![]() ![]() An obscure academic journal called (let me check my notes) Oprah Magazine reveals that Simba, like his Shakespearean inspiration, was originally meant to die (a head-scratching choice for a family film that somehow made it as far as the storyboarding stage) and that his evil uncle Scar would say to him Horatio’s famous line, “Good night, sweet prince.”īut The Lion King is not simply (in the words of NPR’s Glen Weldon) “ Hamlet with fur” it also carries unmistakable echoes of Henry IV Parts 1 and 2. Finally, Simba, like Hamlet, returns to the kingdom -Įarly drafts of The Lion King made even more direct reference to Hamlet.Simba’s father appears to him as a ghost.- whose father, the King, is murdered.Originally conceived as a sort-of “ Bambi in Africa,” it quickly became clear the characters, themes, and relationships were developing unmistakable echoes of Shakespeare’s great tragedy, which the film’s creators decided to lean into. ![]() The creators of the original animated Disney film The Lion King have made no secret of their plot’s debt to Hamlet. ![]()
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