British plays adapted into films

The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, often shortened to Hamlet (), is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play. Set in Denmark, the play depicts Prince Hamlet and his attempts to exact revenge against his uncle, Claudius, who has murdered Hamlet's father in order to seize his throne and marry Hamlet's mother.

tragedy by William Shakespeare

upright=1.2|thumb|A poster for a American production of Macbeth, starring Thomas W. Keene. Depicted, counter-clockwise from top-left, are: Macbeth and Banquo meeting the witches, the aftermath of the murder of Duncan, Banquo's ghost, Macbeth dueling Macduff, and Macbeth.

tragedy by William Shakespeare

thumb|Othello and Desdemona in Venice by [[Théodore Chassériau, 1850]]

play by William Shakespeare

play by William Shakespeare

play by William Shakespeare

play by Shakespeare set in the Republic of Venice

comedy by William Shakespeare

pastoral comedy by William Shakespeare

tragedy by William Shakespeare

play by William Shakespeare

play by Shakespeare

early play by William Shakespeare

comedy play by William Shakespeare

thumb|John Philip Kemble as Coriolanus by [[Thomas Lawrence, 1798]]

play by Shakespeare

Shakespearean history play

play by Shakespeare

play by Shakespeare

play by Shakespeare

play by Shakespeare

play written by Oscar Wilde

play written by Shakespeare

1913 play by George Bernard Shaw

play by Shakespeare

comedy play by William Shakespeare

play by Shakespeare

history play by William Shakespeare

play by Shakespeare

thumb|right|302x302px|Imogen (Cymbeline)|Imogen in her bedchamber in Act II, scene ii, when Iachimo witnesses the mole under her breast. Painting by [[Wilhelm Ferdinand Souchon, 1872]] Cymbeline (), also known as The Tragedie of Cymbeline or Cymbeline, King of Britain, is a play by William Shakespeare set in Ancient Britain () and based on legends that formed part of the Matter of Britain concerning the early historical Celtic British King Cunobeline. Although it is listed as a tragedy in the First Folio, modern critics often classify Cymbeline as a romance or even a comedy. Like Othello and '

murder mystery play by Agatha Christie

history play by Shakespeare

play and novel by James Matthew Barrie

play by Shakespeare

play by Christopher Marlowe

play written by Oscar Wilde

play by Oscar Wilde

1966 play by Tom Stoppard

British musical by Richard O'Brien (1973)

play written by George Bernard Shaw

1973 play by Peter Shaffer

comedy by George Bernard Shaw

theatre play by Peter Shaffer (1979)

thumb|An illustration for an 1898 edition of Volpone by Aubrey Beardsley. Volpone (, Italian for "sly fox") is a comedy play by English playwright Ben Jonson first produced in 1605–1606, drawing on elements of city comedy and beast fable. A merciless satire of greed and lust, it remains Jonson's most-performed play, and it is ranked among the finest Jacobean era comedies.

15th-century morality play.

1956 play by John Osborne

play written by English dramatist J. B. Priestley

tragedy written by John Ford

play written by George Bernard Shaw

1953 play written by Agatha Christie

play by Oscar Wilde

farce written by Brandon Thomas

play by Christopher Marlowe

play by Agatha Christie

play by the British crime-fiction author Agatha Christie

play written by Harold Pinter

comedy by Oliver Goldsmith

play written by Harold Pinter