History DerivativeWorks / Hamlet

* The adventure game ''VideoGame/{{Elsinore}} places players in the role of Ophelia, who reawakens after her canonical death and finds herself in a time loop, trying to uncover the conspiracy behind her murder and looking to prevent the tragic events of the play.

* Asta Nielsen made her own version in the 20s, based off of a book called "The Secret of Hamlet", where Hamlet was a SweetPollyOliver raised to secure her mother's position on the throne.
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* ''The Klingon Hamlet, or The Tragedy of Khamlet, Son of the Emperor of Qo'noS'', a translation of the play into Klingon with faux-scholarly apparatus pointing out supposed evidence that the Klingon version is the original. Created by some fans after a line in ''Film/StarTrekVITheUndiscoveredCountry'' where Gorkon states "You have not experienced Shakespeare until you have read him in the original Klingon". Other than the language, the story has some changes to match Klingon culture.

* ''The Klingon Hamlet, or The Tragedy of Khamlet, Son of the Emperor of Qo'noS'', a spoof translation of ''Hamlet'' into the [[Franchise/StarTrek Klingon]] language, after a quote from ''Film/StarTrekVITheUndiscoveredCountry'' where Gorkon states "You have not experienced Shakespeare until you have read him in the original Klingon". Other than the language, the story has some changes to match Klingon culture, and claims that ''Hamlet'' was actually originally a Klingon tale, with humans appropriating it later on.

* ''The Klingon Hamlet'', a translation of the play into Klingon with faux-scholarly apparatus pointing out supposed evidence that the Klingon version is the original. Created by some fans after a line in ''Film/StarTrekVITheUndiscoveredCountry'' claimed that Shakespeare's plays were actually the work of a Klingon.

** The Website/NicoNicoDouga medley [[http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm9401296 techo-musical version]].

* ''Film/StrangeBrew'' (1983), a [[Series/{{SCTV}} Bob and Doug MacKenzie]] adventure. Creator/MaxVonSydow has taken control of Elsinore Brewery after killing his brother. Hamlet is actually [[GenderFlip a girl]]. Bob and Doug are essentially good-guy versions of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. Oh, and there's a horde of {{Mind Control}}led hockey players, one of whom is Horatio. [[CanadaEh It's Canadian. Don't ask]].

* ''The Klingon Hamlet, or The Tragedy of Khamlet, Son of the Emperor of Qo'noS'', a spoof translation of ''Hamlet'' into the [[Franchise/StarTrek Klingon]] language, after a quote from ''Film/StarTrekVITheUndiscoveredCountry'' where Gorkon states "You have not experienced Shakespeare until you have read him in the original Klingon". Other than the language, the story has some changes to match Klingon culture, and claims that ''Hamlet'' actually originated in Klingon culture, with the humans appropriating it later on.

* Parodied in ''Film/LastActionHero'', casting [[Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger Arnie]] as Hamlet and turning him into TheAhnold. HilarityEnsues.

* c.1605--the presumed premiere at the Globe Theatre, London, with Richard Burbage playing the lead. The first ''recorded'' production was not for a number of years.
* The 1911-12 Moscow Art Theatre production, seeing the play as a symbolist melodrama with a very plain set.

* A 2015 production at the Barbican Theatre, directed by Lyndsey Turner and starring Creator/BenedictCumberbatch.
* A 2017 production at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, directed by the aforementioned Creator/KennethBranagh and starring Creator/TomHiddleston.

* A POVSequel play called ''Theatre/RosencrantzAndGuildensternAreDead''. It was later made into a film with Creator/GaryOldman and Creator/TimRoth.
* Director Gregory Doran's 2008 production for the Creator/RoyalShakespeareCompany had Creator/DavidTennant as Hamlet and Creator/PatrickStewart as Claudius.

* '''''Literature/GestaDanorum''''' (second half of the 12th century) by Danish monk Saxo Grammaticus. The legend of Amleth in it served as basis for the play, making ''Hamlet'' itself an adaptation/derivative work.

* '''''Literature/GestaDanorum''''' (second half of the 12th century) by Danish monk Saxo Grammaticus. The legend of Amleth in it served as basis for the play.

* Parodied in ''Film/LastActionHero'', casting Arnie as Hamlet and turning him into TheAhnold. HilarityEnsues.

* ''Film/{{Prince of Jutland}}'' (AKA ''Royal Deceit'', 1994), is a mashup of Shakespeare's ''Hamlet'' and the original Saxo Grammaticus tale, set in [[HornyVikings Viking-age]] Denmark and starring Creator/ChristianBale as Amled.

* A 2000 film directed by Michael Almereyda and starring Creator/EthanHawke and Creator/KyleMacLachlan. [[SettingUpdate Claudius is the CEO of Denmark Corp., and Hamlet is a disaffected film student]]. The characters still use the Shakespearean text despite the SettingUpdate.
* ''Film/LegendOfTheBlackScorpion'', {{wuxia}} film which is basically Hamlet [-IN FEUDAL CHINA!-] The most interesting difference is that the Gertrude stand-in is the stepmother of the Hamlet stand-in, and is actually the woman he was in love with before his father stole her away. She's also a lot more of a MagnificentBastard.
* A filmed version of Gregory Doran's 2008 production for the Creator/RoyalShakespeareCompany was released in 2010, [[http://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/hamlet-full-episode/980// and can be seen here legally for free in the United States]].
* The 2019 film ''Film/{{Ophelia}}'' is an adaptation of the play told through a {{perspective flip}} with the titular character, portrayed by Creator/DaisyRidley.
* ''Film/TheNorthman'' (2023) is more based on the original legend of Amleth, but still borrows a number of elements to Shakespeare.

* A two-minute 1900 film, ''Le Duel de Hamlet'', showed the duel between Hamlet and Laertes, and may be the first filmed adaptation of the play. As this production starred Sarah Bernhardt as Hamlet, this means the first movie Hamlet was a {{Gender Flip}}ped version.

* A [[Film/Hamlet1948 1948 film]] starring and directed by Creator/LaurenceOlivier, which remains the only filmed Shakespeare to win the UsefulNotes/AcademyAward for Best Picture. This is a heavily cut version (excluding such characters as Rosencrantz and Guildenstern entirely), with a murky Gothic aesthetic, and a prominent Freudian leaning (the actress playing Gertrude was eleven years ''younger'' than Olivier.)
* The 1960 Creator/AkiraKurosawa film ''Film/TheBadSleepWell'', a much looser FilmNoir version of the story (especially compared to Kurosawa's [[Film/ThroneofBlood other]] [[Film/{{Ran}} adaptations]] of the Bard) set in the corporate culture of postwar Japan.
* A 1964 Russian film directed by Grigori Kozintsev, starring Innokenty Smoktunovsky and scored by Dmitri Shostakovich. It uses SceneryPorn to "oust period stylization and express the essentials"; it's also more political than Olivier's version, probably reflecting its post-UsefulNotes/JosephStalin production. Despite lacking original text and being heavily truncated it was critically very well-received, but it's never been televised in the United States.
* A 1964 filmed and broadcast Broadway production, directed by Creator/JohnGielgud and with Creator/RichardBurton as Hamlet, Alfred Drake as Claudius, Creator/HumeCronyn as Polonius and Eileen Herlie as Gertrude.
* A 1964 BBC production filmed on-location in Elsinore, and featuring Creator/ChristopherPlummer as Hamlet, Creator/MichaelCaine as Horatio, Creator/RobertShaw as Claudius, and Creator/DonaldSutherland as Fortinbras.
* A 1969 film directed by Tony Richardson, shot on a modest budget with minimalist sets, featuring Creator/NicolWilliamson as Hamlet, Creator/AnthonyHopkins as Claudius, and Music/MarianneFaithfull as Gertrude.
* A 1980 BBC production starring Creator/DerekJacobi and directed by Rodney Bennett. This is an almost full-text production, made as part of the BBC's complete Shakespeare series. Also notable for featuring Creator/PatrickStewart as Claudius and Creator/LallaWard as Ophelia.
* The 1983 [[Series/{{SCTV}} Bob and Doug MacKenzie]] adventure ''Film/StrangeBrew''. Creator/MaxVonSydow has taken control of Elsinore Brewery after killing his brother. Hamlet is actually [[GenderFlip a girl]]. Bob and Doug are essentially good-guy versions of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. Oh, and there's a horde of {{Mind Control}}led hockey players, one of whom is Horatio. [[CanadaEh It's Canadian. Don't ask]].
* A 1990 film starring Creator/MelGibson and directed by Creator/FrancoZeffirelli. This is heavily cut and rearranged and probably even more Freudian than the Olivier version. However, Gibson was praised for playing a youthful, energetic Hamlet. It also starred Creator/HelenaBonhamCarter as Ophelia, Creator/GlennClose as Gertrude and Creator/AlanBates as Claudius.
* Another 1990 version is a filmed version of the play starring Creator/KevinKline, mostly notable for featuring minimal sets and modern costuming.
* The 1994 film ''Prince of Jutland'' (AKA ''Royal Deceit'') is a mashup of Shakespeare's ''Hamlet'' and the original Saxo Grammaticus tale, set in [[HornyVikings Viking-age]] Denmark and starring Creator/ChristianBale as Amled. Opinion is divided on whether it's SoBadItsGood or SoOKItsAverage.

* A 1996 film starring and directed by Creator/KennethBranagh. This is a highly lavish, cinematic full-text[[note]]with the exception of a few transposed lines, and thus clocking in at around 246 minutes long[[/note]] version set in the 1800s, which includes Creator/BrianBlessed (as the Ghost) and a FallingChandelierOfDoom. With Creator/KateWinslet as Ophelia. Oh, and Creator/RobinWilliams as Osric, and Creator/BillyCrystal as the gravedigger.[[note]]The AllStarCast also includes Julie Christie as Gertrude, Creator/JackLemmon as Marcellus, Creator/GerardDepardieu as Reynaldo, Creator/CharltonHeston as the King of the play, Creator/RichardAttenborough as the English Ambassador, and Dame Creator/JudiDench and Sir Creator/JohnGielgud as Hecuba and Priam of Troy.[[/note]] It's essentially ''Hamlet'' as an EpicMovie. Not financially successful, but critically acclaimed with some even calling it the greatest onscreen adaptation of Shakespeare. Was nominated for an Oscar for best adapted screenplay (which led to a lot of jokes in theatrical circles on who ''technically'' wrote the script). This adaptation is significant among film buffs for being the last visual narrative production shot entirely on 70 millimeter film for 16 years, before the 2012 film ''Film/TheMaster''.

* ''Film/TheNorthman'' (2023) is more based on the original legend of Amleth, but still borrows elements to Shakespeare.

* A poorly received 2008 novella by Creator/OrsonScottCard where it turns out that Old King Hamlet was a [[spoiler:[[DepravedHomosexual pedophile and raped most of the male cast]], [[RapeAndSwitch turning them all into homosexuals and pedophiles]]. Also he came back as a spirit in order to make Hamlet do evil things so that he can rape him in hell for eternity]].

* The {{wuxia}} film ''Film/LegendOfTheBlackScorpion'', which is basically Hamlet [-IN FEUDAL CHINA!-] The most interesting difference is that the Gertrude stand-in is the stepmother of the Hamlet stand-in, and is actually the woman he was in love with before his father stole her away. She's also a lot more of a MagnificentBastard.

* '''''Literature/GestaDanorum''''' (12th century) by Saxo Grammaticus. The legend of Amleth in it served as basis for the play.

* '''''[[Theatre/{{Hamlet}} The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark]]''''' (1599-1601), play by English playwright CreatorWilliamShakespeare.

A list of media productions based on William Shakespeare's play ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'':

* ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994'' is a rather loose adaptation by Creator/{{Disney}}. Barring the EverybodyDiesEnding, obviously.

* The 1983 [[Series/{{SCTV}} Bob and Doug MacKenzie]] adventure ''Film/StrangeBrew''. Creator/MaxVonSydow has taken control of Elsinore Brewery after killing his brother. Hamlet is actually [[GenderFlip a girl]]. Bob and Doug are essentially good-guy versions of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. Oh, and there's a horde of {{Mind Control}}led hockey players, one of whom is Horatio. [[CanadaEh It's Canadian. Don't ask]].

!!Notable productions
* c.1605--the presumed premiere at the Globe Theatre, London, with Richard Burbage playing the lead. The first ''recorded'' production was not for a number of years.

* The 1911-12 Moscow Art Theatre production, seeing the play as a symbolist melodrama with a very plain set.
* Asta Nielsen made her own version in the 20s, based off of a book called "The Secret of Hamlet", where Hamlet was a SweetPollyOliver raised to secure her mother's position on the throne.

* A 1961 German made-for-TV production starring Creator/MaximilianSchell as Hamlet (with Creator/RicardoMontalban dubbing Claudius into English). Schell had played the role on stage the previous year, with an interpretation that re-envisioned the play as a political allegory for Nazi Germany. Though the stage production was well-received, something was obviously lost in translation. This version was featured on ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'' and information on that episode can be found [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S10E09Hamlet here]].

* Director Gregory Doran's 2008 production for the Creator/RoyalShakespeareCompany had Creator/DavidTennant as Hamlet and Creator/PatrickStewart as Claudius. A film version was released in 2010, [[http://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/hamlet-full-episode/980// and can be seen here legally for free in the United States]].

!!Notable adaptations

* The Creator/AkiraKurosawa film ''Film/TheBadSleepWell'', a much looser FilmNoir version of the story (especially compared to Kurosawa's [[Film/ThroneofBlood other]] [[Film/{{Ran}} adaptations]] of the Bard) set in the corporate culture of postwar Japan.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994'' is a rather loose adaptation by Creator/{{Disney}}. Barring the EverybodyDiesEnding, obviously.
* The {{wuxia}} film ''Film/LegendOfTheBlackScorpion'', which is basically Hamlet [-IN FEUDAL CHINA!-] The most interesting difference is that the Gertrude stand-in is the stepmother of the Hamlet stand-in, and is actually the woman he was in love with before his father stole her away. She's also a lot more of a MagnificentBastard.
* The 1983 [[Series/{{SCTV}} Bob and Doug MacKenzie]] adventure ''Film/StrangeBrew''. Creator/MaxVonSydow has taken control of Elsinore Brewery after killing his brother. Hamlet is actually [[GenderFlip a girl]]. Bob and Doug are essentially good-guy versions of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. Oh, and there's a horde of {{Mind Control}}led hockey players, one of whom is Horatio. [[CanadaEh It's Canadian. Don't ask]].

* The 1994 film ''Prince of Jutland'' (AKA ''Royal Deceit'') is a mashup of Shakespeare's ''Hamlet'' and the original Saxo Grammaticus tale, set in [[HornyVikings Viking-age]] Denmark and starring Creator/ChristianBale as Amled. Opinion is divided on whether it's SoBadItsGood or SoOKItsAverage.
* ''Film/Hamlet2'', a 2008 film about creating a sequel to ''Hamlet''.
* A poorly received 2008 novella by Creator/OrsonScottCard where it turns out that Old King Hamlet was a [[spoiler:[[DepravedHomosexual pedophile and raped most of the male cast]], [[RapeAndSwitch turning them all into homosexuals and pedophiles]]. Also he came back as a spirit in order to make Hamlet do evil things so that he can rape him in hell for eternity]].
* ''Series/SonsOfAnarchy'' is another loose adaptation, set in modern day with an outlaw biker gang.
* Scott G. F. Bailey's novel ''The Astrologer'' updates the action to the court of Christian IV in seventeenth-century Denmark.

* Many of the aforementioned film versions of the play, plus several others (nine total), are compared and contrasted in [[http://www.brightlightsfilm.com/51/51hamlet.php this neat little article]].
* Several operatic adaptations of the story have been made: one by Italian composer Franco Faccio in 1865 entitled "Amleto", one by French composer Ambroise Thomas in 1868, and one by Australian composer Brett Dean in 2017.

* A 2010 rock musical titled ''HAMLET!!'' by the [[CrossCastRole all-women]] Japanese theatre troupe Creator/TakarazukaRevue, starring Ryuu Masaki as the Prince. The dialogue is a mixture of translated Shakespeare lines and original ones.
* Another Japanese musical adaptation was [[https://youtu.be/MbFqeNz_Y84 produced in 2020]] by the 5 Guys Shakespeare project, with actors known for their roles in [[ScreenToStageAdaptation 2.5D Theatre]], most notably the ''Theatre/MusicalToukenRanbu'' series.
* The 2019 film ''Film/{{Ophelia}}'' is an adaptation of the play told through a {{perspective flip}} with the titular character, portrayed by Creator/DaisyRidley.
* ''Literature/ToBeOrNotToBeThatIsTheAdventure'', a Choose-Your-Own Adventure adaptation of ''Hamlet'' by Creator/RyanNorth.
* ''Theatre/FatHam'', a modern retelling centering around a gay black man forced into the Hamlet role.
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