Shakespeare Electronic Conference, Vol. 1, No. 101. Thursday, 15 Nov 1990. (1) Date: Thu, 15 Nov 90 10:57:00 EST (14 lines) From: <ENG003@UNOMA1> Subject: less canonical spinoffs (2) Date: Thu, 15 Nov 90 10:01:57 EST (24 lines) From:This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Subject: Re: SHK 1.100 Shakespearean Spinoffs (3) Date: Thu, 15 Nov 90 13:30:51 EST (16 lines) From: GA0708@SIUCVMB Subject: Shakespeare spin-offs (1) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 15 Nov 90 10:57:00 EST From: <ENG003@UNOMA1> Subject: less canonical spinoffs Science fiction and fantasy have their Shakespearian spinoffs also, one of which is _Shakespeare's World_, whose author I cannot recall at the moment, and another of which is the classic SF film, _Forbidden Planet_, loosely based on _The Tempest_. Judy Boss University of Nebraska at Omaha BITNET: eng003@unoma1 (2) --------------------------------------------------------------39---- Date: Thu, 15 Nov 90 10:01:57 EST From:This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Subject: 1.100 Shakespearean Spinoffs Comment: Re: SHK 1.100 Shakespearean Spinoffs I would add two short one-act plays to the list--both by Shaw. One is *The Macbeth Skit*, and the other is *Cymbelene Refinished*. There is also Shaw's puppet play *Shakes Versus Shav*. A more in direct spinoff is Shaw's *Heartbreak House*. Although the play has a reference to *Othello*, *Shakes Versus Shav* draws a direct line between Shaw's work and *King Lear*: SHAKES Where is thy Hamlet? Couldst thou write King Lear? SHAV Aye, with his daughters all complete. Couldst thou Have written Heartbreak House? Behold my Lear. Of course, this raises the question of whether we have adaptation, an allusion, or a source. One could argue, I think, that adaptation and sources are related. Stephen Matsuba York University (3) --------------------------------------------------------------37---- Date: Thu, 15 Nov 90 13:30:51 EST From: GA0708@SIUCVMB Subject: Shakespeare spin-offs This isn't exactly a spin-off, but there is a novel that makes considerable use of the sonnets while ingeniously explaining everything about the author of the sonnets, the fair youth, the dark lady, etc. It is Cothburn O'Neal's "The Dark Lady" (New York: Crown, 1954) wherein the central character, Rosaline, is the genius behind Shakespeare. She is one of his "boy" actors and is having a love affair with Southampton. The sonnets are a record of this relationship. Herb Donow Southern Illinois Univ. at Carbondale