when was the first film production of a shakespeare play made
List of William Shakespeare screen adaptations As of August 2016[update], the Internet Movie Database lists Shakespeare as having writing credit on 1,292 films, including those under production but not yet released.[3] The earliest known production is King John from 1899.[4]
Romeo and Juliet Romeo and Juliet belongs to a tradition of tragic romances stretching back to antiquity. The plot is based on an Italian tale translated into verse as The Tragical History of Romeus and Juliet by Arthur Brooke in 1562 and retold in prose in Palace of Pleasure by William Painter in 1567. Shakespeare borrowed heavily from both but expanded the plot by developing a number of supporting characters, particularly Mercutio and Paris. Believed to have been written between 1591 and 1595, the play was first published in a quarto version in 1597. The text of the first quarto version was of poor quality, however, and later editions corrected the text to conform more closely with Shakespeare's original.