Shakespeare on the Small Screen
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Shakespearean Titles
Shakespeare in Music
Shakespeare on the Silver Screen
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In the episode "The Producer," castaways in this popular 1960s TV show took a break from their 3-hour tour to perform a musical version of Hamlet
What is Gilligan's Island
100
This 1994 film, which tells the story of a lion who, upon his father's murder, runs off and lives with a warthog and hyena before returning to his pride and his love, was loosely based on Shakespeare's Hamlet.
What is The Lion King?
100
This book by John Green tells the story of a girl named Hazel who falls in love with a boy she meets in a cancer support group. It takes its title from a line in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar.
What is The Fault in Our Stars?
100
In her song "Love Story," this ridiculously popular country artist makes frequent references to Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
Who is Taylor Swift?
100
In this installment of the popular series, which is inspired by Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, Edward leaves Bella, who falls into a deep depression before falling for Jacob.
What is Twilight: New Moon?
200
In an episoded entitled "The conscience of the king", which is, in itself, a reference to Hamlet, characters in this popular science fiction show lived long and prospered while watching a touring space company's performance of Macbeth
What is Star Trek?
200
This 1995 film, loosely based on Shakespeare's The Tempest, tells the story of a beautiful young woman and her trusty raccoon friend who weather the changes to their land and their lives after John Smith and his men arrive.
What is Pocahontas?
200
This 1959 Hitchcock classic, which stars Carey Grant as a New York ad exec who is mistaken for a spy and pursued cross-country, and which also features the iconic image of Grant being chased by prop plane, takes its title from a line in Shakespeare's Hamlet.
What is North by Northwest?
200
In his song, "Desolation Row," this popular folk artist, best known for such hits as "The Times They Are A-Changin'" and "Like a Rolling Stone," references both Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet
Who is Bob Dylan?
200
This 1996 adaptation of Romeo and Juliet by Baz Luhrmann stars Leonardo Dicaprio and Claire Danes.
What is Romeo + Juliet?
300
Monsterpiece Theatre, a segment of a very popular children's show on PBS, has featured parodies of Shakespeare's plays including the Taming of the Shoe and the Monster of Venice
What is Sesame Street?
300
This 2011 comedy about garden gnomes from warring families was inspired by Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet
What is Gnomeo and Juliet?
300
This popular adult cartoon, which features the likes of Leila, a cyclops, Bender, a robot, and Fry, a pizza guy frozen in 2999, once did an episode entitled "The Beast with a Billion Backs," which is a clever play on a famous quote from Shakespeare's Othello.
What is Futurama?
300
In their song "I am the Walrus," this British band, which was wildly popular in the 1960s and had huge success with songs like "I Wanna Hold Your Hand" and "Yellow Submarine," features a snippet of a radio broadcast of Shakespeare's King Lear
Who are The Beatles?
300
This musical, which features such classic songs as "I feel Pretty" and "In America," tells the story of two warring gangs, the Sharks and the Jets, and two star-crossed lovers, Maria and Tony. It is based on Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
What is West Side Story?
400
In a 2010 episode entitled "The Bones That Weren't," this popular show, which stars Emily Deschanel as Dr. Temperance Brennan and David Borneaz as Agent Seeley Booth, the crime fighters stumble upon a witness to a crime who only speaks in lines taken from Shakespeare.
What is Bones?
400
This 1999 film, set in a high school and inspired by Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew, starred Julia Stiles, Heath Ledger, and Joseph Gordon Levitt
What is 10 Things I Hate About You?
400
This 1998 movie, which stars Robin Williams as a man who goes on a search through the afterlife to try and rescue his wife, takes its title from Shakespeare's famous "to be or not to be" soliloquy in Hamlet.
What is What Dreams May Come?
400
"Stairway to Heaven," the smash hit by this British rock band, opens with the lyric, "There's a lady who's sure all that glitters is gold," which is a reference to Portia in The Merchant of Venice.
Who are Led Zepplin?
400
In 2013, Joss Whedon released an adaptation of this Shakespearean comedy, which he shot in 3 weeks at his home. It features a number of actors from what has been lovingly dubbed the "Whedon-verse," including Nathan Fillion, Amy Acker, and Clark Gregg.
What is Much Ado About Nothing?
500
This popular TV show, which stars Charlie Hunnam as Jax Teller and Katey Sagal as Gemma Teller Morrow, is currently in its sixth season, and follows a 30-something man as he tries to balance allegiance to his new son and his motorcycle club, was inspired by Shakespeare's Hamlet
What is Sons of Anarchy?
500
This 2006 comedy stars Amanda Bynes as Viola, a girl who, upon learning that her brother is ditching school for a few weeks, decides to disguise herself as him and attend his elite boarding school. It is an adaptation of Shakespeare's 12th Night.
What is She's the Man?
500
This 2011 film, which stars Ryan Gosling and George Clooney and tells the story of an idealistic staffer who gets a crash course in dirty politics while working on a political campaign, takes it's title from a line in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar.
What is The Ides of March?
500
This newly popular alternative rock band was nominated for a grammy in 2010 for their song "Little Lion Man." This song can be found on their album Sleep No More, the title of which is taken from Shakespeare's Macbeth.
Who are Mumford and Sons?
500
This 2001 film, which stars Josh Hartnett, Mekhi Phifer, and Julia Stiles, re-imagines Shakespeare's Othello in a wealthy high school's basketball team.
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