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Examples of Recycled in Space in Theatre include:

Shakespeare gets this treatment often:
- Disney's The Lion King and its sequel are essentially Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet, respectively, AS Talking Animal CARTOONS! With happy endings!
- Lion King 1 1/2 is Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Were Eaten by a Lion.
- 1999's Titus, set WHENEVER JULIE TAYMOR FELT LIKE IT! No, seriously. One minute it's Ancient Rome, the next it's the 1940s.
- Forbidden Planet (1956) is The Tempest IN SPACE!
- Twilight is even described by the author as Romeo and Juliet WITH SPARKLY VAMPIRES AND Emo WEREWOLVES! Unfortunately, none of the protagonists die as horribly as the characters to whom they are compared.
  - It also supposed to be Romeo and Juliet except TOTALLY SERIOUS!
- Gnomeo and Juliet. There's GNOMES!
- West Side Story is Romeo and Juliet IN AMERICA! The Musical!
- Of course, O is Othello IN HIGH SCHOOL!
- Strange Brew is Hamlet IN CANADA, WITH HOSERS!
- Director John Bell is a huge fan of this trope. He's done Macbeth in post-apocalyptic Russia, Titus Andronicus in a Library, and King Lear on a really bad acid trip.
- Orson Welles once put on a production of Macbeth set IN HAITI!
- Of course, the Bard wasn't scared of doing this himself. The Comedy of Errors is the Menaechmi with an extra pair of twins, after all.
- Servant of two masters by Carlo Goldoni is Romeo and Juliet AS A COMEDY! With HAPPY ENDING!
  - Modern stage productions of Shakespeare use this trope so frequently that it's a long-standing joke among Shakespeare fans that the most daring and original thing a Director can do with Hamlet is set it in Denmark.
Avenue Q on the other hand, is Rent WITH MUPPETS INSTEAD OF AIDS! Alternately, it's Sesame Street WITH ANGST!
Kiss Me, Kate is The Taming of the Shrew AS A MUSICAL WITHIN ANOTHER MUSICAL!
Not a musical: Seven Supermans is Seven Samurai WITH RIPPED OFF SUPERHEROES!
The Music Man is The Rainmaker WITH A BOYS' MARCHING BAND INSTEAD OF RAIN! AND A Hot Librarian, TOO!
The Hungarian Rock Opera King Stephen is Jesus Christ Superstar IN HUNGARY!
Mourning Becomes Electra is Aeschylus's Oresteia IN AMERICA AT THE TIME OF THE CIVIL WAR!
She's The Man is Twelfth Night WITH SOCCER!
All Shook Up is Twelfth Night IN THE 1950S! IN THE AMERICAN MIDWEST! WITH ELVIS SONGS!
Fiddler on the Roof is Pride and Prejudice WITH JEWS! AND RACISM!
The Boys in the Band is Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? WITH GAYS!
The Desert Song is The Sheik WITH A Two-Person Love Triangle!
Plain and Fancy is Oklahoma! IN PENNSYLVANIA!
The Golden Apple is The Trojan Cycle IN AN AMERICAN SMALL TOWN!
Little Shop of Horrors is Faust WITH A SINGING CARNIVOROUS PLANT!
Cavalia is Cirque Du Soleil WITH HORSES!. In fact, it is directed by Normand Latourelle, one of Cirque's original founders.
Brother Wolf is Beowulf IN 1800S APPALACHIA!
One Man Two Guvnors is the 18th century Italian comedy The Servant of Two Masters AS A FARCE WITH GANGSTERS IN 1960S BRIGHTON!

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+Examples of [[{{TOPLEVELPAGE}}]] in [[{{SUBPAGENAME}}]] include:
 * [[Shakespeare]] gets this treatment often:
-** Disney's ''[[The Lion King]]'' and its sequel are essentially ''[[Hamlet (Theatre)|Hamlet]]'' and ''[[Romeo and Juliet (Theatre)|Romeo and Juliet]]'', respectively, <small>AS [[Talking Animal]] CARTOONS</small>! <small>{{smallcaps|With happy endings!}}</small>
+** Disney's ''[[The Lion King]]'' and its sequel are essentially ''[[Hamlet]]'' and ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'', respectively, <small>AS [[Talking Animal]] CARTOONS</small>! <small>{{smallcaps|With happy endings!}}</small>
 ** ''Lion King 1 1/2'' is ''[[Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead|Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Were Eaten by a Lion]]''.
 ** 1999's ''Titus'', set <small>WHENEVER JULIE TAYMOR FELT LIKE IT</small>! No, seriously. One minute it's [[Ancient Rome]], the next it's the 1940s.
-** ''[[Forbidden Planet]]'' (1956) is ''[[The Tempest (Theatre)|The Tempest]]'' <small>IN SPACE</small>!
+** ''[[Forbidden Planet]]'' (1956) is ''[[The Tempest]]'' <small>IN SPACE</small>!
-** ''[[Twilight (Literature)|Twilight]]'' is even [[Word of God|described by the author]] as ''[[Romeo and Juliet (Theatre)|Romeo and Juliet]]'' <small>WITH [[Everything's Better With Sparkles|SPARKLY]] VAMPIRES AND [[Emo]] WEREWOLVES</small>! Unfortunately, none of the protagonists die as horribly as the characters to whom they are compared.
+** ''[[Twilight (novel)|Twilight]]'' is even [[Word of God|described by the author]] as ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'' <small>WITH [[Everything's Better with Sparkles|SPARKLY]] VAMPIRES AND [[Emo]] WEREWOLVES</small>! Unfortunately, none of the protagonists die as horribly as the characters to whom they are compared.
 *** It also supposed to be ''Romeo and Juliet'' except <small>[[Misaimed Fandom|TOTALLY SERIOUS]]</small>!
 ** ''Gnomeo and Juliet''. There's <small>GNOMES</small>!
-** ''[[West Side Story]]'' is ''Romeo and Juliet'' <small>[[Yu-Gi-Oh the Abridged Series|IN AMERICA]]</small>! <small>[[The Musical|THE MUSICAL]]</small>!
+** ''[[West Side Story]]'' is ''Romeo and Juliet'' <small>[[Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series|IN AMERICA]]</small>! <small>[[The Musical]]</small>!
-** Of course, ''O'' is ''[[Othello (Theatre)|Othello]]'' <small>IN HIGH SCHOOL</small>!
+** Of course, ''O'' is ''[[Othello]]'' <small>IN HIGH SCHOOL</small>!
-** ''[[Strange Brew]]'' is ''[[Hamlet (Theatre)|Hamlet]]'' <small>IN CANADA, WITH HOSERS</small>!
+** ''[[Strange Brew]]'' is ''[[Hamlet]]'' <small>IN CANADA, WITH HOSERS</small>!
-** Director John Bell is a huge fan of this trope. He's done ''[[Macbeth (Theatre)|Macbeth]]'' in post-apocalyptic Russia, ''[[Titus Andronicus (Theatre)|Titus Andronicus]]'' in a Library, and ''[[King Lear (Theatre)|King Lear]]'' on a really bad acid trip.
+** Director John Bell is a huge fan of this trope. He's done ''[[Macbeth]]'' in post-apocalyptic Russia, ''[[Titus Andronicus (theatre)|Titus Andronicus]]'' in a Library, and ''[[King Lear]]'' on a really bad acid trip.
 ** [[Orson Welles]] once put on a production of ''Macbeth'' set <small>IN HAITI</small>!
-** Of course, the Bard wasn't scared of doing this himself. ''[[The Comedy of Errors (Theatre)|The Comedy of Errors]]'' is the ''Menaechmi'' with an extra pair of twins, after all.
+** Of course, the Bard wasn't scared of doing this himself. ''[[The Comedy of Errors]]'' is the ''Menaechmi'' with an extra pair of twins, after all.
-** ''Servant of two masters'' by Carlo Goldoni is ''[[Romeo and Juliet (Theatre)|Romeo and Juliet]]'' <small>AS A COMEDY! With [[Happy Ending|HAPPY ENDING!]] </small>
+** ''Servant of two masters'' by Carlo Goldoni is ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'' <small>AS A COMEDY! With [[Happy Ending|HAPPY ENDING!]] </small>
 *** Modern stage productions of Shakespeare use this trope so frequently that it's a long-standing joke among Shakespeare fans that the most daring and original thing a Director can do with ''[[Hamlet]]'' is set it in Denmark.
 * ''[[Avenue Q]]'' on the other hand, is ''[[Rent]]'' <small>WITH MUPPETS INSTEAD OF AIDS</small>! Alternately, it's ''[[Sesame Street]]'' <small>WITH ANGST</small>!
-* ''Kiss Me, Kate'' is ''[[The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre)|The Taming of the Shrew]]'' <small>AS A MUSICAL WITHIN ANOTHER MUSICAL</small>!
+* ''Kiss Me, Kate'' is ''[[The Taming of the Shrew]]'' <small>AS A MUSICAL WITHIN ANOTHER MUSICAL</small>!
 * Not a musical: ''Seven Supermans'' is ''Seven Samurai'' <small>WITH [[Captain Ersatz|RIPPED OFF]] SUPERHEROES</small>!
-* ''[[The Music Man]]'' is ''[[Theater/The Rainmaker|The Rainmaker]]'' <small>WITH A BOYS' MARCHING BAND INSTEAD OF RAIN</small>! <small>AND A [[Hot Librarian|HOT LIBRARIAN]], TOO</small>!
+* ''[[The Music Man]]'' is ''[[Theater/The Rainmaker|The Rainmaker]]'' <small>WITH A BOYS' MARCHING BAND INSTEAD OF RAIN</small>! <small>AND A [[Hot Librarian]], TOO</small>!
 * The Hungarian [[Rock Opera]] ''King Stephen'' is ''[[Jesus Christ Superstar]]'' <small>IN HUNGARY</small>!
-* ''Mourning Becomes Electra'' is [[Aeschylus]]'s ''[[Oresteia (Theatre)|Oresteia]]'' <small>[[Yu-Gi-Oh the Abridged Series|IN AMERICA]] AT THE TIME OF THE [[American Civil War|CIVIL WAR]]</small>!
+* ''Mourning Becomes Electra'' is [[Aeschylus]]'s ''[[The Oresteia|Oresteia]]'' <small>[[Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series|IN AMERICA]] AT THE TIME OF THE [[American Civil War|CIVIL WAR]]</small>!
-* ''She's The Man'' is ''[[Twelfth Night (Theatre)|Twelfth Night]]'' <small>WITH SOCCER</small>!
+* ''She's The Man'' is ''[[Twelfth Night]]'' <small>WITH SOCCER</small>!
 * ''All Shook Up'' is ''Twelfth Night'' <small>IN THE 1950S</small>! <small>IN THE AMERICAN MIDWEST</small>! <small>[[The Musical|WITH ELVIS SONGS]]</small>!
-* ''[[Fiddler On the Roof]]'' is ''[[Pride and Prejudice]]'' <small>WITH JEWS</small>! <small>AND RACISM</small>!
+* ''[[Fiddler on the Roof]]'' is ''[[Pride and Prejudice]]'' <small>WITH JEWS</small>! <small>AND RACISM</small>!
-* ''[[The Boys in The Band]]'' is ''[[Whos Afraid of Virginia Woolf]]'' <small>WITH GAYS</small>!
+* ''[[The Boys in the Band]]'' is ''[[Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?]]'' <small>WITH GAYS</small>!
 * ''The Desert Song'' is ''[[The Sheik]]'' <small>WITH A [[Two-Person Love Triangle]]</small>!
-* ''Plain and Fancy'' is ''[[Oklahoma]]'' <small>IN PENNSYLVANIA</small>!
+* ''Plain and Fancy'' is ''[[Oklahoma!]]'' <small>IN PENNSYLVANIA</small>!
-* ''[[The Golden Apple (Theatre)|The Golden Apple]]'' is ''[[The Trojan Cycle (Literature)|The Trojan Cycle]]'' <small>IN AN AMERICAN SMALL TOWN</small>!
+* ''[[The Golden Apple]]'' is ''[[The Trojan Cycle]]'' <small>IN AN AMERICAN SMALL TOWN</small>!
 * ''[[Little Shop of Horrors]]'' is ''[[Faust]]'' <small>WITH A SINGING CARNIVOROUS PLANT</small>!
 * Cavalia is [[Cirque Du Soleil]] <small>WITH HORSES</small>!. In fact, it is directed by Normand Latourelle, one of Cirque's original founders.
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 * ''One Man Two Guvnors'' is the 18th century Italian comedy ''The Servant of Two Masters'' <small>AS A FARCE WITH GANGSTERS IN 1960S BRIGHTON</small>!
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