Night Desdemona, Good Morning Juliet

 

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Wow, either it’s a short list or I’ve just seen a whole lot of Shakespeare adaptations. :)