List of titles of works taken from Shakespeare

The following is a partially complete list of titles of works taken from Shakespearean phrases. It is organized by type of work. Some titles appear in multiple categories and are marked with ++. Note that this is not the place to list film or television adaptations of Shakespeare's plays; the List of William Shakespeare screen adaptations exists for that purpose.

Drama

Antony and Cleopatra
As You Like It
  • All the World's a Grave: A New Play by William Shakespeare by John Reed (play on "All the world's a stage...", II.vii)
  • As You like It by Natyaguru Nurul Momen
Hamlet:
Julius Caesar
Macbeth
Much Ado About Nothing
Othello
The Sonnets
The Taming of the Shrew
The Tempest
Twelfth Night

Film

As You Like It
Hamlet
Henry IV, Part 2
Julius Caesar
King John
Macbeth
The Merchant of Venice
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Richard II
Richard III
The Sonnets
The Taming of the Shrew
The Tempest
Troilus and Cressida
The Winter's Tale:
Other

Music

Anthony and Cleopatra
As You Like It
Hamlet
Henry V
Julius Caesar
Macbeth
The Merchant of Venice
Much Ado About Nothing
Othello
Richard III
Romeo and Juliet
The Sonnets
The Taming of the Shrew
The Tempest
Troilus and Cressida

Novels, short stories and nonfiction

Antony and Cleopatra
As You Like It
Coriolanus
Hamlet
Henry IV, part 1
Henry IV, part 2
Henry V
Henry VI, part 1
Henry VI, part 3
Henry VIII
Julius Caesar
King John
King Lear
Macbeth
Measure for Measure
The Merchant of Venice
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Much Ado About Nothing
Othello
Richard II
Richard III
Romeo and Juliet
The Sonnets
The Tempest
Timon of Athens
Troilus and Cressida
  • Alms for Oblivion series of novels by Simon Raven (III.iii)
Twelfth Night
The Two Gentlemen of Verona
Venus and Adonis
The Winter's Tale

Poetry

Hamlet
Julius Caesar
King Lear
Macbeth
The Tempest

Television

Antony and Cleopatra
As You Like It
Hamlet
  • Less Than Kind, 2008 television series (I.ii)
  • "Thine Own Self", 1994 Star Trek: The Next Generation episode (I.iii)
  • To the Manor Born, 1979–81 television series (a play on "to the manner born", I.iv)
  • "The Conscience of the King", 1966 Star Trek episode (II.ii)
  • "The Paragon of Animals", 1998 Babylon 5 episode (II.ii)
  • "Perchance to Dream", 1959 The Twilight Zone episode (III.i)
  • "Perchance to Dean", 2009 The Venture Bros. episode
  • Slings & Arrows, 2003 Showcase Original Series. (III.i)
  • Outrageous Fortune, 2005–10 television series (III.i)
  • "Mortal Coil", 1997 Star Trek: Voyager episode (III.i)
Henry V
  • "Once More Unto the Breach", Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode (III.i)
  • Band of Brothers, miniseries based on book (IV.iii)
Henry VI, Part 2
Julius Caesar
  • "Not to Praise Him", The Bill
  • "The Dogs of War", Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode (III.i)
  • "The Dogs of War", The West Wing Season 5 episode (III.i)
King Lear
Macbeth
The Merchant of Venice
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Othello
Richard II
Richard III
Romeo and Juliet
The Sonnets
The Taming of the Shrew
The Tempest
  • "Sea Change" (Transformers episode) (I.ii)

Other

Antony and Cleopatra
Hamlet
  • His Picture in Little, artwork by Tacita Dean (II.ii)
  • The Mortal Coil, an Adventures in Odyssey two-part radio episode (III.i)
  • The King of Shreds and Patches (Interactive Fiction by Jimmy Maher inspired by H.P. Lovecraft) (III.iv)
Henry V
Julius Caesar
  • Cry Havok, volume 4 title of comic book series X-Men Blue (an intentional misspelling of "cry havoc", III.i)
  • Dogs of War, comic book series (III.i)
  • Dogs of War: Battle on Primus IV, computer game (III.i)
Macbeth
  • Toil and Trouble, volume 2 title of comic book series X-Men Blue (IV.i)
The Merchant of Venice
The Tempest

References

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