Trivia: What was the first Shakespeare play to appear on film?
The Taming of the Shrew
King John
Romeo and Juliet
Hamlet
The correct answer is King John
So why is this answer correct? : There are some 500 movies that give William Shakespeare a writing credit, but it’s near impossible to count how many filmmakers have done full or partial adaptations of his plays, never mind those who have simply drawn inspiration from the Bard. His influence on film dates back to 1899, when four minutes of Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree’s stage production of “King John” were recorded and screened for audiences at the Palace Theatre in London.