List of adaptations of Shakespearean plays

The following is a partial list of adaptations of Shakespearean plays, and includes more literal adaptations as well as works where Shakespeare was obviously an inspiration:

Hamlet

• The film Hamlet (1948), directed by Laurence Olivier
• The TV series Hamlet (1960), directed by Franz Peter Wirth
• The play Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (1966) by Tom Stoppard
• The film Hamlet (1969), directed by Tony Richardson
• The film Strange Brew (1983) by Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas
• The film Hamlet (1990), directed by Franco Zeffirelli
• The film The Lion King (1994) by Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff
• The novel The Prince of West End Avenue (1994) by Alan Isler
• The film Hamlet (1996), directed by Kenneth Branagh
• The film Hamlet (2000), directed by Michael Almereyda