# Bakers Dozen **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 4, 2010, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173 "2010-08-04T17:56:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 462
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2011, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9222 "2011-12-28T17:05:21Z")
Retellings and-or alternate tellings of familiar stories/original tale 1. _Wicked_ by Gregory Maguire/_Wizard of Oz_ 2. _Anno Dracula_ by Kim Newman/_Dracula_ In this version, Van Helsing lost and Dracula took over England ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2011, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9223 "2011-12-28T17:16:41Z")
Retellings and-or alternate tellings of familiar stories/original tale 1. _Wicked_ by Gregory Maguire/_Wizard of Oz_ 2. _Anno Dracula_ by Kim Newman/_Dracula_ 3/ _Phatom_ by Susan Kay/_The Phantom of the Opera_ ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2011, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9224 "2011-12-28T17:34:59Z")
Retellings and-or alternate tellings of familiar stories/original tale 1. _Wicked_ by Gregory Maguire/_Wizard of Oz_ 2. _Anno Dracula_ by Kim Newman/_Dracula_ 3. _Phatom_ by Susan Kay/_The Phantom of the Opera_ 4. _West Side Story_/_Romeo and Juliet_ ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2011, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9225 "2011-12-28T18:47:03Z")
Retellings and-or alternate tellings of familiar stories/original tale 1. _Wicked_ by Gregory Maguire/_Wizard of Oz_ 2. _Anno Dracula_ by Kim Newman/_Dracula_ 3. _Phatom_ by Susan Kay/_The Phantom of the Opera_ 4. _West Side Story_/_Romeo and Juliet_ 5. _Rosenkrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead_ by Tom Stoppard/_Hamlet_ ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2011, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9226 "2011-12-28T20:02:10Z")
Retellings and-or alternate tellings of familiar stories/original tale 1. _Wicked_ by Gregory Maguire/_Wizard of Oz_ 2. _Anno Dracula_ by Kim Newman/_Dracula_ 3. _Phatom_ by Susan Kay/_The Phantom of the Opera_ 4. _West Side Story_/_Romeo and Juliet_ 5. _Rosenkrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead_ by Tom Stoppard/_Hamlet_ 6. _Clueless_ by Amy Heckerling/_Emma_ ---
**Author:** ![PigArcher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bcef8e/32.png) [@PigArcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PigArcher)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2011, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9227 "2011-12-28T21:20:44Z")
Retellings and-or alternate tellings of familiar stories/original tale 1. _Wicked_ by Gregory Maguire/_Wizard of Oz_ 2. _Anno Dracula_ by Kim Newman/_Dracula_ 3. _Phatom_ by Susan Kay/_The Phantom of the Opera_ 4. _West Side Story_/_Romeo and Juliet_ 5. _Rosenkrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead_ by Tom Stoppard/_Hamlet_ 6. _Clueless_ by Amy Heckerling/_Emma_ 7. _Scotland, PA_/_Macbeth_ ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2011, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9228 "2011-12-28T21:21:07Z")
Retellings and-or alternate tellings of familiar stories/original tale 1. _Wicked_ by Gregory Maguire/_Wizard of Oz_ 2. _Anno Dracula_ by Kim Newman/_Dracula_ 3. _Phatom_ by Susan Kay/_The Phantom of the Opera_ 4. _West Side Story_/_Romeo and Juliet_ 5. _Rosenkrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead_ by Tom Stoppard/_Hamlet_ 6. _Clueless_ by Amy Heckerling/_Emma_ 7. _Scotland, PA_ by Billy Morrissette/_Macbeth_ 8. _Grendel_ by John Gardner/_Beowulf_ ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2011, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9229 "2011-12-28T21:57:02Z")
Retellings and-or alternate tellings of familiar stories/original tale 1. _Wicked_ by Gregory Maguire/_Wizard of Oz_ 2. _Anno Dracula_ by Kim Newman/_Dracula_ 3. _Phantom_ by Susan Kay/_The Phantom of the Opera_ 4. _West Side Story_/_Romeo and Juliet_ 5. _Rosenkrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead_ by Tom Stoppard/_Hamlet_ 6. _Clueless_ by Amy Heckerling/_Emma_ 7. _Scotland, PA_ by Billy Morrissette/_Macbeth_ 8. _Grendel_ by John Gardner/_Beowulf_ 9. _The Wide Sargasso Sea_ by Jean Rhys/Jane Eyre ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2011, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9230 "2011-12-28T22:05:28Z")
Retellings and-or alternate tellings of familiar stories/original tale 1. _Wicked_ by Gregory Maguire/_Wizard of Oz_ 2. _Anno Dracula_ by Kim Newman/_Dracula_ 3. _Phantom_ by Susan Kay/_The Phantom of the Opera_ 4. _West Side Story_/_Romeo and Juliet_ 5. _Rosenkrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead_ by Tom Stoppard/_Hamlet_ 6. _Clueless_ by Amy Heckerling/_Emma_ 7. _Scotland, PA_ by Billy Morrissette/_Macbeth_ 8. _Grendel_ by John Gardner/_Beowulf_ 9. _The Wide Sargasso Sea_ by Jean Rhys/Jane Eyre 10. _The Wind Done Gone_ by Alice Randall/_Gone with the Wind_ ---
**Author:** ![PigArcher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bcef8e/32.png) [@PigArcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PigArcher)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9231 "2011-12-29T01:04:37Z")
Retellings and-or alternate tellings of familiar stories/original tale 1. _Wicked_ by Gregory Maguire/_Wizard of Oz_ 2. _Anno Dracula_ by Kim Newman/_Dracula_ 3. _Phantom_ by Susan Kay/_The Phantom of the Opera_ 4. _West Side Story_/_Romeo and Juliet_ 5. _Rosenkrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead_ by Tom Stoppard/_Hamlet_ 6. _Clueless_ by Amy Heckerling/_Emma_ 7. _Scotland, PA_ by Billy Morrissette/_Macbeth_ 8. _Grendel_ by John Gardner/_Beowulf_ 9. _The Wide Sargasso Sea_ by Jean Rhys/Jane Eyre 10. _The Wind Done Gone_ by Alice Randall/_Gone with the Wind_ 11. _Fuzzy Nation_ by John Scalzi/_Little Fuzzy_ ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9232 "2011-12-29T02:33:38Z")
Retellings and-or alternate tellings of familiar stories/original tale 1. _Wicked_ by Gregory Maguire/_Wizard of Oz_ 2. _Anno Dracula_ by Kim Newman/_Dracula_ 3. _Phantom_ by Susan Kay/_The Phantom of the Opera_ 4. _West Side Story_/_Romeo and Juliet_ 5. _Rosenkrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead_ by Tom Stoppard/_Hamlet_ 6. _Clueless_ by Amy Heckerling/_Emma_ 7. _Scotland, PA_ by Billy Morrissette/_Macbeth_ 8. _Grendel_ by John Gardner/_Beowulf_ 9. _The Wide Sargasso Sea_ by Jean Rhys/Jane Eyre 10. _The Wind Done Gone_ by Alice Randall/_Gone with the Wind_ 11. _Fuzzy Nation_ by John Scalzi/_Little Fuzzy_ 12. _Finn_ by Jon Clinch/_Huckleberry Finn_ The Finn in the title is Huck’s father, Pap. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9233 "2011-12-29T14:14:55Z")
Retellings and-or alternate tellings of familiar stories/original tale 1. _Wicked_ by Gregory Maguire/_Wizard of Oz_ 2. _Anno Dracula_ by Kim Newman/_Dracula_ 3. _Phantom_ by Susan Kay/_The Phantom of the Opera_ 4. _West Side Story_/_Romeo and Juliet_ 5. _Rosenkrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead_ by Tom Stoppard/_Hamlet_ 6. _Clueless_ by Amy Heckerling/_Emma_ 7. _Scotland, PA_ by Billy Morrissette/_Macbeth_ 8. _Grendel_ by John Gardner/_Beowulf_ 9. _The Wide Sargasso Sea_ by Jean Rhys/Jane Eyre 10. _The Wind Done Gone_ by Alice Randall/_Gone with the Wind_ 11. _Fuzzy Nation_ by John Scalzi/_Little Fuzzy_ 12. _Finn_ by Jon Clinch/_Huckleberry Finn_ 13. _Cosette_ by Laura Kalpakian/ _Les Miserables_ Next Up: Books made into both straight (non-musical) and musical shows/movies 1. Silence of the Lambs ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9234 "2011-12-29T17:00:49Z")
Books made into both straight (non-musical) and musical shows/movies 1. Silence of the Lambs 2. Auntie Mame ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9235 "2011-12-29T17:02:57Z")
Books made into both straight (non-musical) and musical shows/movies 1. Silence of the Lambs 2. Auntie Mame 3. Anna and the King of Siam ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9236 "2011-12-29T17:10:09Z")
Books made into both straight (non-musical) and musical shows/movies 1. Silence of the Lambs 2. Auntie Mame 3. Anna and the King of Siam 4. Lost Horizon There was a _Silence of the Lambs_ musical? Was “People Who Eat People” the show stopper? ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9237 "2011-12-29T17:12:49Z")
Books made into both straight (non-musical) and musical shows/movies 1. Silence of the Lambs 2. Auntie Mame 3. Anna and the King of Siam 4. Lost Horizon 5. Les Miserables ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9238 "2011-12-29T17:14:15Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > There was a _Silence of the Lambs_ musical? Was “People Who Eat People” the show stopper? [Don’t know about that, but it won awards.](http://www.silencethemusicalnyc.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9239 "2011-12-29T17:24:37Z")
Books made into both straight (non-musical) and musical shows/movies 1. Silence of the Lambs 2. Auntie Mame 3. Anna and the King of Siam 4. Lost Horizon 5. Les Miserables 6. Confederacy of Dunces To date none of its stage productions, musical or non, have achieved great critical or commercial success. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9240 "2011-12-29T17:30:21Z")
Books made into both straight (non-musical) and musical shows/movies 1. Silence of the Lambs 2. Auntie Mame 3. Anna and the King of Siam 4. Lost Horizon 5. Les Miserables 6. Confederacy of Dunces 7. The Phantom of the Opera > [@Sampiro](#): > > There was a Silence of the Lambs musical? Was “People Who Eat People” the show stopper? Silence!, an unauthorized musical parody based on Silence of the Lambs, has been floating around the Internet for a while. It’s finally been made, and is now playing Off-Broadway. It is a hoot. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/9241 "2011-12-29T17:59:46Z")
Books made into both straight (non-musical) and musical shows/movies 1. Silence of the Lambs 2. Auntie Mame 3. Anna and the King of Siam 4. Lost Horizon 5. Les Miserables 6. Confederacy of Dunces 7. The Phantom of the Opera 8. Dracula One stage version, “Dracula Baby”, is a burlesque/striptease comedy. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=461) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173.md?page=463)