Talk:List of works titled after Shakespeare

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Suggestions[edit]

Nevermind, I just saw it was phrases. 64.12.116.134 01:13, 20 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I would like to see this page modified in several ways. I'll wait a week or so for comments, then get started if there are no objections.

Alphabetize titles within each play
In larger sections, create subsections for each play
Include context for each quotation. For example, "But in that sleep of death What Dreams May Come must give us pause."
Include wiki links for all titles and authors

Matchups 17:32, 2 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The context for the quotations should ideally be given, especially as some of them are rather mutilated (By Any Other Name comes to mind), and it would also help to root out quotations that aren't Shakespeare at all. There does seem to be a danger of losing the film/book/Star Trek episode title in the context though, e.g.

"...whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of Outrageous Fortune (film), or to take arms against a sea of troubles," movie written by Leslie Dixon

Wouldn't it be more concise just to give the line and scene numbers in parentheses after the title? HAM

09:34, 17 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I would very much like to see a section on this or one of the other wikipedia shakespeare pages that has a discussion or at least a list of plays which are based on shakespeare (not just their titles), ie rozencrantz and guildenstern are dead by tom stoppard, goodnight desdemonona, Macbett by Ionesco. (142.150.48.148 (talk) 05:06, 12 March 2009 (UTC))[reply]

Split[edit]

I recently posted a similar tag on the Shakespeare on screen page. In that discussion, we agreed that many of the works had enough items listed to justify a separate article. I just think this page could benefit in a similar way. Wrad 00:14, 23 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It's been 11 months with no action or serious discussion to split. I'm removing {{split-multiple}}. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs)/(e-mail) 01:57, 23 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Query...[edit]

I've seen one or two suggestions that "There will be blood" is a Shakespearian title, coming possibly from Macbeth or Titus Andronicus, but I don't know either play well enough to say - anyone confirm/deny? Grutness...wha? 23:48, 29 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Macbeth has the line "It will have blood; they say, blood will have blood" (III.4). Gildir (talk) 17:24, 3 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Band names?[edit]

I can think of a few bands whose names derive from Shakespeare (Titus Andronicus, This Mortal Coil, A Hawk and a Hacksaw, et al.) Should they go in the Music section or another page entirely? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Isquitenice (talk • contribs) 19:41, 8 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

It might be stretching the definition of "(art)works" a bit. I'd say go for it and create a separate article... Ham 09:29, 9 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Good riddance[edit]

I'm adding the media listed on the dab Good riddance. Though unlikely to be recognized as a literary reference now, it was first attested in Troilus & Cressida, so I think we have to consider it a Shakespearean coinage absent other evidence. --BDD (talk) 13:57, 25 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Translated phrases[edit]

As far as I could see, the list is limited to English language examples. I couldn't find anything (in article or on talk page) saying this is intentional. So I'll ask here: May we add titles of non-English works taken from translations of Shakespeare phrases? (Shakespeare is so universal that a lot of translated quotations have become idioms in other languages as well). ---Sluzzelin talk 11:36, 12 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Good question. I'm not sure I have an immediate opinion on that. This is English language Wikipedia, which suggests being restrictive; but on the other hand our scope is global, which suggests including them. Perhaps a separate section for foreign works? Or maybe there are so many they need their own article? --Xover (talk) 11:40, 12 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know how many there would be, and I'd only be interested in adding those works with their own article (despite there being plenty of listed English language examples without an article). What prompted my question was not finding Ostalo je ćutanje on the list. I did notice, now, at least one non-English example, but it's listed in its English back-translation (which is also the article's lemma): The Rest Is Silence (1959 film) (originally Der Rest its Schweigen). I suspect there won't be enough items for a separate article, but I really have no idea yet. ---Sluzzelin talk 12:55, 12 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Section organization[edit]

Wouldn't lookup in this list be easier by Shakespeare work than by medium? The focus is on the Shakespearean work, not the medium. czar 00:39, 17 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Makes sense to me ... medium could remain as secondary dimension of organising the list. ---Sluzzelin talk 00:54, 17 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Done but needs some cleanup czar 19:19, 6 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]