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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).

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What plays have been made into musicals?

A full list of musicals that are based on plays is in related links.


What Broadway musicals based of Shakespeare's plays?

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What are Shakespeares story's based on?

Shakespeare adapted his plays from a number of sources: history, stories, older plays, even a couple of originals.


Was his plays based on shakespeares love life?

No. Shakespeare never ever based his plays on his own life. This is probably a good thing as his life was probably pretty boring.


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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.


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Shakespeare based his history plays on Holinshed's Chronicles, including the seven history plays named after one or other of the King Henrys.


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chips and beans


Were shakespeares plays staged in elaborate scenery?

No


Plays that are mostly sung are called?

musicals!


When did you find shakespeares plays?

I first found Shakespeare's plays when I was introduced to them at school.


How many plays has William shakespeares wote?

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Where were william shakespeares first plays produced?

england.