Adaptation Quote by Gordon Smith

English dramatic literature is, of course, dominated by Shakespeare; and it is almost inevitable that an English reader should measure the value of other…

— Lytton Strachey

Shakespeare is the true multicultural author. He exists in all languages. He is put on the stage everywhere. Everyone feels that they are represented…

— Harold Bloom

A lot of people say to me, 'Is this good, to do to a Shakespeare piece?' And I think, 'You know, 'West Side Story'…

— Kelly Asbury

I am so far as I am aware not at all influenced by dramatists, expect for Shakespeare, who I have to say, it is…

— Howard Barker

“a leading copyright commentator concludes—with good reason—that if Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet were protected by copyright today, the Broadway musical West Side Story might…

— Neil Weinstock Netanel

Shakespeare is as naturally a part of American culture as it is the British culture; the Americans have a natural interest in their heritage.

— Sam Wanamaker

Shakespeare is repeated around the world in different languages, just because it's good storytelling.

— Cary Fukunaga

Shakespeare is all big themes, like the most amazing love, or the most scary war.

— Anna Torv

Shakespeare is universal.

— Harold Bloom

Sometimes the parallels that are brought in can make the play seem less relevant; you can deny a play's application to the universal by…

— Gregory Doran

With Westerns you have the landscape is important, and it's empty, and only you populate it. When you populate it, you can tell any…

— Lawrence Kasdan

There are works of literature whose influence is strong but indirect because it is mediated through the whole of the culture rather than immediately…

— J. M. Coetzee