There are hundreds, maybe thousands, of William Shakespeare adaptations in literature, but every once in awhile, one comes along that really reimagines the Bard's original works in such a remarkable ...

Jurassic Park came out 30 years ago, but it remains a perfect, timeless blockbuster. That’s why we hope no one ever does something silly like try and remake it. At least not with humans. We’re totally ...

In the 150 years since Louisa May Alcott introduced readers to the March family with the publication of “Little Women,” Jo March and her sisters have become some of the most iconic and beloved ...

"PROSPERA" is a Sci-Fi retelling of Shakespeare's "The Tempest". Director and writer, Tiffany Keane, and performer, Stacey ...

In 2015, Penguin Random House launched the Hogarth Shakespeare Project, a series of retellings each based on the premise of a Shakespeare play set in the modern day. A modern author was commissioned ...

Elizabeth Lim, the author of “Six Crimson Cranes,” recommends some of her favorite retellings of classic fairy tales. By Elizabeth Lim Fairy tales made me fall in love with reading. When I was a kid, ...

Sometimes a story is just so dang good, it bears repeating. From James Joyce’s Ulysses to Bridget Jones’s Diary, you’ve probably read a book that was just a modern retelling of a well-established ...

Discuss what myths are and their importance. Watch video clips to identify how and why three modern-day writers reinterpret myths to reflect contemporary themes and points of view. Rewrite a myth in ...