West Side Story is based on Romeo and Juliet
Kiss me Kate is based on the Taming of the Shrew
The Boys from Syracuse is based on A Comedy of Errors
Your Own Thing is based on The Twelfth Night
Two Gentlemen of Verona is based on (duh!) Two Gentlemen of Verona
The Lion King is based on Hamlet :-)
Another Midsummer Night is based on Midsummer Night's Dream
Rockabye Hamlet is also based on Hamlet (but didn't run NEARLY as long as Lion King - only 1 week LOL).
WEST SIDE STORY-ROMEO AND JULIET
Shakespeare adapted his plays from a number of sources: history, stories, older plays, even a couple of originals.
No
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A full list of musicals that are based on plays is in related links.
WEST SIDE STORY-ROMEO AND JULIET
Shakespeare adapted his plays from a number of sources: history, stories, older plays, even a couple of originals.
No. Shakespeare never ever based his plays on his own life. This is probably a good thing as his life was probably pretty boring.
Musicals as in plays. If so it is because they are more emotional than regular plays and therefore people have liked them more since plays were invented.
Shakespeare based his history plays on Holinshed's Chronicles, including the seven history plays named after one or other of the King Henrys.
chips and beans
No
musicals!
I first found Shakespeare's plays when I was introduced to them at school.
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england.