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About Shakespeare

William Shakespeare
Shakespeare's life
Religion • Sexuality
Bibliography
Collaborations • Attribution
Criticism
Reputation • Influence
World Bibliography
Folger Shakespeare Library
Books on Shakespeare

Poems

Shakespeare's Sonnets
Shakespearean sonnet
Petrach vs. Shakespeare
"A Lover's Complaint"
"Venus and Adonis"
"The Rape of Lucrece"
"The Phoenix and the Turtle"

Chronology • Early texts
First Folio • Second Folio
False Folio • Style

The Two Gentlemen of Verona
The Merry Wives of Windsor
Measure for Measure
The Comedy of Errors
Much Ado About Nothing
Love's Labour's Lost
A Midsummer Night's Dream
The Merchant of Venice
As You Like It
The Taming of the Shrew
All's Well That Ends Well
Twelfth Night

Histories

King John • Richard II
Henry IV, Part 1 • Part 2
Henry V • Henry VI, Part 1
Henry VI, Part 2 • Part 3
Richard III • Henry VIII

Tragedies

Troilus and Cressida
Coriolanus • Titus Andronicus
Romeo and Juliet''
Timon of Athens
Julius Caesar
Macbeth • Hamlet
King Lear • Othello
Anthony and Cleopatra

Romances

Pericles, Prince of Tyre
Cymbeline • The Winter's Tale
The Tempest
The Two Noble Kinsmen

Rowe • Pope • Theobald
Johnson • Steevens • Malone
Chalmers

Contemporaries

Elizabeth I • James I
Richard Barnfield
Beaumont and Fletcher
Geo. Chapman • Henry Chettle
Robert Davenport
Tho. Dekker • Michael Drayton
Thomas Heywood • John Ford
Ben Jonson • Thomas Kyd
John Lyly • Gervase Markham
Christopher Marlowe
John Marston • Tho. Middleton
Anthony Munday • Tho. Nashe
George Peele • William Percy
Walter Raleigh • William Rowley
Cyril Tourneur • John Webster
Geo. Whetstone • Mary Wroth
Elizabethan miscellanies

In performance

Shakespeare's Globe
Royal Shakespeare Theatre
Stratford Shakespeare Festival
Theatre companies
Film and TV adaptations
BBC Television Shakespeare

Miscellaneous

Shakespeare Apocrypha
Authorship question • History
Jubilee • Bardolatry
Shakespeare's Birthplace
Stratford-upon-Avon
Shakespeare garden

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The Guinness Book of Records lists 410 feature-length film and TV versions of William ShakespeareTemplate:'s plays, making Shakespeare the most filmed author ever in any language.[1][2]

As ofJune 2020, the Internet Movie Database listed Shakespeare as having writing credit on 1,500 films, including those under production but not yet released.[3]

The earliest known production is King John from 1899.[4]

Comedies[]

All's Well That Ends Well[]

Main article: All's Well That Ends Well
Title Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Directors Starring Description
All's Well That Ends Well TV Template:Ubl 1968 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist Originally a Royal Shakespeare Company stage production, this was the first Shakespeare play broadcast in color by the BBC.[lower-alpha 1] The second, of two, reels is believed to be lost.[5]
All's Well That Ends Well Video Template:Ubl 1978 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist A video recording of a 1978 New York Shakespeare Festival performance at the Delacorte Theatre, made by Jaime Caro for Theatre on Film and Tape.[6]
"All's Well That Ends Well"
(BBC Television Shakespeare)
TV Template:Ubl 1981 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist
All's Well That Ends Well
(National Theatre Live)
TV Template:Ubl 2009 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist Live performance broadcast from the National Theatre in London's West End.

As You Like It[]

Main article: As You Like It
Title Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Directors Starring Description
As You Like It Silent Template:Ubl 1912 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist The film brings stage star Rose Coghlan to the screen for her motion picture debut. At 61-62, Coghlan is an older Rosalind than usual. Filmed mainly outdoors.
Love in a Wood Silent Template:Ubl 1915 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist A silent comedy film in a contemporary setting of the play.[7]
As You Like It Film Template:Ubl 1936 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist Olivier's first performance of Shakespeare on screen. It was also the final film of stage actors Leon Quartermaine and Henry Ainley and featured an early screen role for Ainley's son Richard as Sylvius, as well as for John Laurie, who played Orlando's brother Oliver. Laurie would go on to co-star with Olivier in the three Shakespearean films that Olivier directed.[8]
As You Like It TV Template:Ubl 1963 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist A recording of the Royal Shakespeare Company's 1961 performance for the BBC.[9] In a 2015 retrospective for The Guardian, theatre critic Michael Billington praised Redgrave as having "the ability to give a performance [as Rosalind] that becomes a gold-standard for future generations".[10]
"As You Like It"
(BBC Television Shakespeare)
TV Template:Ubl 1978 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist Recorded at Glamis Castle in Scotland, this was one of only two productions shot on location, the other being The Famous History of the Life of Henry the Eight. However, the location shooting received a lukewarm response from both critics and the BBC's own people, with the general consensus being that the natural world in the episode overwhelmed the actors and the story. Director Basil Coleman initially felt that the play should be filmed over the course of a year, with the change in seasons from winter to summer marking the ideological change in the characters, but he was forced to shoot entirely in May, even though the play begins in winter. This, in turn, meant the harshness of the forest described in the text was replaced by lush greenery, which was distinctly unthreatening, with the characters' "time in the forest appear[ing] to be more an upscale camping expedition rather than exile."[11]
As You Like It TV Template:Ubl 1983 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist
As You Like It Film Template:Ubl 1992 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist Set in a modern, urban, environment. The film received mostly negative reviews. Time Out thought that the "… wonder is that they bothered to put film in the camera, for sadly this is Shakespeare sans teeth, eyes, taste, sans everything."[12] Derek Elley in Variety characterised it as a "British low-budgeter, mostly shot on drab exteriors, [that] will be limited to literary students and the very dedicated, given careful nursing."[13]
"As You Like It"
(Shakespeare: The Animated Tales)
TV Template:Ubl 1994 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist Animated with paint on glass using watercolors.[14]
As You Like It Film Template:Ubl 2006 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist Branagh moved the play's setting from medieval France to a late 19th century European colony in Japan after the Meiji Restoration. It is filmed at Shepperton Film Studios and at the never-before-filmed gardens of Wakehurst Place.
As You Like It TV Template:Ubl 2010 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist
As You Like It Video Template:Ubl 2010 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist Recording of a performance at Shakespeare's Globe.

The Comedy of Errors[]

Main article: The Comedy of Errors
Title Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Directors Starring Description
The Boys from Syracuse Film Template:Ubl 1940 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist A musical film based on a stage musical by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart, which in turn was based on the play.[15] It was nominated for two Academy Awards: one for Best Visual Effects (John P. Fulton, Bernard B. Brown, Joe Lapis) and one for Best Art Direction (Jack Otterson).[16]
Bhranti Bilas
(Template:Lang-bn
Film Template:Ubl 1963 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist The film relocates the story to modern day India. The film tells the story of a Bengali merchant from Kolkata and his servant who visit a small town for a business appointment, but, whilst there, are mistaken for a pair of locals, leading to much confusion. It is based on an 1869 play by Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, which is itself based on The Comedy of Errors. Bhranti Bilas was remade in 1968 as the musical comedy Do Dooni Char, which in turn was later remade as Angoor.
"The Comedy of Errors"
(Festival)
TV Template:Ubl 1967 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist
Do Dooni Char Film Template:Ubl 1968 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist A musical comedy Bollywood adaptation based on the 1963 film Bhranti Bilas, which in turn was based on an 1869 play by Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, which is itself based on The Comedy of Errors. Do Dooni Char was later remade as Angoor.
The Comedy of Errors TV Template:Ubl 1978 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist A TV adaptation of a musical based on the play, with a book and lyrics by Trevor Nunn and music by Guy Woolfenden.
Angoor
(Template:Lang-hi
Film Template:Ubl 1982 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist A Bollywood adaptation, based on the 1968 film Do Dooni Char, which was based on the 1963 film Bhranti Bilas, which in turn was based on an 1869 play by Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, which is itself based on The Comedy of Errors.
"The Comedy of Errors"
(BBC Television Shakespeare)
TV Template:Ubl 1983 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist
The Comedy of Errors TV Template:Ubl 1987 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist Videotaped as part of PBS's Great Performances series at Lincoln Center, New York City, this production starring The Flying Karamazov Brothers combined Shakespeare with slapstick, acrobatics and juggling on the basis that "in Ephesus, you juggle or die!" with Shakespeare himself taking part in the action.
The Comedy of Errors TV Template:Ubl 1989 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist

Love's Labour's Lost[]

Main article: Love's Labour's Lost
Title Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Directors Starring Description
Love's Labor Lost Animation Template:Ubl 1920 Template:Hlist
"Love's Labour's Lost"
(Play of the Month)
TV Template:Ubl 1975 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist
"Love's Labour's Lost"
(BBC Television Shakespeare)
TV Template:Ubl 1985 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist
Love's Labour's Lost Film Template:Ubl 2000 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist Branagh's film turns Love's Labour's Lost into a romantic Hollywood musical. Set and costume design evoke the Europe of 1939; the music (classic Broadway songs of the 1930s) and newsreel-style footage are also chief period details.

Measure For Measure[]

Main article: Measure for Measure
Title Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Directors Starring Description
Measure for Measure
(Template:Lang-it
Film Template:Ubl 1943 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist
"Measure For Measure"
(BBC Television Shakespeare)
TV Template:Ubl 1979 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist
Measure for Measure TV Template:Ubl 1994 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist Modern dress version of Shakespeare's "problem comedy" emphasizing the darker elements of the play and eliminating most of the humor.
Measure for Measure Film Template:Ubl 2006 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist Contemporary re-working of Shakespeare's problem play set in the British army.
M4M: Measure for Measure Film Template:Ubl 2015 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist All-male cast version
Measure For Measure Film Template:Ubl 2019 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist Adaptation set in modern-day Australia

The Merchant of Venice[]

Main article: The Merchant of Venice
Title Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Directors Starring Description
The Merchant of Venice Silent Template:Ubl 1914 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist An early film of the play, now assumed to be lost.[17]
The Merchant of Venice Silent Template:Ubl 1916 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist The film was made by Broadwest. The company hired the complete stage cast of the play and filmed at Walthamstow Studios using largely natural light. The film marked the screen debut of Matheson Lang who went on to become one of the leading British actors of the 1920s.[18]
The Merchant of Venice Film Template:Ubl 1922 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist
The Merchant of Venice TV Template:Ubl 1947 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist
"The Merchant of Venice"
(Sunday Night Theatre)
TV Template:Ubl 1955 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist
"The Merchant of Venice"
(Play of the Month)
TV Template:Ubl 1972 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist
The Merchant of Venice TV Template:Ubl 1973 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist An adaptation from Jonathan Miller's acclaimed 1970 Royal National Theatre staging.[19]
The Merchant of Venice TV Template:Ubl 1976 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist
"The Merchant of Venice"
(BBC Television Shakespeare)
TV Template:Ubl 1980 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist
The Merchant of Venice TV Template:Ubl 1996 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist
The Merchant of Venice TV Template:Ubl 2001 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist
The Maori Merchant of Venice
(Template:Lang-mi
Film Template:Ubl 2002 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist The play was translated into Māori in 1945 by Pei Te Hurinui Jones, and his translation is used for the film. It is the first Māori-language film adaptation of any of Shakespeare's plays, and the first feature length Māori film.[20] The film was shot in Auckland, but "recreates 16th century Venice, with costumes and surroundings to fit the original setting".[21]
The Merchant of Venice Film Template:Ubl 2004 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist

The Merry Wives of Windsor[]

Main article: The Merry Wives of Windsor
Title Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Directors Starring Description
The Merry Wives of Windsor
(Template:Lang-de
Film Template:Ubl 1950 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist
"The Merry Wives of Windsor"
(Sunday Night Theatre)
TV Template:Ubl 1952 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist
Chimes at Midnight Film Template:Ubl 1966 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist Welles said that the core of the film's story was "the betrayal of friendship." The script contains text from five of Shakespeare]'s plays: primarily Henry IV, Part 1 and Henry IV, Part 2, but also Richard II and Henry V, as well as some dialogue from The Merry Wives of Windsor. Richardson's narration is taken from the works of chronicler Raphael Holinshed. Welles had previously produced a Broadway adaptation of nine Shakespeare plays called Five Kings in 1939. In 1960, he revived this project in Ireland as Chimes at Midnight, which was his final on-stage performance. Neither of these plays was successful, but Welles considered portraying Falstaff to be his life's ambition and turned the project into a film. In order to get initial financing, Welles lied to producer Emiliano Piedra about adapting Treasure Island, and keeping the film funded during production was a constant struggle. Welles shot Chimes at Midnight throughout Spain between 1964 and 1965; it premiered at the 1966 Cannes Film Festival, winning two awards.
The Merry Wives of Windsor TV Template:Ubl 1970 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist
"The Merry Wives of Windsor"
(BBC Television Shakespeare)
TV Template:Ubl 1982 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist Jones originally wanted to shoot the episode in Stratford-upon-Avon but was restricted to a studio setting. Determined that the production be as realistic as possible, he had designer Dom Homfray base the set on real Tudor houses associated with Shakespeare: Falstaff's room is based on the home of Mary Arden (Shakespeare's mother) in Wilmcote, and the wives' houses are based on the house of Shakespeare's daughter Susanna, and her husband, John Hall. For the background of exterior shots, he used a miniature Tudor village built of plasticine.[22]

A Midsummer Night's Dream[]

Main article: A Midsummer Night's Dream
Title Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Directors Starring Description
A Midsummer Night's Dream Silent Template:Ubl 1909 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist The first film adaptation of the play.
Wood Love
(Template:Lang-de
Silent Template:Ubl 1925 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist
A Midsummer Night's Dream Film Template:Ubl 1935 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist Austrian-born director Max Reinhardt did not speak English at the time of production. He gave orders to the actors and crew in German with William Dieterle acting as his interpreter. The film was banned in Nazi Germany because of the Jewish backgrounds of Reinhardt and composer Felix Mendelssohn. Filming had to be rearranged after Rooney broke his leg while skiing. According to Rooney's memoirs, Jack L. Warner was furious and threatened to kill him and then break his other leg. This was the film debut of Olivia de Havilland.[23]
A Midsummer Night's Dream
(Template:Lang-cs
Film Template:Ubl 1959 Template:Hlist An animated puppet film directed by Jiří Trnka. It was an Official Selection as a Feature Film at the 1959 Cannes Film Festival, and won special distinction.[24] An English-language dubbed version was made with narration by Richard Burton.[25]
A Midsummer Night's Dream Film Template:Ubl 1968 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist The film premiered in theatres in Europe in September 1968. In the U.S., it was sold directly to television rather than playing in theatres, and premiered as a Sunday evening special, on the night of 9 February 1969. It was shown on CBS (with commercials).
A Midsummer Night's Dream
(Template:Lang-fr
TV Template:Ubl 1969 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist
"A Midsummer Night's Dream"
(BBC Television Shakespeare)
TV Template:Ubl 1980 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist Released in the US as part of the Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare series.
Dream of a Summer Night
(Template:Lang-it
Film Template:Ubl 1983 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist Based on a rock musical directed by Salvatores, it is a musical adaptation.[26][27] It was screened in the "De Sica" section at the 40th edition of the Venice International Film Festival.[28]
"A Midsummer Night's Dream"
(Shakespeare: The Animated Tales)
TV Template:Ubl 1992 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist
A Midsummer Night's Dream Film Template:Ubl 1999 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist A Midsummer Night's Dream was filmed on location in Lazio and Tuscany, and at Cinecittà Studios, Rome, Italy. The action of the play was transported from Athens, Greece, to a fictional Monte Athena, located in the Tuscan region of Italy, although all textual mentions of Athens were retained. The film made use of Felix Mendelssohn's incidental music for an 1843 stage production (including the famous Wedding March), alongside operatic works from Giuseppe Verdi, Gaetano Donizetti, Vincenzo Bellini, Gioacchino Rossini and Pietro Mascagni.[29]
The Children's Midsummer Night's Dream Film Template:Ubl 2001 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist In this version, a group of school children are attending a puppet performance of A Midsummer Night's Dream when they are drawn into the story and become the characters, dressed in Elizabethan costumes.
Get Over It Film Template:Ubl 2001 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist A contemporary adaptation set at a high school which includes another version of the play performed as a show-within-a-show, much like the Pyramus and Thisbe subplay in the original Shakespeare.
A Midsummer Night's Rave Film Template:Ubl 2002 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist A modern adaptation set at a warehouse party
Midsummer Dream
(Template:Lang-es
Film Template:Ubl 2005 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist An animated adaptation of the Cream story.
"A Midsummer Night's Dream"
Template:Smaller
TV Template:Ubl 2005 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist a modern adaptation
Were the World Mine Film Template:Ubl 2008 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist The film, inspired by the play, prominently features a modern, LGBT interpretation of the play put on in a private high school in a small town. Additionally, this musical's lyrics are largely based on Shakespeare's original text. For example, the title comes from a line in a song, drawn from a line in a play, "Were the world mine, Demetrius being bated / The rest I'd give to be to you translated."
10ml LOVE Film Template:Ubl 2010 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist A Hindi romantic comedy concerning the tribulations of a love quadrangle during a night of magic and madness and a contemporary adaptation of A Midsummer Night's Dream.
A Midsummer Night's Dream Film Template:Ubl 2015 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist Recording of a production at Polonsky Shakespeare Center, Brooklyn, New York.
Strange Magic Film Template:Ubl 2015 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist A computer-animated musical fantasy romantic comedy film with feature animation by Lucasfilm Animation and Industrial Light & Magic.[30]
A Midsummer Night's Dream TV Template:Ubl 2016 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist
A Midsummer Night's Dream Film Template:Ubl 2018 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist A modern-day version set against the backdrop of Hollywood, CA.

Much Ado About Nothing[]

Main article: Much Ado About Nothing
Title Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Directors Starring Description
Much Ado About Nothing TV Template:Ubl 1973 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist A CBS television presentation of Joseph Papp's New York Shakespeare Festival production.
Much Ado About Nothing (Russian: Много шума из ничего) Film Template:Ubl 1973 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist Soviet romantic comedy
"Much Ado About Nothing"
(BBC Television Shakespeare)
TV Template:Ubl 1984 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist Released in the US as part of the Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare series.
Much Ado About Nothing Film Template:Ubl 1993 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist
"Much Ado About Nothing"
(ShakespeaRe-Told)
TV Template:Ubl 2005 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist A modern adaptation by David Nicholls.
Much Ado About Nothing Film Template:Ubl 2012 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist

The Taming of the Shrew[]

Main article: The Taming of the Shrew on screen
Title Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Directors Starring Description
The Taming of the Shrew Silent Template:Ubl 1908 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist
Daring Youth[31] Silent Template:Ubl 1924 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist
The Taming of the Shrew Film Template:Ubl 1929 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist The first sound film adaptation of The Taming of the Shrew.
You Made Me Love You Film Template:Ubl 1933 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist
Kiss Me, Kate Film Template:Ubl 1953 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist An adaptation of the Broadway musical of the same name, it tells the tale of musical theater actors, Fred Graham and Lilli Vanessi, who were once married and are now performing opposite each other in the roles of Petruchio and Katherine in a Broadway-bound musical version of the play. Already on poor terms, the pair begin an all-out emotional war mid-performance that threatens the production's success.
The Taming of the Shrew TV Template:Ubl 1962 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist The play was performed live but included some filmed sequences shot in Centennial Park.[32][33]
Arivaali
(Template:Lang-ta
Film Template:Ubl 1963 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist
The Taming of the Shrew
(Template:Lang-it
Film Template:Ubl 1967 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist "A bawdy and boisterous production which reduces the play to the Katharina/Petruccio romance."[34]
The Taming of the Shrew TV Template:Ubl 1973 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist
The Taming of the Shrew TV Template:Ubl 1973 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist Videotaped broadcast of the San Francisco American Conservatory Theater presenting Shakespeare's classic take with a Commedia dell'arte flair, as if it were an inn yard performance by a traveling company.
The Taming of the Scoundrel
(Template:Lang-it
Film Template:Ubl 1980 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist
"The Taming of the Shrew"
(BBC Television Shakespeare)
TV Template:Ubl 1980 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist Released in the US as part of the Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare series.
Kiss Me, Petruchio TV Template:Ubl 1981 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist Documentary following actress Streep and actor Julia as they prepare to perform and actually perform Shakespeare's comedy The Taming of the Shrew for the "Shakespeare in the Park" theater festival in Central Park, New York.
The Taming of the Shrew
(The Shakespeare Collection)
Video Template:Ubl 1983 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist
"Atomic Shakespeare"
(Moonlighting)
TV Template:Ubl 1986 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist First aired on 25 November 1986, the episode presented the play through multiple fourth-wall layers with a self-referential frame tale, in which a young fan of the TV show has a Shakespeare reading assignment and imagines it as presented by the show's regular cast.
Nanjundi Kalyana
(Template:Lang-kn
Film Template:Ubl 1989 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist An adaptation based on Parvathavani's Kannada drama which was a translation of the play. The film was among the biggest grossing Kannada films of 1989, and was remade in Telugu as Mahajananiki Maradalu Pilla (1990).
Mahajananiki Maradalu Pilla
(Template:Lang-te
Film Template:Ubl 1990 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist A remake of the Kannada film Nanjundi Kalyana (1989).
"The Taming of the Shrew"
(Shakespeare: The Animated Tales)
TV Template:Ubl 1994 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist
10 Things I Hate About You Film Template:Ubl 1999 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist A modernization of the play, retold in a late-1990s American high school setting. New student Cameron is smitten with Bianca and, in order to get around her father's strict rules on dating, attempts to get bad boy Patrick to date Bianca's ill-tempered sister, Kat.
The Carnation and the Rose
(Template:Lang-pt
Telenovela Template:Ubl 2000–1 Template:Hlist
Deliver Us from Eva Film Template:Ubl 2003 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist
"The Taming of The Shrew"
(ShakespeaRe-Told)
TV Template:Ubl 2005 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist A modern adaptation by Sally Wainwright.
Frivolous Wife
(Template:Lang-ko[35]
Film Template:Ubl 2008 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist

Twelfth Night[]

Main article: Twelfth Night
Title Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Directors Starring Description
Twelfth Night Film Template:Ubl 1910 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist
Twelfth Night Film Template:Ubl 1933 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist Notable as the earliest surviving film directed by Welles, then aged 17. It is a recording of the dress rehearsal of Welles's own abridged production at his alma mater, the Todd School for Boys, where he had returned to direct this adaptation for the Chicago Drama Festival in 1933.[36]
Twelfth Night
(Russian: Двенадцатая ночь)
Film Template:Ubl 1955 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist
Twelfth Night[37] TV Template:Ubl 1966 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist
Twelfth Night TV Template:Ubl 1970 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist
"Twelfth Night"
(BBC Television Shakespeare)
TV Template:Ubl 1980 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist Released in the US as part of the Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare series.
Twelfth Night[38] Film Template:Ubl 1986 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist
Twelfth Night TV Template:Ubl 1988 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist Music by Patrick Doyle and Paul McCartney
"Twelfth Night"
(Shakespeare: The Animated Tales)
TV Template:Ubl 1992 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist
Twelfth Night Film Template:Ubl 1996 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist
Twelfth Night, or What You Will TV Template:Ubl 2003 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist
She's the Man Film Template:Ubl 2006 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist Adapts the story to a high-school setting.
Twelfth Night Film Template:Ubl 2013 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist "Globe on Screen": All-male cast in an "original practice" production.

The Two Gentlemen of Verona[]

Main article: The Two Gentlemen of Verona
Title Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Directors Starring Description
A Spray of Plum Blossoms
(Template:Lang-zh
Silent film Template:Ubl 1931 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist The film is noted for its attempted "Westernized stylings" including its surreal use of decor, women-soldiers with long hair, etc. The film also had English-subtitles, but as some scholars have noted, since few foreigners watched these films, the subtitles were more to give off an air of the West rather than to serve any real purpose.[39][40]
"The Two Gentlemen of Verona"
(BBC Television Shakespeare)
TV Template:Ubl 1983 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist Released in the US as part of the Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare series.

Tragedies[]

Antony and Cleopatra[]

Main article: Antony and Cleopatra
Title Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Directors Starring Description
Antony and Cleopatra Film Template:Ubl 1908 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist
Antony and Cleopatra
(Template:Lang-it[41]
Silent film Template:Ubl 1913 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist
Antony and Cleopatra TV Template:Ubl 1959 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist
Antony and Cleopatra[42] Film Template:Ubl 1972 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist
Antony and Cleopatra TV Template:Ubl 1974 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist An adaptation of Trevor Nunn's Royal Shakespeare Company production.
"Antony & Cleopatra"
(BBC Television Shakespeare)
TV Template:Ubl 1981 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist Released in the US as part of the Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare series.
Kannaki Film Template:Ubl 2002 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist

Coriolanus[]

Main article: Coriolanus
Title Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Directors Starring Description
"The Tragedy of Coriolanus"
(BBC Television Shakespeare)
TV Template:Ubl 1984 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist Released in the US as part of the Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare series.
Coriolanus Film Template:Ubl 2012 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist

Hamlet[]

Main article: Hamlet on screen

Template:Further

Title Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Directors Starring Description
Hamlet
(Template:Lang-fr
Film Template:Ubl 1900 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist Believed to have been the earliest film adaptation of the play. The film is two minutes in length. It also was one of the first films to employ the newly discovered art of pre-recording the actors' voices, then playing the recording simultaneous to the playing of the film. So, while produced during the silent film era, the film is technically not a silent film.[43]
Hamlet Silent Template:Ubl 1907 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist The first multi-scene cinematic adaptation of any work by Shakespeare.[44]
Hamlet Silent Template:Ubl 1908 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist One of twelve renditions of the play produced during the silent film era.
Hamlet Silent Template:Ubl 1912 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist
Hamlet Silent Template:Ubl 1913 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist Made by the Hepworth Company and based on the Drury Lane Theatre's 1913 staging of the work.
Hamlet
(Template:Lang-it[45]
Silent Template:Ubl 1917 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist
Hamlet Silent Template:Ubl 1921 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist
Blood for Blood
(Template:Lang-ur)
Film Template:Ubl 1935 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist Cited as one of the earliest talkie adaptations.[46] Credited as "the man who brought Shakespeare to the Indian screen",[47] it was Modi's debut feature film as a director.[47] The story and script were by Mehdi Hassan Ahsan from his Urdu adaptation of Hamlet. Khoon Ka Khoon was the debut in films of Naseem Banu.[48] Khoon Ka Khoon was a "filmed version of a stage performance of the play".[49] The film has been cited by National Film Archive of India founder P K. Nair, as one of "most wanted" missing Indian cinema treasures.[50]
Hamlet Film Template:Ubl 1948 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist Olivier's second film as director, and also the second of the three Shakespeare films that he directed. Hamlet was the first British film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture.[51] It is also the first sound film of the play in English. Olivier's Hamlet is the Shakespeare film that has received the most prestigious accolades, winning the Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Actor and the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival.
I, Hamlet
(Template:Lang-it
Film Template:Ubl 1952 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist
Hamlet
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Film Template:Ubl 1954 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist Sahu was influenced by "classic European sources".[52] Though termed a "free adaptation" in the credit roll of the film, Sahu stayed true to the title, its setting, and the original names in the play, remaining as close as possible to Olivier's 1948 film.[53]
Hamlet TV Template:Ubl 1959 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist
The Bad Sleep Well
(Template:Lang-ja
Film Template:Ubl 1960 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist
Hamlet
(Template:Lang-de
TV Template:Ubl 1961 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist
Ophelia Film Template:Ubl 1963 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist
Hamlet
(Template:Lang-rus
Film Template:Ubl 1964 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist Based on a translation by Boris Pasternak, and with a score by Dmitri Shostakovich. Both Kozintsev and the film itself gained prominence among adaptations of the play, and Smoktunovsky is considered one of the great cinematic Hamlets.
Hamlet Film Template:Ubl 1964 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist
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Johnny Hamlet
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Film Template:Ubl 1968 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist A Spaghetti Western version.[54]
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One Hamlet Less
(Template:Lang-it
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Hamlet TV Template:Ubl 1974 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist
The Angel of Vengeance – The Female Hamlet
(Template:Lang-tr
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"Hamlet, Prince of Denmark"
(BBC Television Shakespeare)
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Strange Brew Film Template:Ubl 1983 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist
Hamlet Goes Business
(Template:Lang-fi
Film Template:Ubl 1987 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist
Hamlet Film Template:Ubl 1990 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist The movie received two Academy Award nominations, for Best Art Direction and Best Costume Design (Dante Ferretti, Francesca Lo Schiavo).[55] Bates received a BAFTA nomination as Best Supporting Actor for playing Claudius.[56]
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead Film Template:Ubl 1990 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist Based on Stoppard's play of the same name, the film depicts two minor characters from Hamlet, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, who find themselves on the road to Elsinore Castle at the behest of the King of Denmark. They encounter a band of players before arriving to find that they are needed to try to discern what troubles the prince Hamlet. Meanwhile, they ponder the meaning of their existence. The movie won the Golden Lion at the 47th Venice International Film Festival.
"Hamlet"
(Shakespeare: The Animated Tales)
TV Template:Ubl 1992 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist
Renaissance Man Film Template:Ubl 1994 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist
The Lion King Film Template:Ubl 1994 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist An animated epic musical drama film, produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures. It is the 32nd Disney animated feature film. The story takes place within a pride of lions in Africa.
In the Bleak Midwinter Film Template:Ubl 1995 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist
Hamlet Film Template:Ubl 1996 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist The film is notable as the first unabridged theatrical film adaptation, running just over four hours. The play's setting is updated to the 19th century, but its Elizabethan English remains the same. Hamlet was also the last major dramatic motion picture to be filmed entirely on 70 mm film until the release of The Master (2012). Hamlet was highly acclaimed by the majority of critics and has been regarded as one of the best Shakespeare film adaptations ever made.[57][58][59]
Let the Devil Wear Black Film Template:Ubl 1999 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist A modern-day version set in Los Angeles. All of the language is modern.[60]
Hamlet Film Template:Ubl 2000 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist In this version, Claudius becomes King and CEO of "Denmark Corporation", having taken over the firm by killing his brother, Hamlet's father. This adaptation keeps the Shakespearean dialogue but presents a modern setting, with technology such as video cameras, Polaroid cameras, and surveillance bugs. For example, the ghost of Hamlet's murdered father first appears on closed-circuit TV.
The Tragedy of Hamlet Film Template:Ubl 2002 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist Film of the stage production mounted at Theatre des Bouffes du Nord in Paris. Director Brook cut about one-third of the text, bringing it down to two hours and 20 minutes without an intermission and rearranging the order of some scenes.
The Banquet
(Template:Lang-zh
Film Template:Ubl 2006 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist A loose adaption of Hamlet and Ibsen's Ghosts, set in the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period in 10th century China.
Hamlet TV Template:Ubl 2009 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist An adaptation of the Royal Shakespeare Company's 2008 modern-dress stage production.
Tardid
(Template:Lang-fa
Film Template:Ubl 2009 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist
Hamlet Film Template:Ubl 2011 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist A condensed retelling of the play set in 1940s England.
Karmayogi Film Template:Ubl 2012 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist
Haider Film Template:Ubl 2014 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist
The Lion King Film Template:Ubl 2019 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist An epic musical drama film, produced and released by Walt Disney Pictures. It is a photorealistic computer-animated remake of Disney's traditionally animated 1994 film of the same name. The story takes place within a pride of lions in Africa.

Julius Caesar[]

Main article: Julius Caesar (play)
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Julius Caesar Film Template:Ubl 1950 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist The first film version of the play with sound. It was produced using actors from the Chicago area. Heston, who had known Bradley since his youth, was the only paid cast member. Bradley recruited drama students from his alma mater Northwestern University for bit parts and extras, one of whom was future star Jeffrey Hunter, who studied alongside Heston at Northwestern. The 16 mm film was shot in 1949 on locations in the Chicago area, including Soldier Field, the Museum of Science and Industry, the Elks National Veterans Memorial, and the Field Museum. The Indiana sand dunes on Lake Michigan were used for the Battle of Philippi. One indoor set was built in the Chicago suburb of Evanston. To save money, about 80% of the film was shot silently, with the dialogue dubbed in later by the actors.
Julius Caesar Film Template:Ubl 1953 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist Brando's casting was met with some skepticism when it was announced, as he had acquired the nickname of "The Mumbler" following his performance in A Streetcar Named Desire (1951).[61] Mankiewicz even considered Paul Scofield for the role of Mark Antony if Brando's screen test was unsuccessful.[62] Brando asked John Gielgud for advice in declaiming Shakespeare, and adopted all of Gielgud's recommendations.[63] Brando's performance turned out so well that the New York Times stated in its review of the film: "Happily, Mr. Brando's diction, which has been guttural and slurred in previous films, is clear and precise in this instance. In him a major talent has emerged."[64] Brando was so dedicated in his performance during shooting that Gielgud offered to direct him in a stage production of Hamlet, a proposition that Brando seriously considered but ultimately turned down.[65]
Julius Caesar TV Template:Ubl 1969 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist filmed for BBC Television.
Julius Caesar Film Template:Ubl 1970 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist The first film version of the play made in colour.[66]
"Julius Caesar"
(BBC Television Shakespeare)
TV Template:Ubl 1979 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist Released in the US as part of the Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare series.
"Julius Caesar"
(Shakespeare: The Animated Tales)
TV Template:Ubl 1994 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist Cel animation
Julius Caesar TV Template:Ubl 2012 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist Royal Shakespeare Company stage production, filmed for BBC Television.
Julius Caesar TV Template:Ubl 2018 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist Royal Shakespeare Company stage production, filmed for BBC Television.
Julius Caesar TV Template:Ubl 2018 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist Donmar Warehouse all-female stage production, filmed for Television.

King Lear[]

Main article: King Lear
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King Lear
(Template:Lang-it
Silent Template:Ubl 1910 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist
King Lear Silent Template:Ubl 1916 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist
Gunasundari Katha
(Template:Lang-te
Film Template:Ubl 1949 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist
King Lear TV Template:Ubl 1953 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist Originally presented live, now survives on kinescope.
King Lear[67][68] Film Template:Ubl 1971 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist
King Lear
(Russian: Король Лир
Film Template:Ubl 1971 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist The Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich composed the score.
"King Lear"
(Great Performances)
TV Template:Ubl 1974 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist Recording of a New York Shakespeare Festival production.
King Lear TV Template:Ubl 1974 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist
"King Lear"
(BBC Television Shakespeare)
TV Template:Ubl 1982 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist Released in the US as part of the Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare series.
King Lear TV Template:Ubl 1983 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist Elliott set his Lear in an environment resembling Stonehenge, although the production was entirely shot in a studio. In keeping with the primitive backdrop, this production emphasizes the primitive over the sophisticated. Shakespeare's characters use the clothing, weapons, and technology of the early Bronze Age rather than the Elizabethan era. Olivier's Lear in this production garnered great acclaim, winning him an Emmy for the performance. It was the last of Olivier's appearances in a Shakespeare play. At 75, he was one of the oldest actors to take on this enormously demanding role. (He had previously played it in 1946 at the Old Vic, without much success.)
Ran
(Template:Lang-ja
Film Template:Ubl 1985 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist An adaptation of the story in a Japanese setting, Ran was Kurosawa's last epic, and has often been cited as amongst his finest achievements. With a budget of $11 million, it was the most expensive Japanese film ever produced up to that time.[69]
King Lear Film Template:Ubl 1987 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist Adapted as post-Chernobyl disaster science fiction. Rather than reproducing a performance of Shakespeare's play, the film is more concerned with the issues raised by the text, and symbolically explores the relationships between power and virtue, between fathers and daughters, words and images. The film deliberately does not use conventional Hollywood film-making techniques which make a film 'watchable', but instead seeks to alienate and baffle its audience in the manner of Berthold Brecht.[70]
Gypsy Lore
(Template:Lang-hu[71]
Film Template:Ubl 1997 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist
A Thousand Acres Film Template:Ubl 1997 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist A modern retelling of the Lear story, from the perspective of the Goneril character (Ginny).
King Lear TV Template:Ubl 1997 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist BBC film of the Royal National Theatre's stage version. It was televised with an accompanying documentary, including interviews with the director and cast.
King Lear Film Template:Ubl 1999 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist Apart from Peter Brook's 1971 adaptation, Blessed's is the only other feature-length film adaptation to preserve Shakespeare's verse. Yvonne Griggs, in Shakespeare's King Lear: A close study of the relationship between text and film (2009), characterised it as "a very stilted costume drama".[72]
The Tragedy of King Lear Screenplay Template:Ubl 2000 An unfilmed screenplay written by Harold Pinter on a commission from Tim Roth.[73]
King of Texas TV Template:Ubl 2002 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist A Western adaptation of King Lear, the film takes the plot of the play and places it in the Republic of Texas during the 19th century.[74]
King Lear TV Template:Ubl 2008 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist It features the same cast and director as the 2007 RSC production, and started filming only a few days after the final performance at the New London Theatre, at Pinewood Studios in Buckinghamshire.
King Lear TV Template:Ubl 2018 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist Set in an alternative universe, 21st-century, highly militarised London.

Macbeth[]

Main article: Macbeth on screen
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Macbeth Silent Template:Ubl 1908 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist The earliest known film version of that play. It was a black and white silent film with English intertitles. It is currently unknown if any print of the film still exists.[75]
Macbeth Silent Template:Ubl 1909 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist A silent black-and-white film with French intertitles.
Macbeth Silent Template:Ubl 1909 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist The second adaptation that year, and is the third film version. In black-and-white, the runtime is 16 minutes.
Macbeth Silent Template:Ubl 1911 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist Like all films of the time, it is silent with English intertitles, black-and-white, and ran for 14 minutes. No prints are known to exist.[76]
Macbeth Silent Template:Ubl 1913 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist 47-minute silent adaptation.[77] It is considered to be lost, but according to Carl Bennett in The Progressive Silent Film List, a print may exist at the George Eastman Museum's International Museum of Photography and Film.[78]
Macbeth Silent Template:Ubl 1915 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist A silent black-and-white film with French intertitles.
Macbeth Silent Template:Ubl 1916 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist The film stars Herbert Beerbohm Tree and Constance Collier, both famous from the stage and for playing Shakespearean parts. Although released during the first decade of feature filmmaking, it was already the seventh version of Macbeth to be produced, one of eight of the silent film era. It is considered to be a lost film. The running time is 80 minutes.[79] In the companion book to his Hollywood television series, Kevin Brownlow states that Sir Herbert Tree failed to understand that the production was a silent film and that speech was not needed so much as pantomime. Tree, who had performed the play numerous times on the stage, kept spouting reams of dialogue. So Emerson and Fleming simply removed the film and cranked an empty camera so as not to waste film when he did so.[80]
The Real Thing at Last Silent Template:Ubl 1916 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist A satirical silent adaptation. It was written in 1916 by Peter Pan creator and playwright J. M. Barrie as a parody of the American entertainment industry. The film was made by the newly created British Actors Film Company in response to news that American filmmaker D. W. Griffith intended to honor the 300th anniversary of Shakespeare's death with the production of a film version. No copies of The Real Thing at Last are known to survive.[81] It parodies the sensationalism of the American entertainment of the day, contrasting it with more reserved British sensibilities. It loosely follows the plot of the play, but two versions of each depicted scene are shown:
In the British version, Lady Macbeth wiped a small amount of blood from her hands; in the American she had to wash away gallons of the stuff. In the British, the witches danced around a small cauldron; in the American the witches became dancing beauties cavorting around a huge cauldron. In the British, Macbeth and Macduff fought in a ditch; in the American Macbeth falls to his death from a skyscraper.[81]
Macbeth Silent Template:Ubl 1922 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist The last silent version, and the eighth film adaptation of the play.
Macbeth Film Template:Ubl 1948 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist
Macbeth Film Template:Ubl 1950s Template:Hlist An unsuccessful mid-1950s attempt by Olivier to finance a new film version.
Marmayogi
(Template:Lang-ta
Film Template:Ubl 1951 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist A film adaptation of the novel Vengeance by Marie Corelli and Macbeth. The film was shot simultaneously in Tamil and Hindi.
"Macbeth"
(Hallmark Hall of Fame)
TV Template:Ubl 1954 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist A live television adaptation telecast in color, but has only been preserved on black-and-white kinescope.[82][83]
Joe MacBeth Film Template:Ubl 1955 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist A modern retelling set in a 1930s American criminal underworld. The film's plot closely follows the original.[84]
Throne of Blood
(Template:Lang-ja
Film Template:Ubl 1957 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist The film transposes the plot from Medieval Scotland to feudal Japan, with stylistic elements drawn from Noh drama. As with the play, the film tells the story of a warrior who assassinates his sovereign at the urging of his ambitious wife. Despite the change in setting and language and numerous creative liberties, in the West Throne of Blood is often considered one of the best film adaptations of the play.
Macbeth TV Template:Ubl 1960 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist A filmed-on-location adaptation with the same two stars and director as the 1954 production. Shown on TV in the US and in theatres in Europe.[85]
Macbeth TV Template:Ubl 1960 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist The Sydney Morning Herald wrote that the production as "visually efficient" but also "a dreadful warning of what can happen when a producer becomes frightened of a great text... a torrent of gabble and shouting. Some of the most concise dramatic poetry in all Shakespeare received treatment worthy of the race results."[86]
Macbeth TV Template:Ubl 1961 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist
Macbeth TV Template:Ubl 1965 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist
"Macbeth"
(Play of the Month)
TV Template:Ubl 1970 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist
Macbeth[87] Film Template:Ubl 1971 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist
Macbeth TV Template:Ubl 1978 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist Videotaped version of Nunn's Royal Shakespeare Company production produced by Thames Television. The original stage production was performed at The Other Place, the RSC's small studio theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon. It had been performed in the round before small audiences, with a bare stage and simple costuming. The recording preserves this style: the actors perform on a circular set and with a mostly black background; changes of setting are indicated only by lighting changes.
Macbeth
(The Shakespeare Collection)
Video Template:Ubl 1981 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist
Macbeth TV Template:Ubl 1982 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist The film is composed of only two shots: The first shot (before the main title) is five minutes long, the second 57 minutes long.[88]
"Macbeth"
(BBC Television Shakespeare)
TV Template:Ubl 1983 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist
Macbeth Film Template:Ubl 1987 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist A film adaptation of Verdi's opera Macbeth (libretto by Francesco Maria Piave based on Shakespeare's play) It was screened out of competition at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival.[89]
Men of Respect Film Template:Ubl 1990 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist
"Macbeth"
(Shakespeare: The Animated Tales)
TV Template:Ubl 1992 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist
Macbeth TV Template:Ubl 1997 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist
Macbeth on the Estate TV Template:Ubl 1997 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist Modern-setting version in a world of drugs and drug kingpins.
Macbeth TV Template:Ubl 1998 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist
Makibefo Film Template:Ubl 1999 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist Filming took place near the town of Faux Cap, Madagascar, with a single technical assistant. With the exception of an English-speaking narrator, all the roles are played by indigenous Antandroy people (few of whom had ever seen a movie before) who performed a largely improvised story based on Macbeth set in a remote fishing village.[90]
Macbeth TV Template:Ubl 2001 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist Royal Shakespeare Company
Rave Macbeth Film Template:Ubl 2001 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist A loose adaptation set in rave culture.
Scotland, PA Film Template:Ubl 2001 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist
Maqbool
(Template:Lang-hi
Film Template:Ubl 2003 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist
"Macbeth"
(ShakespeaRe-Told)
TV Template:Ubl 2005 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist Set in a three Michelin star restaurant owned by celebrity chef Duncan Docherty, with Joe Macbeth as the sous chef and his wife Ella as the Maître d'. Joe and his fellow chef Billy Banquo are annoyed that Duncan takes the credit for Joe's work, and that Duncan's son Malcolm has no real flair for the business. Then they encounter three supernatural binmen who predict that Macbeth will get ownership of the restaurant, as will Billy's children. Joe and Ella are inspired to kill Duncan, but the binmen subsequently warn that Macbeth should be wary of Peter Macduff, the head waiter.
Macbeth Film Template:Ubl 2006 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist Sets the story in a modern-day Melbourne gangster setting, and the actors deliver the dialogue in Australian accents, largely maintains the language of the original play.[91]
Macbeth TV Template:Ubl 2009 An episode of South African miniseries Death of a Queen.
Macbeth TV Template:Ubl 2010 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist Based Goold's stage adaptation for the Chichester Festival Theatre in 2007. The film specifically evokes the atmosphere of the Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin, with subtle parallels between Stalin and Macbeth in their equally brutal quests for power. The three witches likewise receive an update in keeping with the 20th century aesthetics, appearing as hospital nurses. Their presence is pervasive throughout the film, punctuating the horror of Macbeth's murderous reign. The film was filmed entirely on location at Welbeck Abbey.
Shakespeare Must Die
(Template:Lang-th
Film Template:Ubl 2012 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist Thai-language film that tells the story of a theatre group in a fictional country resembling Thailand, that is staging a production of Macbeth. One of the film's main characters is a dictator named Dear Leader, who bears a resemblance to former Thai leader Thaksin Shinawatra, who was ousted in a 2006 coup which sparked years of political turmoil between his supporters and critics. The Thai government banned the film fearing it would cause societal disunity.[92][93][94]
Macbeth Film Template:Ubl 2015 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist
Veeram
(Template:Lang-ml
Film Template:Ubl 2016 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist The film, which also takes inspirations from the Vadakkan Pattukal (Northern Ballads) of the North Malabar region in Kerala, tells the story of Chandu Chekavar, an infamous 13th century warrior. Veeram is simultaneously made in Malayalam, Hindi, and in English with the same title.

Othello[]

Main article: Othello
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Otello Silent Template:Ubl 1906 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist A silent film adaptation based on Giuseppe Verdi's 1887 opera of the same name (which in turn is based on Othello). It is believed to be the earliest film adaptation of the play.
Othello Silent Template:Ubl 1922 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist The first of six major film productions of the work.[95]
Othello Film Template:Ubl 1946 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist
A Double Life Film Template:Ubl 1947 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist A noir adaptation in which an actor playing the moor takes on frightening aspects of his character's personality. Celebrated stage actor Anthony John has driven away his actress wife Brita with his erratic temper. However, they star together in a staging of Othello. Gradually, his portrayal of a jealous murderer undermines his sanity, and he kills his mistress, Pat Kroll. Colman won the Academy Award as best actor for his performance in this film.
Othello Film Template:Ubl 1951 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist Welles trimmed the source material, which is generally around three hours when performed, down to a little over 90 minutes for the film.[96] One of Welles's more complicated shoots, Othello was filmed erratically over three years. Shooting began in 1949, but was forced to shut down when the film's original Italian producer announced on one of the first days of shooting that he was bankrupt. Instead of abandoning filming altogether, Welles as director began pouring his own money into the project. When he ran out of money as well, he needed to stop filming for months at a time to raise money, mostly by taking part in other productions.[97][98]
Othello
(Russian: Отелло)
Film Template:Ubl 1956 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist
Jubal Film Template:Ubl 1956 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist A Western based on a 1939 novel by Paul Wellman, it was filmed in Technicolor and CinemaScope on location in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. The film is notable as a western reworking of Othello.[99]
All Night Long Film Template:Ubl 1962 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist An adaptation set in the contemporary London jazz scene.
Othello Film Template:Ubl 1965 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist A film of the Royal National Theatre's stage production. Olivier, Smith, Redman, and Finlay all received Academy Award nominations, and it was the film debuts for both Derek Jacobi and Michael Gambon.
Othello TV Template:Ubl 1965 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist An Australian TV play, it was broadcast on the [[Australian Broadcasting Corpoation|ABC] as part of Wednesday Theatre and filmed in the ABC's Melbourne studios.[100]
Catch My Soul Film Template:Ubl 1974 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist Adapted from the rock musical based on the play.
"Othello"
(BBC Television Shakespeare)
TV Template:Ubl 1981 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist Released in the US as part of the Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare series.
Othello TV Template:Ubl 1990 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist Based on a stage production directed by Trevor Nunn for the Royal Shakespeare Company, and later adapted for TV.[101] It was shot in a studio with minimal props and scenery, and aired as en episode of Theatre Night.[102] The sets, costumes, and props are from the American Civil War, but the dialogue remains tied to Venice and Cyprus. In contrast with Antony and Cleopatra (1974) and Macbeth (1979), Nunn preferred "contemplative"[102] medium shots over extreme closeups. The film makes little attempt to hide that it is a filmed stage production, and Michael Brooke, writing about the film for BFI Screenonline, thinks this is because Nunn's state purpose was to preserve the stage production for posterity. The film presents almost the complete text of the play, leaving out just one scene with Cassio and the clown.[102]
"Othello"
(Shakespeare: The Animated Tales)
TV Template:Ubl 1994 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist
Othello Film Template:Ubl 1995 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist The first cinematic reproduction of the play released by a major studio with an African American in the role of Othello, although low-budget independent films of the play starring Ted Lange and Yaphet Kotto predated it.
Kaliyattam
(Template:Lang-ml
Film Template:Ubl 1997 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist An adaptation of the play against the backdrop of the Hindu Theyyam performance.[103] Gopi received the National Film Award for Best Actor, and Jayaraaj the award for Best Director for their work on the film.[104]
O Film Template:Ubl 2001 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist A loose adaptation set in an American high school.
Othello TV Template:Ubl 2001 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist An adaptation by Andrew Davies set in the police force in modern London.
Souli Film Template:Ubl 2004 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist A post-colonial take on the play, set in a remote fishing village.[105]
Omkara
(Template:Lang-hi
Film Template:Ubl 2006 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist
Jarum Halus
(Malay: Jarum Halus, lit. 'Template:Transl')
Film Template:Ubl 2008 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist
Iago Film Template:Ubl 2009 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist Iago is an architecture school student about to graduate who falls in love with his fellow student Desdemona, the noble and beautiful daughter of the academic dean, professor Brabanzio.
Hrid Majharey
(Template:Lang-bn
Film Template:Ubl 2014 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist A tragic love story loosely inspired by Othello, the film is a tribute to the Bard on his 450th Birth Anniversary. Elements of Shakespeare's Macbeth and Julius Caesar are also found in this love tragedy.
Chocolat Film Template:Ubl 2016 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist A loose biopic about the first black clown in France. Chocolat tries to branch into Shakespearean tragedy and plays Othello as the first black actor in this role in France. After the premiere, part of the audience boos the "clown". Chocolat leaves the theater in costume and is beaten by debt collectors.

Romeo and Juliet[]

Main article: Romeo and Juliet on screen

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Romeo and Juliet
(Template:Lang-fr
Film Template:Ubl 1900 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist Features Cossira singing a tenor aria from Charles Gounod's Roméo et Juliette. It is believed to be the earliest film adaptation of Romeo and Juliet.[106] The film was produced by "Phono-Cinéma-Théâtre", which premiered one of the first synchronized sound film systems at the Paris exhibition of 1900, with this film being one of the earliest to use the sound technique. The sound was recorded first using a Lioretograph onto a cellophane cylinder. This was then played back, and the actors filmed lip-syncing to the recording. To view the film, the sound was played back and the projectionist altered the speed of the hand-cranked projector to try to match the playback.[107]
Romeo and Juliet Silent Template:Ubl 1908 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist Now considered lost, this was the first American film version of Romeo and Juliet. It was a short made by Vitagraph Studios, and was filmed at Bethesda Terrace in Manhattan, New York.
Romeo and Juliet Silent Template:Ubl 1916 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist This film was produced for the 300th anniversary of Shakespeare's death, and was released amongst many other commemorations of the "Bard". It was released in direct competition with another adaptation, produced by William Fox, starring Theda Bara, and released three days later. Bushman later claimed, in an interview, that he went to see the Theda Bara version and was shocked to see that Fox had added some intertitles from the Metro version.[108]
Romeo and Juliet Silent Template:Ubl 1916 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist The film was produced by the Fox Film Corporation,[109] and was shot at the Fox Studio in Fort Lee, New Jersey.[110] It was released in direct competition with another feature-length Romeo and Juliet film from Metro Pictures. In a recorded interview, Francis Bushman, who directed the competing film, claimed that William Fox had spies working for Metro, and stole some of the intertitles from the Metro version. Fox rushed his version into the theatres in order to capitalize on exhibiting his film first. Bushman recalled going to see Fox's Romeo and Juliet and was startled to see the intertitles from his film flash on the screen.[111]
Romeo and Juliet Film Template:Ubl 1936 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist One of the three major film adaptations (along with Franco Zeffirelli in 1968 and Baz Luhrmann in 1996) of Romeo and Juliet. The New York Times selected the film as one of the "Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made", calling it "a lavish production" and "extremely well-produced and acted."[112]
Romeo and Juliet
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The Lovers of Verona
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Romeo and Juliet
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Romeo and Juliet[113] Film Template:Ubl 1954 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist
Romeo and Juliet
(Russian: Ромео и Джульетта
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Romeo, Juliet and Darkness
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West Side Story Film Template:Ubl 1961 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist An adaptation of the 1957 Broadway musical, which in turn was inspired by Romeo and Juliet. The film received high praise from critics and the public, and became the second highest grossing film of the year in the United States. The film was nominated for 11 Academy Awards and won 10, including Best Picture (as well as a special award for Robbins), becoming the record holder for the most wins for a movie musical.
Romanoff and Juliet Film Template:Ubl 1961 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist An adaptation by way of Ustinov's play that sets the love story amids the ideologically warring communist USSR and the capitalist USA, competing for influence in a fictional European country..
Fury of Johnny Kid
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Romeo and Juliet[114] Film Template:Ubl 1968 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist
Ma che musica maestro
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"Romeo and Juliet"
(BBC Television Shakespeare)
TV Template:Ubl 1978 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist
Another History
(Template:Lang-te
Film Template:Ubl 1978 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist
Romie-0 and Julie-8 TV Template:Ubl 1979 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist An animated adaptation; set in the future, the two romantic leads in this version are androids who fall in love.
Monica and Jimmy Five: In the World of Romeo & Juliet
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Made For Each Other
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The Sea Prince and the Fire Child
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The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet Film Template:Ubl 1982 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist
China Girl Film Template:Ubl 1987 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist A contemporary take on Romeo and Juliet set in 1980s Manhattan. The plot revolves around the intimate relationship developing between Tony, a teenage boy from Little Italy, and Tye, a teenage girl from Chinatown, while their older brothers are engaged in a heated gang war against each other.
From Doom to Doom
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Romeo.Juliet Film Template:Ubl 1990 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist Adapted using the feral cats of Venice, New York City, and Ghent as actors, with the voices dubbed by some of the greats of the English theatre. The score of the film features music from Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet as performed by the London Symphony Orchestra, André Previn conducting, and an original theme composed by Armando Acosta and Emanuel Vardi, performed by the London Symphony Orchestra and conducted by Barry Wordsworth.
"Romeo and Juliet"
(Shakespeare: The Animated Tales)
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November 30
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Romeo + Juliet Film Template:Ubl 1996 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist
Tromeo and Juliet Film Template:Ubl 1996 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist A more or less a faithful adaptation of the play except with the addition of extreme amounts of Troma-esque sexuality and violence, as well as a revised ending.
Love Is All There Is Film Template:Ubl 1996 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist A modern retelling of the story set in the Bronx during the 1990s.
The Lion King II: Simba's Pride Film Template:Ubl 1998 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist An American animated direct-to-video romantic musical film. It is the sequel to Disney's 1994 animated feature film, The Lion King, with its plot influenced by Romeo and Juliet.
Romeo Must Die Film Template:Ubl 2000 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist
Loving Hurts You
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Bollywood Queen Film Template:Ubl 2003 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist
Romeo and Juliet Get Married
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Romeo and Juliet
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Romeo & Juliet: Sealed with a Kiss Animation Template:Ubl 2006 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist An animated adaptation featuring seals and other marine life.
Rome & Jewel Film Template:Ubl 2006 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist A hip-hop musical adaptation set in Los Angeles that deals with interracial love.
Romeo × Juliet
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Romeo and Juliet
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Romeo and Juliet
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David & Fatima Film Template:Ubl 2008 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist
Another History
(Template:Lang-te
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Gnomeo & Juliet Animated film Template:Ubl 2011 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist An animated adaptation set in the gardens of two feuding elderly neighbors in modern-day Stratford-upon-Avon. The story features garden gnomes representing the characters from the original story, with red gnomes representing the Capulet family, and blue gnomes representing the Montague family. The film differs from the original story in many ways, notably keeping both Gnomeo and Juliet alive at the end of the film.
Private Romeo Film Template:Ubl 2011 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist
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Issaq
(Template:Lang-hi
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Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela
(Template:Lang-hi
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Arshinagar
(Template:Lang-bn
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West Side Story Film Template:Ubl 2021 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist A remake of Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins' 1961 adaptation of Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim's Broadway musical of the same name, itself based on Romeo and Juliet.

Timon of Athens[]

Main article: Timon of Athens
Title Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Directors Starring Description
Timon Film Template:Ubl 1973 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist
"Timon of Athens"
(BBC Television Shakespeare)
TV Template:Ubl 1981 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist Released in the US as part of the Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare series.

Titus Andronicus[]

Main article: Titus Andronicus
Title Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Directors Starring Description
"Titus Andronicus"
(BBC Television Shakespeare)
TV Template:Ubl 1985 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist Released in the US as part of the Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare series.
Titus Film Template:Ubl 1999 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist

Troilus and Cressida[]

Main article: Troilus and Cressida
Title Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Directors Starring Description
The Face of Love TV Template:Ubl 1954 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist A modern-language and modern-dress adaptation of the play.[115]
"Troilus & Cressida"
(BBC Television Shakespeare)
TV Template:Ubl 1981 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist Released in the US as part of the Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare series.

Histories[]

Henry IV, Part 1[]

Main article: Henry IV, Part 1
Title Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Directors Starring Description
"Henry IV: Rebellion from the North"
(An Age of Kings)
TV Template:Ubl 1960 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist Covers 1 Henry IV Acts 1 and 2 (up to Prince Hal expressing his disdain for the war).
"Henry IV: The Road to Shrewsbury"
(An Age of Kings)
TV Template:Ubl 1960 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist Covers 1 Henry IV from Act 3, Scene 1 onwards (beginning with the strategy meeting between Hotspur, Mortimer and Glendower).
Chimes at Midnight Film Template:Ubl 1966 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist An amalgamation of scenes from Richard II, Henry IV part 1, Henry IV Part 2, Henry V and The Merry Wives of Windsor.
"The First Part of King Henry the Fourth, with the life and death of Henry surnamed Hotspur"
(BBC Television Shakespeare)
TV Template:Ubl 1979 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist Released in the US as part of the Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare series.
"Henry IV Part 1"
(The War of the Roses)
Direct-to-video Template:Ubl 1990 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist A direct filming of the stage performance of Michael Bogdanov and Michael Pennington's 7-play sequence for the English Shakespeare Company based on Shakespeare's history plays.
My Own Private Idaho Film Template:Ubl 1991 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist Loosely based on Henry IV, Part 1, with elements from the other plays.
"Henry IV, Part 1"
(The Hollow Crown)
TV Template:Ubl 2012 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist

Henry IV, Part 2[]

Main article: Henry IV, Part 2
Title Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Directors Starring Description
"Henry IV: The New Conspiracy"
Template:Smaller
TV Template:Ubl 1960 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist
"Henry IV: Uneasy Lies the Head"
Template:Smaller
TV Template:Ubl 1960 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist
Chimes at Midnight Film Template:Ubl 1966 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist An amalgamation of scenes from Richard II, Henry IV, Part 1, Henry IV, Part 2, Henry V and The Merry Wives of Windsor.
"The Second Part of King Henry the Fourth containing his Death: and the Coronation of King Henry the Fift"
(BBC Television Shakespeare)
TV Template:Ubl 1979 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist Released in the US as part of the Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare series.
"Henry IV Part 2"
(The War of the Roses)
Direct-to-video Template:Ubl 1990 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist A direct filming of the stage performance of Bogdanov and Pennington's 7-play sequence for the English Shakespeare Company based on Shakespeare's history plays.
"Henry IV, Part 2"
(The Hollow Crown)
TV Template:Ubl 2012 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist

Henry V[]

Main article: Henry V (play)
Title Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Directors Starring Description
Henry V Film Template:Ubl 1944 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist
"Henry V: Signs of War"
(An Age of Kings)
TV Template:Ubl 1960 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist Henry V Acts 1, 2 and 3 (up to the French yearning for what they feel will be an easy victory at Agincourt).
"Henry V: The Band of Brothers"
(An Age of Kings)
TV Template:Ubl 1960 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist Henry V from Act 4, Scene 0 onwards (beginning with the Chorus describing Henry's undercover surveillance of his camp).
Chimes at Midnight Film Template:Ubl 1966 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist An amalgamation of scenes from Richard II, Henry IV part 1, Henry IV part 2, Henry V and The Merry Wives of Windsor.
"The Life of Henry the Fift"
(BBC Television Shakespeare)
TV Template:Ubl 1979 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist Released in the US as part of the Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare series.
Henry V Film Template:Ubl 1989 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist
"Henry V"
(The War of the Roses)
Video Template:Ubl 1990 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist A direct filming of the stage performance of Bogdanov and Pennington's 7-play sequence for the English Shakespeare Company based on Shakespeare's history plays.
"Henry V"
(The Hollow Crown)
TV Template:Ubl 2012 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist

Henry VI, Part 1[]

Main article: Henry VI, Part 1
Title Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Directors Starring Description
"Henry VI: The Red Rose and the White"
(An Age of Kings)
TV Template:Ubl 1960 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist
"Henry VI"
(The Wars of the Roses)
TV Template:Ubl 1965 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist Abridged versions of 1 Henry VI and 2 Henry VI up to Act 3, Scene 2 (Winchester's death).
"The First Part of Henry the Sixt"
(BBC Television Shakespeare)
TV Template:Ubl 1983 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist Released in the US as part of the Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare series.
"Henry VI – House of Lancaster"
(The War of the Roses)
Video Template:Ubl 1990 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist A direct filming of the stage performance of Bogdanov and Pennington's 7-play sequence for the English Shakespeare Company based on Shakespeare's history plays. This play is formed from Part 1 and from the earlier scenes of Part 2.
"Henry VI, Part I"
(The Hollow Crown)
TV Template:Ubl 2016 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist

Henry VI, Part 2[]

Main article: Henry VI, Part 2
Title Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Directors Starring Description
"Henry VI: The Fall of a Protector"
(An Age of Kings)
TV Template:Ubl 1960 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist 2 Henry VI Acts 1, 2 and Act 3, Scene 1 (up to York's soliloquy regarding the fact that he now has troops at his disposal and his revelation of his plans to use Jack Cade to instigate a popular rebellion).
"Henry VI: The Rabble from Kent"
(An Age of Kings)
TV Template:Ubl 1960 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist 2 Henry VI from Act 3, Scene 2 onwards (beginning with the murder of the Duke of Gloucester).
"Henry VI"
Template:Smaller
TV Template:Ubl 1965 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist Abridged versions of 1 Henry VI and 2 Henry VI up to Act 3, Scene 2 (Winchester's death).
"Edward IV"
Template:Smaller
TV Template:Ubl 1965 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist A newly written scene followed by 2 Henry VI from Act 4, Scene 1 (the introduction of Jack Cade) onwards, and an abridged version of 3 Henry VI.
"The Second Part of Henry the Sixt"
(BBC Television Shakespeare)
TV Template:Ubl 1983 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist Released in the US as part of the Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare series.
"Henry VI: House of Lancaster"
(The War of the Roses)
Video Template:Ubl 1990 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist A direct filming of the stage performance of Bogdanov and Pennington's 7-play sequence for the English Shakespeare Company based on Shakespeare's history plays. This play is formed from Part 1 and the early scenes of Part 2.
"Henry VI: House of York"
(The War of the Roses)
Video Template:Ubl 1990 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist A direct filming of the stage performance of Bogdanov and Pennington's 7-play sequence for the English Shakespeare Company based on Shakespeare's history plays. This play is formed from the remaining scenes of Part 2 and Part 3
"Henry VI, Part II"
(The Hollow Crown)
TV Template:Ubl 2016 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist Made up of scenes from Henry VI, Part 2 and an abridged version of Henry VI, Part 3.

Henry VI, Part 3[]

Main article: Henry VI, Part 3
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"Henry VI: The Morning's War"
(An Age of Kings)
TV Template:Ubl 1960 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist Henry VI, Part 3 Acts 1, 2 and Act 3, Scenes 1 and 2 (up to Richard's soliloquy wherein he vows to attain the crown).
"Henry VI: The Sun in Splendour"
(An Age of Kings)
TV Template:Ubl 1960 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist Henry VI, Part 3 from Act 3, Scene 3 onwards (beginning with Margaret's visit to Louis XI of France).
"Edward IV"
Template:Smaller
TV Template:Ubl 1965 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist A newly written scene followed by 2 Henry VI from Act 4, Scene 1 (the introduction of Jack Cade) onwards, and an abridged version of 3 Henry VI.
"The Third Part of Henry the Sixt"
(BBC Television Shakespeare)
TV Template:Ubl 1983 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist Released in the US as part of the Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare series.
"Henry VI: House of York"
(The War of the Roses)
Video Template:Ubl 1990 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist A direct filming of the stage performance of Bogdanov and Pennington's 7-play sequence for the English Shakespeare Company based on Shakespeare's history plays. This play is formed from the later scenes of Part 2 and from Part 3.
"Henry VI, Part II"
(The Hollow Crown)
TV Template:Ubl 2016 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist Made up of scenes from Part 2 and an abridged version of Part 3.

Henry VIII[]

Main article: Henry VIII (play)
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Henry VIII Silent film Template:Ubl 1911 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist
"The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight"
(BBC Television Shakespeare)
TV Template:Ubl 1979 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist Released in the US as part of the Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare series.

King John[]

Main article: The Life and Death of King John
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King John Silent film Template:Ubl 1899 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist The earliest known film based on a play by Shakespeare. It consists of four scenes and is based on Herbert Beerbohm Tree's contemporary stage production, and was made to promote the stage version.[116][117]
Said-e-Havas
(Template:Lang-hi
Film Template:Ubl 1936 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist Produced by Modi's Stage Film Company, the film was a "stage recording" of the play, similar to Modi's first stage adaptation to screen of Khoon Ka Khoon.[118][119] It was written by Agha Hashr, based on an adaptation of King John and Richard III.[120][121] The film incorporates scenes and acts from King John, mainly Act 2 Scene 5, and made use of Richard III as general reference. Modi played the role of the "ethnically black" Kazal Beg (Hubert).[122] Hashr had written the play in 1907 and according to Rajiva Verma there is very little similarity between King John and Hashr's adaptation, except for those mentioned earlier.[123]
"The Life and Death of King John"
(BBC Television Shakespeare)
TV Template:Ubl 1984 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist Released in the US as part of the Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare series.
"King John"
(CBC Presents the Stratford Festival)
Video Template:Ubl 2015 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist Filmed version of the Stratford Festival's 2014 stage production.

Richard II[]

Main article: Richard II (play)
Title Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Directors Starring Description
"Richard II: The Hollow Crown"
(An Age of Kings)
TV Template:Ubl 1960 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist Richard II Acts 1, 2 and 3, Scenes 1 and 2 (up to Richard conceding defeat despite the protests of Carlisle, Scroop and Aumerle).
"Richard II: The Deposing of a King"
(An Age of Kings)
TV Template:Ubl 1960 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist Richard II from Act 3, Scene 3 onwards (beginning with York chiding Northumberland for not referring to Richard as "King").
The Life and Death of King Richard II TV Template:Ubl 1960 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist A live TV production that aired on 5 October 1960 and was one of the most elaborate productions made for Australian TV at that time.[124] The ABC decided to suspend peak-hour programs to transmit the show live using all three of the ABC's Gore Hill TV studios. An obituary of Menmuir called this "a concept of such complexity and audacity that it was never repeated."[125]
Chimes at Midnight Film Template:Ubl 1966 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist An amalgamation of scenes from Richard II, Henry IV, Part 1, Henry IV, Part 2, Henry V and The Merry Wives of Windsor.
"King Richard the Second"
(BBC Television Shakespeare)
TV Template:Ubl 1978 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist Released in the US as part of the Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare series.
Richard II
(The War of the Roses)
Video Template:Ubl 1990 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist A direct filming of the stage performance of Bogdanov and Pennington's 7-play sequence for the English Shakespeare Company based on Shakespeare's history plays.
Richard II TV Template:Ubl 1997 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist
Richard the Second Video Template:Ubl 2001 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist
Richard II
(The Hollow Crown)
TV Template:Ubl 2012 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist

Richard III[]

Main article: Richard III (play)
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Richard III Film Template:Ubl 1912 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist The oldest surviving American feature-length film, and is also thought to be the first feature-length Shakespearean adaptation ever made.
Tower of London Film Template:Ubl 1939 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist
Richard III Film Template:Ubl 1955 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist
"Richard III: The Dangerous Brother"
(An Age of Kings)
TV Template:Ubl 1960 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist Richard III Acts 1, 2 and Act 3, Scene 1 (up to Richard promising Buckingham the Dukedom of Hereford).
"Richard III: The Boar Hunt"
(An Age of Kings)
TV Template:Ubl 1960 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist Richard III from Act 3, Scene 1 onwards (beginning with Stanley's messenger arriving at Hasting's house).
Tower of London Film Template:Ubl 1962 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist
Richard III
(The Wars of the Roses)
TV Template:Ubl 1965 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist An abridged version of Richard III.
The Goodbye Girl Film Template:Ubl 1977 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist Contains scenes in which the Richard Dreyfuss character rehearses and performs Shakespeare's play.
"The Tragedy of Richard III"
(BBC Television Shakespeare)
TV Template:Ubl 1983 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist Released in the US as part of the Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare series.
The Black Adder TV Template:Ubl 1983 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist The first series, written by Atkinson and Richard Curtis, is a parody of Shakespeare's plays, particularly Macbeth, Richard III and Henry V.
Richard III
(The War of the Roses)
Video Template:Ubl 1990 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist A direct filming of the stage performance of Bogdanov and Pennington's 7-play sequence for the English Shakespeare Company based on Shakespeare's history plays.
"King Richard III"
(Shakespeare: The Animated Tales)
TV Template:Ubl 1994 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist Paint-on-glass animation
Richard III Film Template:Ubl 1995 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist The film sets the play in 1930s Britain with Richard as a fascist sympathizer plotting to usurp the throne.
Looking for Richard Film Template:Ubl 1996 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist A documentary account of Pacino's quest to perform Shakespeare's play, featuring substantial excerpts.
Richard III Film Template:Ubl 2008 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist
"Richard III"
(The Hollow Crown)
TV Template:Ubl 2016 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist

Romances[]

Main article: Shakespeare's late romances

Pericles[]

Main article: Pericles, Prince of Tyre
Title Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Directors Starring Description
"Pericles, Prince of Tyre"
(BBC Television Shakespeare)
TV Template:Ubl 1984 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist Released in the US as part of the Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare series.

Cymbeline[]

Main article: Cymbeline
Title Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Directors Starring Description
Cymbeline Silent Template:Ubl 1913 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist
"Cymbeline"
(BBC Television Shakespeare)
TV Template:Ubl 1982 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist Released in the US as part of the Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare series.
Cymbeline Film Template:Ubl 2014 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist

The Winter's Tale[]

Main article: The Winter's Tale
Title Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Directors Starring Description
The Winter's Tale Silent Template:Ubl 1910 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist
"The Winter's Tale"
(BBC Television Shakespeare)
TV Template:Ubl 1981 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist Released in the US as part of the Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare series.
"The Winter's Tale"
(Shakespeare: The Animated Tales)
TV Template:Ubl 1994 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist Stop motion puppet animation
The Winter's Tale Video Template:Ubl 1999 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist A straight-to-video filming of the 1999 RSC Barbican production.

The Tempest[]

Main article: The Tempest
Title Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Directors Starring Description
The Tempest Silent Template:Ubl 1911 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist
Yellow Sky Film Template:Ubl 1948 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist A western film where a band of reprobate outlaws flee after a bank robbery and encounter an old man and his granddaughter in a ghost town. The story is believed to be loosely adapted from The Tempest.[126]
Forbidden Planet Film Template:Ubl 1956 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist A science fiction classic in which a starship crew meets the scientist Dr Morbius, his daughter Altaira, their custom-built robot Robby, and a mysterious, threatening force, all on the titular fourth planet of Altair. Each of these elements corresponds to the play's sailing vessel and its crew, the sorcerer Prospero, his daughter Miranda, Ariel the sprite, and the enchantments of the island.
"The Tempest"
(Hallmark Hall of Fame)
TV Template:Ubl 1960 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist
The Tempest Film Template:Ubl 1979 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist
"The Tempest"
(BBC Television Shakespeare)
TV Template:Ubl 1980 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist Released in the US as part of the Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare series.
Tempest Film Template:Ubl 1982 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist
The Tempest
(The Shakespeare Collection)
TV Template:Ubl 1983 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist
The Journey to Melonia
(Template:Lang-sv
Film Template:Ubl 1989 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist
Prospero's Books Film Template:Ubl 1991 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist A partial adaptation.[127]
"The Tempest"
(Shakespeare: The Animated Tales)
TV Template:Ubl 1992 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist Stop motion puppet animation
The Tempest TV Template:Ubl 1998 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist
The Tempest Film Template:Ubl 2010 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist The gender of main character Prospero was changed to Prospera so Mirren could take the role.[128]
The Tempest Video Template:Ubl 2010 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist A filmed Stratford Shakespeare Festival production.
The Tempest Video Template:Ubl 2014 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist A filmed version of the live production at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London, 2013.

Other[]

Shakespeare as a character[]

Title Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Directors Starring Description
Shakespeare Writing Julius Caesar Silent Template:Ubl 1907 The probable first appearance of Shakespeare as a character.[129]
Master Will Shakespeare Film Template:Ubl 1936 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist Short film.
Time Flies Film Template:Ubl 1944 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist Tommy meets Shakespeare in 16th century England.
The Story of Mankind Film Template:Ubl 1957 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist Shakespeare appears in Heaven.
"The Twilight Zone"
(The Bard)
TV Template:Ubl 1963 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist A bumbling screenwriter summons Shakespeare's ghost to become his ghostwriter.
"The Executioners"
(Doctor Who - "The Chase")
TV Template:Ubl 1965 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist An episode of the classic BBC science fiction series, first screened on 22 May 1965.
William Shakespeare: His Life & Times TV Template:Ubl 1978 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist A 6-part serial produced by Cecil Clarke and written by John Mortimer, that recounts Shakespeare's life in London.
"The Twilight Zone"
(Act Break)
TV Template:Ubl 1985 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist A struggling playwright accidentally goes back in time and meets Shakespeare.
Shakespeare in Love Film Template:Ubl 1998 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist A fictional love story about Shakespeare's romance with a noblewoman, at the time of writing Romeo and Juliet. Won the Academy Award for Best Picture.
"The Drew Carey Show"
(Drew's In a Coma)
TV Template:Ubl 2001 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist Drew meets Shakespeare in Heaven.
Elizabeth Rex TV Template:Ubl 2004 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist Based on the play of that name by Timothy Findley, stars Shakespeare as a main character, recording interactions between Elizabeth I and members of his cast on the night her lover is to be executed by her own order.[130]
A Waste of Shame TV Template:Ubl 2005 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist A dramatisation of Shakespeare's life at the time of writing the Sonnets.
"The Shakespeare Code"
(Doctor Who)
TV Template:Ubl 2007 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist An episode of the BBC science fiction series, first screened on 7 April 2007, set in 1599.
Romeo x Juliet TV Template:Ubl 2007 Template:Hlist An anime fantasy retelling of the play. Juliet's family were rulers of a floating island nation called Neo Verona before being killed by the Montagues, forcing her to hide in a theater troupe owned by a fictional version of William Shakespeare.
Anonymous Film Template:Ubl 2011 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist A fictional drama about the alleged authorship of Shakespeare's work.
Bill Film Template:Ubl 2015 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist A family comedy focusing on the young adult Shakespeare's rise to fame. Many of the cast feature in the children's TV series Horrible Histories.
Upstart Crow TV Template:Ubl 2016 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist A BBC sitcom.
Will TV Template:Ubl 2017 Template:Hlist A TNT series telling the wild story of young William Shakespeare's arrival onto the punk-rock theater scene in 16th century London - the seductive, violent world where his raw talent faced rioting audiences, religious fanatics and raucous side-shows; a contemporary version of Shakespeare's life, played to a modern soundtrack that exposes all his recklessness, lustful temptations and brilliance. It was cancelled after only one season.
All Is True Film Template:Ubl 2018 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist Set in the 1610s, the film chronicles Shakespeare's final years as he retires and returns home to Stratford-upon-Avon.
"Good Omens" TV Template:Ubl 2019 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist An Amazon Prime miniseries.

Acting Shakespeare[]

Title Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Directors Starring Description
To Be or Not To Be Template:Ubl 1942 Template:Hlist The story of an acting company in 1939 Poland.
Prince of Players Template:Ubl 1955 Template:Hlist Edwin Booth.
Shakespeare Wallah Template:Ubl 1965 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist The story of an acting company in India.[131]
The Goodbye Girl Template:Ubl 1977 Template:Hlist Contains scenes in which the Richard Dreyfuss character rehearses and performs Richard III.
To Be or Not To Be Template:Ubl 1983 Template:Hlist A remake of the Ernst Lubitsch film.
Dead Poets Society Film Template:Ubl 1989 Template:Hlist Portrays a student (played by Robert Sean Leonard) who performs the role of Puck in a school production of A Midsummer Night's Dream against his father's wishes.
The Dreamer of Oz: The L. Frank Baum Story Template:Ubl 1990 Template:Hlist Includes a badly-performed rendition of Hamlet's graveyard speech (not by L. Frank Baum, who plays a watchman, though he did play Hamlet over 200 times in real life).
A Midwinter's Tale Template:Ubl 1996 Template:Hlist Template:Hlist Tells the story of a group of actors performing Hamlet.
Looking for Richard Template:Ubl 1996 Template:Hlist A documentary account of Al Pacino's quest to perform Richard III, featuring substantial excerpts from the play. It includes the talents of Winona Ryder, Alec Baldwin and Kevin Spacey.
RSC Production Casebook – The Winter's Tale Video Template:Ubl A documentary of the RSC production listed separately above, including interviews with Antony Sher, Greg Doran, Cicely Berry (the RSC's voice coach) and other members of the cast and crew, together with lengthy excerpts from the show itself.

Television series[]

NOTE: "ShakespeaRe-Told", "The Animated Shakespeare" and "BBC Television Shakespeare" series have been covered above, under the respective play performed in each episode.

  • Playing Shakespeare (TV, UK, 1979–1984) began as two consecutive episodes of the UK arts series The South Bank Show, and developed into a nine-part series of its own. It features director John Barton, then a leading light of the Royal Shakespeare Company, putting a host of actors through their paces. Many of those actors are now household names, including Judi Dench, Michael Pennington, Patrick Stewart, Ben Kingsley, David Suchet and Ian McKellen. The episodes were:
    • The South Bank Show: "Speaking Shakespearean Verse"
    • The South Bank Show: "Preparing to Perform Shakespeare"
    • 1. "The Two Traditions"
    • 2. "Using the Verse"
    • 3. "Language and Character"
    • 4. "Set Speeches and Soliloquies"
    • 5. "Irony and Ambiguity"
    • 6. "Passion and Coolness"
    • 7. "Rehearsing the Text"
    • 8. "Exploring a Character"
    • 9. "Poetry and Hidden Poetry"

Three further episodes were filmed but never edited or screened. They were to be called "Using the Prose", "Using the Sonnets" and "Contemporary Shakespeare". Their text can be read in the book "Playing Shakespeare" by John Barton.

  • The Shakespeare Sessions (USA 2003): An American spin-off from Playing Shakespeare (above) in which John Barton directs notable American actors in Shakespeare scenes.
  • Conjuring Shakespeare (TV, UK, 199?): A series of half-hour documentaries hosted by Fiona Shaw, each episode dealing with scenes from a particular play.
  • In Search of Shakespeare (TV, UK, 2003): A BBC documentary series of four 1-hour episodes, chronicling the life of William Shakespeare, written and presented by Michael Wood.
  • Slings & Arrows (TV, Canada, 2003–2006): A Canadian comedy-drama set in the New Burbage Shakespeare Festival, a fictional Shakespearean festival in a small town in Canada comparable to the real-life Stratford Shakespeare Festival. With its entire run written by Susan Coyne, Bob Martin and Mark McKinney, directed by Peter Wellington, and starring Paul Gross, Martha Burns and Stephen Ouimette, it aired in three seasons of six 1-hour episodes each.
  • Som & Fúria (TV, Brazil, 2009): A Brazilian adaptation of Slings and Arrows.

Academic[]

  • The "Themes of Shakespeare" series contains straight-to-video short documentaries, each considering the theme of a particular play. The contributors are Professor Stanley Wells, and Dr. Robert Smallwood of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust.
  • Two lecture series given by professor Peter Saccio were filmed and are commercially available on DVD.

Miscellaneous[]

  • Theatre of Blood (UK, 1973). Vincent Price plays a Shakespearean actor who takes poetic revenge on the critics who denied him recognition. He kills his critics using methods inspired by several of Shakespeare's plays: Julius Caesar, Troilus and Cressida, The Merchant of Venice, Richard III, Othello, Cymbeline, Romeo and Juliet, Henry VI Part One, Titus Andronicus, and King Lear.
Douglas Hickox director
Vincent Price as Edward Lionheart
Diana Rigg as Edwina Lionheart
  • The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) by the Reduced Shakespeare Company is a successful West End stage comedy, containing some element of all 37 canonical plays. A film of one of the live performances is commercially available.
  • The Royal Shakespeare Company have released a number of videos in the "Great Performances" series, which contain excerpts from stage performances.
  • The Lion in Winter (US, Play, 1966). Set during Christmas 1183 at Henry II of England's castle in Chinon, Anjou, Angevin Empire, the play opens with the arrival of Henry's wife Eleanor of Aquitaine, whom he has had imprisoned since 1173. The story concerns the gamesmanship between Henry, Eleanor, their three surviving sons Richard, Geoffrey, and John, and their Christmas Court guest, the King of France, Philip II Augustus (French: Philippe Auguste), who was the son of Eleanor's ex-husband, Louis VII of France (by his third wife, Adelaide). Also involved is Philip's half-sister Alais, who has been at court since she was betrothed to Richard at age eight, but has since become Henry's mistress. A film version was made in 1968. Productions have been put on by Shakespearean Theater companies (Unseam'd Shakespeare Company production in 2002 and the American Shakespeare Center's Blackfriars Playhouse presented it in complementary repertory with William Shakespeare's King John in 2012).
Anthony Harvey director
Peter O'Toole as King Henry II
Katharine Hepburn as Queen Eleanor
Anthony Hopkins (in his motion picture debut) as Richard the Lionheart
Nigel Terry as John
Timothy Dalton (in his motion picture debut) as King Philip II

See also[]

  • List of titles of works taken from Shakespeare

Notes and references[]

Notes[]

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