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:

Romeo and Juliet

• The opera Roméo et Juliette (1867) by Charles Gounod
• The ballet Romeo_and_Juliet_%28Prokofiev%29 (1936) by Sergei Prokofiev
• The film Romeo and Juliet (1936), produced by Irving Thalberg and directed by George Cukor
• The film Romeo and Juliet (1954) directed by Renato Castellani
• The musical West Side Story with book by Arthur Laurents, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and music by Leonard Bernstein, which was adapted into a film (1961) directed by Jerome Robbins and Robert Wise
• The film Romeo and Juliet (1968), directed by Franco Zeffirelli
• The film Romeo and Juliet (1978), directed by Alvin Rakoff. Part of the BBC Shakespeare Plays series.
• The film Romeo and Juliet (1983), directed by William Woodman
• The film Romeo + Juliet (1996), directed by Baz Luhrmann
• The film Tromeo and Juliet (1996), directed by Lloyd Kaufman