We are back and this week we are talking Shakespeare adaptation! What are the different types of adaptation, what do they accomplish, and what makes some stand out from the rest?

We’re talking movies, books, and plays in this episode, featuring a collection of Shakespeare content I’ve been consuming as I try to think through what makes something stand out and what makes something merely meh.

On the docket we’re thinking about: high school Shakespeare adaptation, movies that reference Shakespeare but don’t fully commit to the bit, the “person who gets cast in a Shakespeare production and then their life becomes Shakespeare” film, what is making commentary on Shakespeare, and then some pieces that think about his life and his works.

There’s so much out here! The list could have grown, but I wanted to think in categories and themes, and as such, there’s a lot still to think about. But this has been a helpful exercise in starting to guide my thoughts on what I want to catch and what I might want to miss.

We’re coming up on a year of Something Shakespeare This Way Comes! Please reach out with any comments, questions, or suggestions as I put together the year-end recap!

Further Reading

Episode 5: Shakespeare in Love (1998) with Ben Roman

Episode 13: Saltburn (2023) and Dead Poets Society (1989) with Gabbi Miller

Further reading and watching

10 Things I Hate About You (film)

The Lion King (original animated film)

Anyone But You (film)

These Violent Delights and These Violent Ends by Chloe Gong (books)

My Own Private Idaho (film)

Were the World Mine (film)

Ghostlight (film)

Macbitches by Sophie McIntosh (play)

Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell (book)

The Book of Will by Lauren Gunderson (play)

Shakespeare in Love (film)

Credit where credit is due

Podcast art by ⁠Halie Branson⁠

Music recording by ⁠josdvg⁠