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The following is a partially complete list of titles of works based on 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 article Shakespeare on screen exists for that purpose.

Novels, short stories and nonfiction

Antony and Cleopatra

• Gaudy Night by Dorothy Sayers (III.xiii)

As You Like It

• Under the Greenwood Tree by Thomas Hardy (II.v)
• And All the Stars a Stage by James Blish, a parody of "All the world's a stage" (II.vii)

Hamlet

• Too, Too Solid Flesh by Nick O'Donahoe (I.ii)
• Something Rotten by Jasper Fforde (I.iv)
• The Glimpses of the Moon by Edith Wharton; Edmund Crispin (I.iv)
• There are More Things by Jorge Luis Borges (I.v)
• More Things in Heaven by John Brunner (I.v)
• And Be a Villain by Rex Stout (I.v)
• Time Out of Joint by Philip K. Dick (I.v)
• Murder Most Foul used by several different mystery writers (I.v)
• How Like an Angel by Margaret Millar (II.ii)
• Her Privates We by Frederic Manning (II.ii)
• What Dreams May Come by Richard Matheson (III.i)
• Mortal Coils by Aldous Huxley (III.i)
• Perchance to Dream by Robert B. Parker, Howard Weinstein (Star Trek: The Next Generation novel) and John Wyndham (III.i)
• Put on by Cunning by Ruth Rendell (V.ii)
• Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace (V.i)
• Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov (The glow-worm shows the matin to be near, And 'gins to pale his ineffectual fire)

Henry IV, part 1

• Time Must Have a Stop by Aldous Huxley (V.iv)

Henry V

• Band of Brothers by Stephen Ambrose (IV.iii)

Julius Caesar

• The Dogs of War by Frederick Forsyth (III.i)
• The Evil that Men Do Buffy novel, and others++ (III.ii)
• There is a Tide by Agatha Christie (also known as Taken at the Flood) (IV.iii)

Macbeth

• All My Yesterdays, by Cecil Lewis++ (V.v)
• Brief Candles by Aldous Huxley (V.v)
• By the Pricking of My Thumbs by Agatha Christie (IV.i)
• A Charm of Powerful Trouble by Joanne Horniman (IV.i)
• Fatal Vision by Joe McGinniss (II.i)
• Fire, Burn! by John Dickson Carr
• A Heart So White by Javier Marías (II.ii)
• The Moon is Down by John Steinbeck (II.i)
• The Seeds of Time by John Wyndham (I.iii)
• Something Wicked this Way Comes by Ray Bradbury (IV.i)
• The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner (V.v)
• Taste of Fears by Margaret Millar
• Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (V.v)
• The Way to Dusty Death by Alistair MacLean (V.v)
• Wyrd Sisters by Terry Pratchett (I.iii, etc.)

The Merchant of Venice

• The Quality of Mercy autobiography of Mercedes McCambridge, and others (IV.i)
• "A Pound of Flesh" by Thane Rosenbaum (chapter from Rosenbaum's book The Myth of Moral Justice)

Othello

• Mortal Engines by Philip Reeve
• Mortal Engines by Stanisław Lem
• Pomp and Circumstance by Noel Coward++ (III.iii)
• Richer Than All His Tribe by Nicholas Monsarrat (V.ii)

Richard II

• Bid Time Return by Richard Matheson (III.ii)

Richard III

• The Winter of Our Discontent by John Steinbeck (I.i)

Romeo and Juliet

• Inconstant Moon, by Larry Niven (II.ii)

The Sonnets

• The Darling Buds of May by H.E. Bates++ (XVIII)
• Chronicles of Wasted Time by Malcolm Muggeridge (CVI)
• The Pebbled Shore by Elizabeth Longford (LX)
• Summer's Lease by John Mortimer (XVIII)
• Remembrance of Things Past by Marcel Proust (only in English translation) (XXX)
• Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang by Kate Wilhelm (LXXIII)
• Nothing Like the Sun by Anthony Burgess (CXXX)

The Tempest

• Brave New World by Aldous Huxley (V.i)
• Something Rich and Strange by Patricia A. McKillip (I.ii)
• This Rough Magic by Mary Stewart (V.i)

Timon of Athens

• Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov (IV.iii)

Twelfth Night

• Cakes and Ale by William Somerset Maugham (II.iii)
• Sad Cypress by Agatha Christie (II.iii)

Drama

As You Like It

• All the World's a Grave: A New Play by William Shakespeare by John Reed (novelist)

Antony and Cleopatra

• Salad Days, musical by Julian Slade

Hamlet:

• Perchance to Dream musical by Ivor Novello (III.i)
• Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom Stoppard (V.ii)
• Cue for Passion by Elmer Rice (II.ii)

Othello

• Journey's End by R. C. Sherriff (V.ii) (also occurs in Twelfth Night (II.iii))
• Passing Strange, musical by Stew (I.iii)

The Sonnets

• Fortune and Men's Eyes (two different plays) (XXIX)

Twelfth Night

• Present Laughter by Noel Coward (II.iii)

Poetry

Hamlet

• "Very Like A Whale" by Ogden Nash (III.ii)

King Lear

• "Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came", Robert Browning

Macbeth

• "Out, Out–" by Robert Frost (V.i)

The Tempest

• "Full Fathom Five" by Sylvia Plath (I.ii)
• "Pearls That Were" by J. H. Prynne (I.ii)

Radio

Hamlet

• The Mortal Coil (An Adventures in Odyssey two-part episode) (III.i)

Film/Television

Hamlet

• "Thine Own Self", Star Trek: The Next Generation episode (I.iii)
• To the Manor Born by Peter Spence, (a parody of "To the manner born", I.iv)
• "Remember Me", Star Trek: The Next Generation episode (I.v)
• Leave Her to Heaven, 1945 20th Century Fox film with Gene Tierney (I.v)
• North by Northwest, 1959 film by Alfred Hitchcock (II.ii)
• "The Conscience of the King", Star Trek episode (II.ii)
• "The Paragon of Animals", Babylon 5 episode (II.ii)
• To Be or Not to Be, 1942 film (remade in 1983 by Mel Brooks). (III.i)
• What Dreams May Come, 1998 film version of Matheson novel. (III.i)
• Slings & Arrows, 2003 Showcase Original Series. (III.i)
• Outrageous Fortune, film written by Leslie Dixon (III.i)
• Outrageous Fortune, 2005-present television series (III.i)
• "Mortal Coil" (Star Trek: Voyager episode) (III.i)
• The Undiscovered Country, Star Trek film (III.i)
• Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead, 1990 film version of Stoppard play. (V.ii)

Henry IV, part 2

• Chimes at Midnight, 1965 film by Orson Welles (III.ii)

Henry V

• "Once More Unto the Breach", Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode (III.i)
• Band of Brothers, miniseries based on book (IV.iii)

Julius Caesar

• "The Dogs of War", Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode (III.i)
• "The Dogs of War". The West Wing Episode Season 5 (III.i)
• The Evil That Men Do (film) (III.ii)
• The Serpent's Egg (film)++ (II.i)

King Lear

• "How Sharper Than a Serpent's Tooth", Star Trek animated episode (I.iv)

Macbeth

• "Dagger of the Mind", Star Trek episode (II.i)
• "All Our Yesterdays", Star Trek episode ++ (V.v)
• All Our Yesterdays, UK Television historical news programme of the 1960s - 1970s (V.v)
• "The Birnam Wood", The West Wing Episode Season 6 (IV.i etc.)

The Merchant of Venice

• "The Quality of Mercy", Babylon 5 episode (IV.i)

A Midsummer Night's Dream:

• Ill Met by Moonlight, 1957 film by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger (II.i)
• "Ill Met by Moonlight", 1996 episode of Gargoyles (II.i)

Richard II

• The Demi-Paradise, 1943 film with Laurence Olivier

Richard III

• My Kingdom for a Horse, 1988 BBC TV series starring Sean Bean (V.iv)
• The Winter of Our Discontent, 1983 TV movie of Steinbeck novel. (I.i)
• Where Eagles Dare, 1967 film (I.iii)

Romeo and Juliet

• "By Any Other Name" (Star Trek episode) (II.ii)

The Sonnets

• The Darling Buds of May, UK TV comedy based on HE Bates’ novel.++ (XVIII)
• Fortune and Men's Eyes, 1971 film of later play (XXIX)

The Tempest

• Rich and Strange, 1931 film by Alfred Hitchcock (I.ii)

The Winter's Tale:

• Fresh Horses, 1988 film by David Anspaugh

Other

Hamlet

• Infinite Jest (album by We Are The Fury) (V.i)
• The King of Shreds and Patches (Interactive Fiction by Jimmy Maher inspired by H.P. Lovecraft) (III.iv)

Henry V

• Household Words (magazine) (IV.iii)

Julius Caesar

• The Dogs of War (song by Pink Floyd) (III.i)
• Dogs of War (album by Saxon) (III.i)

Macbeth

• The Moon is Down (album by Further Seems Forever) (II.i)

Othello

• Pomp and Circumstance Marches by Edward Elgar++ (III.iii)

Richard III:

• Now Is The Winter Of Our Discothèque, 2005 album by Princess Superstar (parody of "Now is the winter of our discontent...", I.i)

The Sonnets

• ...Nothing Like the Sun (album by Sting) (CXXX)

The Tempest

• Full Fathom Five (painting by Jackson Pollock) (I.ii)
• Sea Change (album by Beck) (I.ii)
• Come Unto These Yellow Sands (painting by Richard Dadd) (I.ii)

External links

• A more comprehensive list of book and play titles which are Shakespearean quotations

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