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COMEDIES and Laurence Olivier in the 1936 film version of Shakespeare's As You Like It .]] All's Well That Ends Well :''See main article All's Well That Ends Well
:Released in the USA as part of the "Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare" series. As You Like It :''See main article As You Like It
: Paul Czinner director : Elisabeth Bergner as Rosalind : Laurence Olivier as Orlando
:Released in the USA as part of the "Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare" series.
: Christine Edzard director : Emma Croft as Rosalind : James Fox as Jacques : Griff Rhys Jones as Touchstone
: Alexei Karayev director : Sylvestra Le Touzel as the voice of Rosalind
: Kenneth Branagh director : Bryce Dallas Howard as Rosalind : David Oyelowo as Orlando The Comedy of Errors See main article The Comedy Of Errors Performances
:Released in the USA as part of the "Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare" series. Adaptations
Cymbeline See main article Cymbeline
:Released in the USA as part of the "Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare" series. Love's Labour's Lost 's 2000 film version of Love's Labour's Lost .]] See main article Love's Labour's Lost
:Released in the USA as part of the "Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare" series.
: Kenneth Branagh director and as Biron : Alicia Silverstone as the Princess :music by Cole Porter , Irving Berlin , and others Measure For Measure See main article Measure For Measure
:Released in the USA as part of the "Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare" series. The Merchant of Venice See main article The Merchant Of Venice
: Laurence Olivier as Shylock : Joan Plowright as Portia : Jeremy Brett as Bassanio
:Released in the USA as part of the "Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare" series.
:Film of Royal National Theatre’s stage version : Trevor Nunn director : Henry Goodman as Shylock : Derbhle Crotty as Portia
: Michael Radford director : Al Pacino as Shylock : Lynn Collins as Portia : Jeremy Irons as Antonio The Merry Wives of Windsor See main article The Merry Wives Of Windsor Performances
:Released in the USA as part of the "Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare" series.
: Jack Manning director : Leon Charles as Falstaff Adaptations
: Orson Welles director and as Falstaff : Keith Baxter as Hal : John Gielgud as Henry IV
A Midsummer Night's Dream See main article A Midsummer Night's Dream Performances
: Max Reinhardt director : Olivia De Havilland as Titania : James Cagney as Bottom : Mickey Rooney as Puck
: Peter Hall director : Judi Dench as Titania : Paul Rogers as Bottom : Diana Rigg as Helena : David Warner as Lysander : Ian Holm as Puck
:Released in the USA as part of the "Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare" series.
: Robert Saakiants director : Suzanne Bertish as the voice of Titania : Bernard Hill as the voice of Bottom
: Adrian Noble director : Lindsay Duncan as Titania : Desmond Barrit as Bottom
: Michael Hoffman director : Michelle Pfeiffer as Titania : Kevin Kline as Bottom : Rupert Everett as Oberon : Calista Flockhart as Helena : Stanley Tucci as Puck
: James Kerwin screenplay and director : Travis Schuldt as Demetrius
: Christine Edzard director Adaptations
: Woody Allen director and as Andrew : Mia Farrow as Ariel
: Ángel De La Cruz and Manolo Gómez directors
: Sharon Small as Titania : Lennie James as Oberon : Johnny Vegas as Bottom Much Ado About Nothing See main article Much Ado About Nothing Performances
:Released in the USA as part of the "Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare" series.
: Kenneth Branagh director and as Benedick : Emma Thompson as Beatrice : Denzel Washington as Don Pedro : Robert Sean Leonard as Claudio : Kate Beckinsale as Hero : Michael Keaton as Dogberry : Keanu Reeves as Don John Adaptations
: Sarah Parish as Beatrice : Damian Lewis as Benedick : Billie Piper as Hero : Martin Jarvis as Leonard (the Leonato character) Pericles See main article Pericles, Prince Of Tyre
:Released in the USA as part of the "Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare" series. The Taming of the Shrew See main article The Taming Of The Shrew Performances
: Mary Pickford as Katherine : Douglas Fairbanks as Petruchio
: Franco Zeffirelli director : Elizabeth Taylor as Katherine : Richard Burton as Petruchio
:Released in the USA as part of the "Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare" series. : John Cleese as Petruchio
: John Allinson director : Karen Austin as Katherine : Franklin Seales as Petruchio
: Aida Ziablikova director : Amanda Root as the voice of Katherine : Nigel Le Vaillant as the voice of Petruchio Adaptations
: Howard Keel
: Julia Stiles as Kat
: Shirley Henderson as Katherine : Rufus Sewell as Petruchio
: Andrew Honor director The Tempest See main article The Tempest (play) Performances
: George Schaefer director : Maurice Evans as Prospero : Richard Burton as Caliban : Lee Remick as Miranda : Roddy McDowall as Ariel
: Derek Jarman director : Heathcote Williams as Prospero : Toyah Willcox as Miranda :"Stormy Weather" sung by Elisabeth Welch
:Released in the USA as part of the "Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare" series.
: William Woodman director : Efrem Zimbalist Jr. as Prospero
: Peter Greenaway director : John Gielgud as Prospero
: Stanislav Sokolov director : Timothy West as the voice of Prospero Adaptations
: Fred M. Wilcox director : Walter Pidgeon as Dr. Mobius : Anne Francis as Alataria : Leslie Nielsen as the captain
: Paul Mazursky director : John Cassavetes as Phillip Dimitrious : Molly Ringwald as Miranda : Susan Sarandon as Aretha : Raul Julia as Kalibanos
: Jack Bender director : Peter Fonda as Gideon Prosper Twelfth Night See main article Twelfth Night (play) and its section Film And Television Adaptions Performances
: John Dexter and John Sichel directors : Joan Plowright as Viola and Sebastian : Alec Guinness as Malvolio : Ralph Richardson as Sir Toby Belch : Tommy Steele as an unusually prominent Feste
:Released in the USA as part of the "Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare" series.
: Kenneth Branagh director : Richard Briers as Malvolio : Caroline Langrishe as Olivia :music by 's ''One Upon A Long Ago''.)
: Maria Muat director : Fiona Shaw : Hugh Grant : William Rushton as the voice of Sir Toby Belch
: Trevor Nunn director : Imogen Stubbs as Viola : Helena Bonham Carter as Olivia : Nigel Hawthorne as Malvolio : Mel Smith as Sir Toby Belch : Richard E. Grant as Sir Andrew Aguecheek : Ben Kingsley as Feste Adaptations
: Andy Fickman director : Amanda Bynes as Viola : Channing Tatum as Duke Orsino : Laura Ramsey as Olivia The Two Gentlemen of Verona See main article The Two Gentlemen Of Verona
:Released in the USA as part of the "Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare" series. The Winter's Tale See main article The Winter's Tale Performances
:Released in the USA as part of the "Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare" series.
: Stanislav Sokolov director : Anton Lesser : Jenny Agutter
: Greg Doran director : Antony Sher as Leontes Adaptations
TRAGEDIES Antony and Cleopatra See main article Antony And Cleopatra Performances
: Jon Scoffield director : Janet Suzman as Cleopatra : Richard Johnson as Antony : Patrick Stewart as Enobarbus (TRIVIA: This was his first film role.)
:Released in the USA as part of the "Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare" series. Adaptations
: Gerald Thomas director : Kenneth Williams as Caesar : Sid James as Mark Antony : Amanda Barrie as Cleopatra Coriolanus See main article Coriolanus (play)
:Released in the USA as part of the "Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare" series. Hamlet See main article Hamlet , and the section Hamlet In Cinema And TV . Performances as Hamlet in Grigori Kozintsev 's 1963 film.]]
:Sir Johnstone Forbes-Robertson as Hamlet
: Laurence Olivier director and as Hamlet : Jean Simmons as Ophelia
: Franz Peter Wirth director : Maximilian Schell as Hamlet
: Grigori Kozintsev director : Innokenti Smoktunovsky as Hamlet
:Sir John Gielgud director and voice of the ghost of Hamlet's father : Richard Burton as Hamlet : Alfred Drake as Claudius : Hume Cronyn as Polonius
: Tony Richardson director : Nicol Williamson as Hamlet : Marianne Faithfull as Ophelia : Anthony Hopkins as Claudius
:Released in the USA as part of the "Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare" series.
: Aki Kaurismäki director : Pirkka-Pekka Petelius as Hamlet
: Franco Zeffirelli director : Mel Gibson as Hamlet : Helena Bonham Carter as Ophelia : Glenn Close as Gertrude : Ian Holm as Polonius
: Kirk Browning co-director : Kevin Kline co-director and as Hamlet
: Natalia Orlova director : Nicholas Farrell as the voice of Hamlet
: Kenneth Branagh director and as Hamlet : Kate Winslet as Ophelia : Derek Jacobi as Claudius : Richard Briers as Polonius
: Campbell Scott director and as Hamlet : Blair Brown as Gertrude
: Michael Almereyda director : Ethan Hawke as Hamlet : Julia Stiles as Ophelia : Bill Murray as Polonius
: Mike Mundell director : William Houston as Hamlet Adaptations
: Akira Kurosawa director : Toshirô Mifune as Koichi Nishi
: Dave Thomas co-director and as Doug McKenzie : Rick Moranis co-director and as Bob McKenzie
: Tom Stoppard director : Gary Oldman as Rozencrantz (or Guildenstern) : Tim Roth as Guildenstern (or Rozencrantz) : Richard Dreyfuss as the Player King
: Penny Marshall director : Danny DeVito as Bill
: Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff directors : Matthew Broderick as the voice of Simba (the Hamlet character) : James Earl Jones as the voice of Mufasa (the Old Hamlet character) : Jeremy Irons as the voice of Scar (the Claudius character)
: Kenneth Branagh director : Michael Maloney as Joe : Julia Sawalha as Nina Julius Caesar See main article Julius Caesar (play) Performances
: David Bradley director and as Brutus : Harold Tasker as Caesar : Charlton Heston as Mark Antony
: Joseph L. Mankiewicz director : James Mason as Brutus : John Gielgud as Cassius : Marlon Brando as Mark Antony
: Charlton Heston as Mark Antony : Jason Robards as Brutus : John Gielgud as Caesar
:Released in the USA as part of the "Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare" series.
: Yuri Kulakov director : Joss Ackland as the voice of Julius Caesar Adaptations
: Gerald Thomas director : Kenneth Williams as Caesar : Sid James as Mark Antony : Amanda Barrie as Cleopatra King Lear :''See main article King Lear and its section on Film Adaptations . Performances
: Andrew McCullough director : Orson Welles as Lear
: Peter Brook director : Paul Scofield as Lear
: Grigori Kozintsev director : Jüri Järvet as Lear
: James Earl Jones as Lear : Raul Julia as Edmund : Rene Auberjonois as Edgar : Rosalind Cash as Goneril : Douglass Watson as Kent : Patrick Magee as Lear
:Released in the USA as part of the "Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare" series.
: Michael Elliot director : Laurence Olivier as Lear
: Richard Eyre director : Ian Holm as Lear : Timothy West as Gloucester
: Brian Blessed director and as Lear : Hildegard Neil as Fool Adaptations
: Jean-Luc Godard director : Woody Allen as Mr. Alien : Burgess Meredith as Don Learo : Molly Ringwald as Cordelia
: Akira Kurosawa director
: Jocelyn Moorhouse director : Jason Robards as Larry Cook : Jessica Lange as Ginny : Michelle Pfeiffer as Rose : Jennifer Jason Leigh as Caroline
: Uli Edel director : Patrick Stewart as John Lear Macbeth See main article Macbeth Performances
: Orson Welles director and as Macbeth : Jeanette Nolan as Lady Macbeth
: Roman Polanski director : Jon Finch as Macbeth : Francesca Annis as Lady Macbeth
: Trevor Nunn director : Ian McKellen as Macbeth : Judi Dench as Lady Macbeth
: Arthur Allan Seidelman director : Jeremy Brett as Macbeth : Piper Laurie as Lady Macbeth
:Released in the USA as part of the "Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare" series.
: Jeremy Freeston and Brian Blessed directors : Jason Connery as Macbeth : Helen Baxendale as Lady Macbeth
: Michael Bogdanov director : Sean Pertwee as Macbeth : Greta Scacchi as Lady Macbeth
: Nicolai Serebryakov director : Brian Cox as the voice of Macbeth : Zoe Wanamaker as the voice of Lady Macbeth
: Greg Doran director : Antony Sher as Macbeth : Harriet Walter as Lady Macbeth Adaptations
: Ken Hughes director : Paul Douglas as Joe MacBeth : Ruth Roman as Lily Macbeth
: Akira Kurosawa director : Toshiro Mifune : Isuzu Yamada
: William Reilly director : John Turturro as Mike Battaglia : Katherine Borowitz as Ruthie Battaglia
: Vishal Bharadwaj director
: James McAvoy as Joe Macbeth : Keeley Hawes as Ella (the Lady Macbeth character) Othello See main article Othello Performances
: Dimitri Buchowetzki director : Emil Jannings as Othello
: Orson Welles director and as Othello : Micheal MacLiammoir as Iago : Suzanne Cloutier as Desdemona
: Sergei Yutkevich director and screenplay : Sergei Bondarchuk as Othello : Irina Skobtseva as Desdemona : Andrei Popov as Iago
: John Dexter director : Laurence Olivier as Othello : Frank Finlay as Iago : Maggie Smith as Desdemona
:Released in the USA as part of the "Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare" series. : Anthony Hopkins as Othello
: Trevor Nunn director : Willard White (the opera singer) as Othello : Imogen Stubbs as Desdemona : Ian McKellen as Iago
: Nicolai Serebryakov director : Colin McFarlane as the voice of Othello : Gerald McSorley as the voice of Iago : Sian Thomas as the voice of Desdemona
: Oliver Parker director : Laurence Fishburne as Othello : Kenneth Branagh as Iago : Irene Jacob as Desdemona Adaptations
: George Cukor director : Ronald Colman as Anthony John
: Jayaraaj director : Suresh Gopi as Kannan Perumalayan (the Othello character)
: Tim Blake Nelson director : Mekhi Phifer as Odin James : Josh Hartnett as Hugo : Julia Stiles as Desi
Romeo and Juliet See main article Romeo And Juliet Performances
: J. Stuart Blackton director : Florence Lawrence as Juliet : Paul Panzer as Romeo
: George Cukor director : Norma Shearer as Juliet : Leslie Howard as Romeo
: Renato Castellani director : Susan Shentall as Juliet : Laurence Harvey as Romeo
: Franco Zeffirelli director : Olivia Hussey as Juliet : Leonard Whiting as Romeo
:Released in the USA as part of the "Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare" series.
: William Woodman director : Blanche Baker as Juliet : Alex Hyde-White as Romeo
: Joan Kemp-Welch director : Ann Hasson as Juliet : Christopher Neame as Romeo
: Efim Gamburg director : Felicity Kendall as narrator : Clare Holman as the voice of Juliet : Linus Roache as the voice of Romeo
: Baz Luhrmann director : Claire Danes as Juliet : Leonardo DiCaprio as Romeo Adaptations
: Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins directors : Natalie Wood as Maria
: Lloyd Kaufman director : Jane Jensen as Juliet Capulet : Will Keenan as Tromeo Que
: Andrzej Bartkowiak director : Jet Li as Han : Aaliyah as Trish O’Day
Timon of Athens See main article Timon Of Athens
:Released in the USA as part of the "Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare" series. (TRIVIA: It is thought that this is the only filmed or televised version of this play.) Titus Andronicus See main article Titus Andronicus
:Released in the USA as part of the "Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare" series.
: Christopher Dunne director : Robert Reece as Titus Andronicus : Candy K. Sweet as Tamora
: Julie Taymor director : Anthony Hopkins as Titus Andronicus : Jessica Lange as Tamora : Alan Cumming as Saturninus Troilus and Cressida See main article Troilus And Cressida
:Released in the USA as part of the "Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare" series. HISTORIES Henry IV Part 1 See main article Henry IV, Part 1 Performances
: Michael Hayes director : Tom Fleming as Henry IV : Robert Hardy as Hal : Frank Pettingell as Falstaff : Sean Connery as Hotspur
:Directed by John Barton and Peter Hall
:Released in the USA as part of the "Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare" series.
Adaptations
: Orson Welles director and as Falstaff : Keith Baxter as Hal : John Gielgud as Henry IV
: Gus Van Sant director : River Phoenix as Mike Waters : Keanu Reeves as Scott Favor Henry IV Part 2 See main article Henry IV, Part 2 Performances
: Michael Hayes director : Tom Fleming as Henry IV : Robert Hardy as Hal : Frank Pettingell as Falstaff
:Directed by John Barton and Peter Hall
:Released in the USA as part of the "Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare" series.
Adaptations
: Orson Welles director and as Falstaff : Keith Baxter as Hal : John Gielgud as Henry IV
Henry V in his 1944 film version of Henry V .]], Ian Holm , Brian Blessed and Kenneth Branagh in Branagh's 1989 film version of Henry V .]] See main article Henry V (play) Performances
: Laurence Olivier director and as Henry V
: Michael Hayes director : Robert Hardy as Henry V
:Directed by John Barton and Peter Hall
:Released in the USA as part of the "Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare" series.
: Kenneth Branagh director and as Henry V : Ian Holm as Fluellen : Brian Blessed as Exeter : Emma Thompson as Katherine
Adaptations
: Orson Welles director and as Falstaff : Keith Baxter as Hal : John Gielgud as Henry IV
Henry VI Part 1 See main article Henry VI, Part 1
: Michael Hayes director : Terry Scully as Henry VI : Eileen Atkins as Joan
:Directed by John Barton and Peter Hall : David Warner as Henry VI
:Released in the USA as part of the "Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare" series.
Henry VI Part 2 See main article Henry VI, Part 2
: Michael Hayes director : Terry Scully as Henry VI
:Directed by John Barton and Peter Hall : David Warner as Henry VI : Ian Holm as Richard
:Released in the USA as part of the "Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare" series.
Henry VI Part 3 See main article Henry VI, Part 3
: Michael Hayes director : Terry Scully as Henry VI : Julian Glover as Edward : Paul Daneman as Richard
:Directed by John Barton and Peter Hall : David Warner as Henry VI : Ian Holm as Richard Duke of Gloucester
:Released in the USA as part of the "Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare" series.
Henry VIII See main article Henry VIII (play)
:Released in the USA as part of the "Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare" series. King John See main article King John
:Released in the USA as part of the "Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare" series. Richard II See main article Richard II (play) Performances
: Michael Hayes director : David William as Richard II : Tom Fleming as Bolingbroke
:Directed by John Barton and Peter Hall
:Released in the USA as part of the "Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare" series.
: John Farrell director : Matte Osian as Richard Adaptations
: Orson Welles director and as Falstaff : Keith Baxter as Hal : John Gielgud as Henry IV Richard III See main article Richard III (play) Performances
: Laurence Olivier director and as Richard : John Gielgud as Clarence : Ralph Richardson as Buckingham : Claire Bloom as Lady Anne
: Michael Hayes director : Julian Glover as Edward IV : Paul Daneman as Richard III : Jerome Willis as Richmond
:Directed by John Barton and Peter Hall : Ian Holm as Richard III
:Released in the USA as part of the "Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare" series.
:A direct filming, from the stage, of Michael Bogdanov and Michael Pennington ’s 7-play sequence based on Shakespeare’s history plays.
: Natalia Orlova director : Antony Sher as the voice of Richard
: Richard Loncraine director : Ian McKellen as Richard : Annette Bening as Elizabeth : Nigel Hawthorne as Clarence : Kristin Scott Thomas as Lady Anne
Adaptations
: Rowland V. Lee director : Basil Rathbone as Richard : Boris Karloff as Mord (an executioner)
OTHER Life and times of Shakespeare
: John Madden director : Mark Norman and Tom Stoppard screenwriters : Joseph Fiennes as Will Shakespeare : Gwyneth Paltrow as Viola De Lesseps : Colin Firth as Lord Wessex : Judi Dench as Queen Elizabeth I Acting Shakespeare
: Ernst Lubitsch director
: James Ivory director : Felicity Kendal as Lizzie : Shashi Kapoor as Sanju : Madhur Jaffrey (later famous as a TV chef) as Manjula
: Mel Brooks director
: Kenneth Branagh director : Michael Maloney as Joe : Julia Sawalha as Nina
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.
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 .
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