An epic adaptation of the Hungarian verse play The Tragedy of Man by Imre Madach screened in Chicago recently. Marcell Jankovics, a renowned Hungarian animator, worked steadily from 1988-2011 (!) adapting each of the play’s 15 acts. He released them as shorts over the years while he raised more money. The NY Times profiled the work in 2012 when it was released. Here is the trailer:

His short film Sisyphus was nominated for an oscar in 1974 and was borrowed by GMC for Super Bowl commercial in 2008. It’s on Youtube here and is beautiful.

How about Peer Gynt animated. Or Artaud’s Spurt of Blood.