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List of William Shakespeare screen adaptations
The Guinness Book of Records lists 410 feature-length film and TV versions of William Shakespeare's plays, making Shakespeare the most filmed author ever in any language.[1][2]
As of June 2020[update], the Internet Movie Database lists 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 Edit
All's Well That Ends Well Edit
| Title | M | C | Y | Directors | Starring | Description |
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| All's Well That Ends Well | TV | 1968 |
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| Originally a Royal Shakespeare Company stage production, this was the first Shakespeare play broadcast in color by the BBC.[a] The second, of two, reels is believed to be lost.[5] | |
| All's Well That Ends Well | Video | 1978 |
| 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 | 1981 |
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| All's Well That Ends Well (National Theatre Live) | TV | 2009 |
| Live performance broadcast from the National Theatre in London's West End. |
As You Like It Edit
| Title | M | C | Y | Directors | Starring | Description |
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| As You Like It | Silent | 1912 |
| 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 | 1915 |
| A silent comedy film in a contemporary setting of the play.[7] | ||
| As You Like It | Film | 1936 |
| 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 | 1963 |
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| 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 | 1978 |
| 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 | 1983 |
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| As You Like It | Film | 1992 |
| 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 | 1994 |
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| Animated with paint on glass using watercolors.[14] | |
| As You Like It | Film | 2006 |
| 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 | 2010 |
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| As You Like It | Video | 2010 |
| Recording of a performance at Shakespeare's Globe. |
The Comedy of Errors Edit
| Title | M | C | Y | Directors | Starring | Description |
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| The Boys from Syracuse | Film | 1940 |
| 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 (Bengali: ভ্রান্তি বিলাস, lit. 'Illusion of illusion)' | Film | 1963 |
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| 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 | 1967 |
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| Do Dooni Char | Film | 1968 |
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| 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 | 1978 |
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| A TV adaptation of a musical based on the play, with a book and lyrics by Trevor Nunn and music by Guy Woolfenden. | |
| Angoor (Hindi: अंगूर, lit. 'Grape)' | Film | 1982 |
| 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 | 1983 |
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| The Comedy of Errors | TV | 1987 |
| 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 | 1989 |
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Love's Labour's Lost Edit
| Title | M | C | Y | Directors | Starring | Description |
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| Love's Labor Lost | Animation | 1920 | ||||
| "Love's Labour's Lost" (Play of the Month) | TV | 1975 |
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| "Love's Labour's Lost" (BBC Television Shakespeare) | TV | 1985 |
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| Love's Labour's Lost | Film | 2000 |
| 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 Edit
| Title | M | C | Y | Directors | Starring | Description |
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| Measure for Measure (Italian: Dente per dente, lit. 'A tooth for a tooth)' | Film | 1943 |
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| "Measure For Measure" (BBC Television Shakespeare) | TV | 1979 |
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| Measure for Measure | TV | 1994 |
| 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 | 2006 |
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| Contemporary re-working of Shakespeare's problem play set in the British army. | |
| M4M: Measure for Measure | Film | 2015 |
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| All-male cast version | |
| Measure For Measure | Film | 2019 |
| Adaptation set in modern-day Australia |
The Merchant of Venice Edit
| Title | M | C | Y | Directors | Starring | Description |
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| The Merchant of Venice | Silent | 1914 |
| An early film of the play, now assumed to be lost.[17] | ||
| The Merchant of Venice | Silent | 1916 |
| 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 | 1922 |
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| Der Kaufmann von Venedig | Silent | Germany | 1923 | Peter Paul Felner | Werner Krauß (Shylock) Henny Porten (Portia) Harry Liedtke (Bassanio) Carl Ebert (Antonio) Max Schreck (Doge von Venedig) | A relatively late silent movie, making significant changes in the plot, nevertheless considered as a masterwork, mostly due to its stunning cast. |
| The Merchant of Venice | TV | 1947 |
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| "The Merchant of Venice" (Sunday Night Theatre) | TV | 1955 |
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| "The Merchant of Venice" (Play of the Month) | TV | 1972 |
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| The Merchant of Venice | TV | 1973 |
| An adaptation from Jonathan Miller's acclaimed 1970 Royal National Theatre staging.[19] | ||
| The Merchant of Venice | TV | 1976 |
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| "The Merchant of Venice" (BBC Television Shakespeare) | TV | 1980 |
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| The Merchant of Venice | TV | 1996 |
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| The Merchant of Venice | TV | 2001 |
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| The Maori Merchant of Venice (Māori: Te Tangata Whai Rawa o Weniti) | Film | 2002 |
| 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 | 2004 |
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| Der Kaufmann von Venedig | Silent | German | 1923 |
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The Merry Wives of Windsor Edit
| Title | M | C | Y | Directors | Starring | Description |
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| The Merry Wives of Windsor (German: Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor) | Film | 1950 |
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| "The Merry Wives of Windsor" (Sunday Night Theatre) | TV | 1952 |
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| Chimes at Midnight | Film | 1966 |
| 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 | 1970 |
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| "The Merry Wives of Windsor" (BBC Television Shakespeare) | TV | 1982 |
| 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 Edit
| Title | M | C | Y | Directors | Starring | Description |
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| A Midsummer Night's Dream | Silent | 1909 |
| The first film adaptation of the play. | ||
| Wood Love (German: Ein Sommernachtstraum) | Silent | 1925 |
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| A Midsummer Night's Dream | Film | 1935 |
| 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 (Czech: Sen noci svatojánské) | Film | 1959 | 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 | 1968 |
| 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 (French: Le Songe d'une nuit d'été) | TV | 1969 |
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| "A Midsummer Night's Dream" (BBC Television Shakespeare) | TV | 1980 |
| Released in the US as part of the Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare series. | ||
| Dream of a Summer Night (Italian: Sogno di una Notte d'Estate) | Film | 1983 |
| 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 | 1992 |
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| A Midsummer Night's Dream | Film | 1999 |
| 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 | 2001 |
| 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 | 2001 |
| 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 | 2002 |
| A modern adaptation set at a warehouse party | ||
| Midsummer Dream (Spanish: El Sueño de una Noche de San Juan) | Film | 2005 |
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| An animated adaptation of the Cream story. | |
| "A Midsummer Night's Dream" (ShakespeaRe-Told) | TV | 2005 |
| a modern adaptation | ||
| Were the World Mine | Film | 2008 |
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| 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 | 2010 |
| 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 | 2015 |
| Recording of a production at Polonsky Shakespeare Center, Brooklyn, New York. | ||
| Strange Magic | Film | 2015 |
| 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 | 2016 |
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| A Midsummer Night's Dream | Film | 2018 |
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| A modern-day version set against the backdrop of Hollywood, CA. |
Much Ado About Nothing Edit
| Title | M | C | Y | Directors | Starring | Description |
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| Much Ado About Nothing | TV | 1973 |
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| A CBS television presentation of Joseph Papp's New York Shakespeare Festival production. | |
| Much Ado About Nothing (Russian: Много шума из ничего) | Film | 1973 |
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| Soviet romantic comedy | |
| "Much Ado About Nothing" (BBC Television Shakespeare) | TV | 1984 |
| Released in the US as part of the Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare series. | ||
| Much Ado About Nothing | Film | 1993 |
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| "Much Ado About Nothing" (ShakespeaRe-Told) | TV | 2005 |
| A modern adaptation by David Nicholls. | ||
| Much Ado About Nothing | Film | 2012 |
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The Taming of the Shrew Edit
| Title | M | C | Y | Directors | Starring | Description |
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| The Taming of the Shrew | Silent | 1908 |
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| Daring Youth[31] | Silent | 1924 |
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| The Taming of the Shrew | Film | 1929 |
| The first sound film adaptation of The Taming of the Shrew. | ||
| You Made Me Love You | Film | 1933 |
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| Kiss Me, Kate | Film | 1953 |
| 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 | 1962 |
| The play was performed live but included some filmed sequences shot in Centennial Park.[32][33] | ||
| Arivaali (Tamil: அறிவாளி) | Film | 1963 |
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| The Taming of the Shrew (Italian: La Bisbetica domata) | Film | 1967 |
| "A bawdy and boisterous production which reduces the play to the Katharina/Petruccio romance."[34] | ||
| The Taming of the Shrew | TV | 1973 |
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| The Taming of the Shrew | TV | 1973 |
| 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 (Italian: Il Bisbetico Domato) | Film | 1980 |
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| "The Taming of the Shrew" (BBC Television Shakespeare) | TV | 1980 |
| Released in the US as part of the Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare series. | ||
| Kiss Me, Petruchio | TV | 1981 |
| 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 | 1983 |
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| "Atomic Shakespeare" (Moonlighting) | TV | 1986 |
| 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 (Kannada: ನಂಜುಂಡಿ ಕಲ್ಯಾಣ, lit. 'Nanjundi's marriage)' | Film | 1989 |
| 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 (Telugu: మహాజనానికి మరదలు పిల్ల, lit. 'A child of neglect)' | Film | 1990 |
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| A remake of the Kannada film Nanjundi Kalyana (1989). | |
| "The Taming of the Shrew" (Shakespeare: The Animated Tales) | TV | 1994 |
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| 10 Things I Hate About You | Film | 1999 |
| 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 (Portuguese: O Cravo e a Rosa) | Telenovela | 2000–1 |
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| Deliver Us from Eva | Film | 2003 |
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| "The Taming of The Shrew" (ShakespeaRe-Told) | TV | 2005 |
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| A modern adaptation by Sally Wainwright. | |
| Frivolous Wife (Korean: 날나리 종부전)[35] | Film | 2008 |
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Twelfth Night Edit
| Title | M | C | Y | Directors | Starring | Description |
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| Twelfth Night | Film | 1910 |
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| Twelfth Night | Film | 1933 |
| 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 | 1955 |
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| Twelfth Night[37] | TV | 1966 |
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| Twelfth Night | TV | 1970 |
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| "Twelfth Night" (BBC Television Shakespeare) | TV | 1980 |
| Released in the US as part of the Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare series. | ||
| Twelfth Night[38] | Film | 1986 |
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| Twelfth Night | TV | 1988 |
| Music by Patrick Doyle and Paul McCartney | ||
| "Twelfth Night" (Shakespeare: The Animated Tales) | TV | 1992 |
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| Twelfth Night | Film | 1996 |
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| Twelfth Night, or What You Will | TV | 2003 |
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| She's the Man | Film | 2006 |
| Adapts the story to a high-school setting. | ||
| Twelfth Night | Film | 2013 |
| "Globe on Screen": All-male cast in an "original practice" production. |
The Two Gentlemen of Verona Edit
| Title | M | C | Y | Directors | Starring | Description |
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| A Spray of Plum Blossoms (Chinese: 一剪梅; pinyin: Yī jiǎn méi) | Silent film | 1931 |
| 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 | 1983 |
| Released in the US as part of the Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare series. |
Tragedies Edit
Antony and Cleopatra Edit
| Title | M | C | Y | Directors | Starring | Description |
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| Antony and Cleopatra | Film | 1908 |
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| Antony and Cleopatra (Italian: Marcantonio e Cleopatra)[41] | Silent film | 1913 |
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| Antony and Cleopatra | TV | 1959 |
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| Antony and Cleopatra[42] | Film | 1972 |
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| Antony and Cleopatra | TV | 1974 |
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| An adaptation of Trevor Nunn's Royal Shakespeare Company production. | |
| "Antony & Cleopatra" (BBC Television Shakespeare) | TV | 1981 |
| Released in the US as part of the Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare series. | ||
| Kannaki | Film | 2002 |
Coriolanus Edit
| Title | M | C | Y | Directors | Starring | Description |
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| "The Tragedy of Coriolanus" (BBC Television Shakespeare) | TV | 1984 |
| Released in the US as part of the Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare series. | ||
| Coriolanus | Film | 2012 |
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Hamlet Edit
| Title | M | C | Y | Directors | Starring | Description |
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| Hamlet (French: Le Duel d'Hamlet) | Film | 1900 |
| 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 | 1907 |
| The first multi-scene cinematic adaptation of any work by Shakespeare.[44] | ||
| Hamlet | Silent | 1908 |
| One of twelve renditions of the play produced during the silent film era. | ||
| Hamlet | Silent | 1912 |
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| Hamlet | Silent | 1913 |
| Made by the Hepworth Company and based on the Drury Lane Theatre's 1913 staging of the work. | ||
| Hamlet (Italian: Amleto)[45] | Silent | 1917 |
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| Hamlet | Silent | 1921 |
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| Blood for Blood (Urdu: Khoon Ka Khoon) | Film | 1935 |
| 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 | 1948 |
| 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 (Italian: Io, Amleto) | Film | 1952 |
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| Hamlet (Urdu: हेमलेट) | Film | 1954 |
| 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 | 1959 |
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| The Bad Sleep Well (Japanese: 悪い奴ほどよく眠る, romanized: Warui yatsu hodo yoku nemuru) | Film | 1960 |
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| Hamlet (German: Hamlet, Prinz von Dänemark) | TV | 1961 |
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| Ophelia | Film | 1963 |
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| Hamlet (Russian: Гамлет, tr. Gamlet) | Film | 1964 |
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| 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 | 1964 |
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| Hamlet at Elsinore | TV | 1964 |
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| Johnny Hamlet (Italian: Quella sporca storia nel West, lit. 'That Dirty Story in the West)' | Film | 1968 |
| A Spaghetti Western version.[54] | ||
| Hamlet | Film | 1969 |
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| One Hamlet Less (Italian: Un Amleto di meno) | Film | 1973 |
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| Hamlet | TV | 1974 |
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| The Angel of Vengeance – The Female Hamlet (Turkish: İntikam Meleği – Kadın Hamlet) | Film | 1977 |
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| "Hamlet, Prince of Denmark" (BBC Television Shakespeare) | TV | 1980 |
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| Strange Brew | Film | 1983 |
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| Hamlet Goes Business (Finnish: Hamlet liikemaailmassa) | Film | 1987 |
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| Hamlet | Film | 1990 |
| 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 | 1990 |
| 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 | 1992 |
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| Renaissance Man | Film | 1994 |
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| The Lion King | Film | 1994 |
| An animated epic musical drama film, produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures. The story takes place within a pride of lions in Africa. | ||
| In the Bleak Midwinter | Film | 1995 |
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| Hamlet | Film | 1996 |
| 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 | 1999 |
| A modern-day version set in Los Angeles. All of the language is modern.[60] | ||
| Hamlet | Film | 2000 |
| 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 | 2002 |
| 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 (Chinese: 夜宴; pinyin: Yè Yàn) | Film | 2006 |
| A loose adaptation of Hamlet and Ibsen's Ghosts, set in the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period in 10th century China. | ||
| Hamlet | TV | 2009 |
| An adaptation of the Royal Shakespeare Company's 2008 modern-dress stage production. | ||
| Tardid (Persian: تردید, lit. 'Doubt)' | Film | 2009 |
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| Hamlet | Film | 2011 |
| A condensed retelling of the play set in 1940s England. | ||
| Karmayogi | Film | 2012 |
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| Haider | Film | 2014 |
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| The Lion King | Film | 2019 |
| A 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 Edit
| Title | M | C | Y | Directors | Starring | Description |
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| Julius Caesar | Film | 1950 |
| 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 | 1953 |
| 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 | 1969 |
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| Julius Caesar | Film | 1970 |
| The first film version of the play made in colour.[66] | ||
| "Julius Caesar" (BBC Television Shakespeare) | TV | 1979 |
| Released in the US as part of the Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare series. | ||
| "Julius Caesar" (Shakespeare: The Animated Tales) | TV | 1994 |
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| Julius Caesar | TV | 2012 |
| Royal Shakespeare Company stage production, filmed for BBC Television. | ||
| Julius Caesar | TV | 2018 |
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| Royal Shakespeare Company stage production, filmed for BBC Television. | |
| Julius Caesar | TV | 2018 |
| Donmar Warehouse all-female stage production, filmed for Television. |
King Lear Edit
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| King Lear (Italian: Re Lear) | Silent | 1910 |
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| King Lear | Silent | 1916 |
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| Gunasundari Katha (Telugu: గుణసుందరి కథ) | Film | 1949 |
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| King Lear | TV | 1953 |
| Originally presented live, now survives on kinescope. | ||
| King Lear[67][68] | Film | 1971 |
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| King Lear (Russian: Король Лир, romanized: Korol Lir) | Film | 1971 |
| The Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich composed the score. | ||
| "King Lear" (Great Performances) | TV | 1974 |
| Recording of a New York Shakespeare Festival production. | ||
| King Lear | TV | 1974 |
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| "King Lear" (BBC Television Shakespeare) | TV | 1982 |
| Released in the US as part of the Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare series. | ||
| King Lear | TV | 1983 |
| 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 (Japanese: 乱, lit. 'Chaos)' | Film | 1985 |
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| 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 | 1987 |
| 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 (Hungarian: Romani kris - Cigánytörvény)[71] | Film | 1997 |
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| A Thousand Acres | Film | 1997 |
| A modern retelling of the Lear story, from the perspective of the Goneril character (Ginny). | ||
| King Lear | TV | 1997 |
| 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 | 1999 |
| 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 | 2000 | An unfilmed screenplay written by Harold Pinter on a commission from Tim Roth.[73] | |||
| King of Texas | TV | 2002 |
| 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 | 2008 |
| 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 | 2018 |
| Set in an alternative universe, 21st-century, highly militarised London. |
Macbeth Edit
| Title | M | C | Y | Directors | Starring | Description |
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| Macbeth | Silent | 1908 |
| 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 | 1909 |
| A silent black-and-white film with French intertitles. | ||
| Macbeth | Silent | 1909 |
| The second adaptation that year, and is the third film version. In black-and-white, the runtime is 16 minutes. | ||
| Macbeth | Silent | 1911 |
| 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 | 1913 |
| 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 | 1915 |
| A silent black-and-white film with French intertitles. | ||
| Macbeth | Silent | 1916 |
| 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 | 1916 |
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| 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:
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| Macbeth | Silent | 1922 |
| The last silent version, and the eighth film adaptation of the play. | ||
| Macbeth | Film | 1948 |
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| Macbeth | Film | 1950s | An unsuccessful mid-1950s attempt by Olivier to finance a new film version. | |||
| Marmayogi (Tamil: மர்மயோகி, lit. 'The Mysterious Sage, Hindi: एक था राजा, romanized: Ek Tha Raja, lit. 'Once There Was A King')' | Film | 1951 |
| 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 | 1954 |
| A live television adaptation telecast in color, but has only been preserved on black-and-white kinescope.[82][83] | ||
| Joe MacBeth | Film | 1955 |
| A modern retelling set in a 1930s American criminal underworld. The film's plot closely follows the original.[84] | ||
| Throne of Blood (Japanese: 蜘蛛巣城, romanized: Kumonosu-jō, lit. 'Spider Web Castle)' | Film | 1957 |
| 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 | 1960 |
| 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 | 1960 |
| 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 | 1961 |
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The Guinness Book of Records lists 410 feature length film and TV versions of William Shakespeare s plays making Shakespeare the most filmed author ever in any language 1 2 As of June 2020 update the Internet Movie Database lists 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 Contents 1 Comedies 1 1 All s Well That Ends Well 1 2 As You Like It 1 3 The Comedy of Errors 1 4 Love s Labour s Lost 1 5 Measure for Measure 1 6 The Merchant of Venice 1 7 The Merry Wives of Windsor 1 8 A Midsummer Night s Dream 1 9 Much Ado About Nothing 1 10 The Taming of the Shrew 1 11 Twelfth Night 1 12 The Two Gentlemen of Verona 2 Tragedies 2 1 Antony and Cleopatra 2 2 Coriolanus 2 3 Hamlet 2 4 Julius Caesar 2 5 King Lear 2 6 Macbeth 2 7 Othello 2 8 Romeo and Juliet 2 9 Timon of Athens 2 10 Titus Andronicus 2 11 Troilus and Cressida 3 Histories 3 1 Henry IV Part 1 3 2 Henry IV Part 2 3 3 Henry V 3 4 Henry VI Part 1 3 5 Henry VI Part 2 3 6 Henry VI Part 3 3 7 Henry VIII 3 8 King John 3 9 Richard II 3 10 Richard III 4 Romances 4 1 Pericles 4 2 Cymbeline 4 3 The Winter s Tale 4 4 The Tempest 5 Other 5 1 Shakespeare as a character 5 2 Acting Shakespeare 5 3 Television series 5 4 Academic 5 5 Miscellaneous 6 See also 7 Notes and references 7 1 Notes 7 2 References 8 Sources 9 Further reading 10 External linksComedies EditAll s Well That Ends Well Edit Main article All s Well That Ends Well Title M C Y Directors Starring DescriptionAll s Well That Ends Well TV nbsp 1968 John Barton director Claude Whatham screen Lynn Farleigh Helena Ian Richardson Count Bertram Catherine Lacey The Countess of Rousillon Sebastian Shaw The King of France Clive Swift Parolles Caroline Hunt Diana Elizabeth Spriggs A Widow of Florence Brewster Mason Lafew Ian Hogg Lavatch Originally a Royal Shakespeare Company stage production this was the first Shakespeare play broadcast in color by the BBC a The second of two reels is believed to be lost 5 All s Well That Ends Well Video nbsp 1978 Wilford Leach Pamela Reed Helena Marc Linn Count Bertram Elizabeth Wilson The Countess of Rousillon Larry Pines Parolles Frances Conroy Diana Barbara Williams A Widow of Florence John Ferraro Lavatch 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 nbsp 1981 Elijah Moshinsky Angela Down Helena Ian Charleson Count Bertram Celia Johnson The Countess of Rousillon Donald Sinden The King of France Peter Jeffrey Parolles Pippa Guard Diana Rosemary Leach A Widow of Florence Michael Hordern Lafew Paul Brooke Lavatch All s Well That Ends Well National Theatre Live TV nbsp 2009 Marianne Elliott Michelle Terry Helena George Rainsford Count Bertram Claire Higgins The Countess of Rousillon Oliver Ford Davies The King of France Conleth Hill Parolles Live performance broadcast from the National Theatre in London s West End As You Like It Edit Main article As You Like It Title M C Y Directors Starring DescriptionAs You Like It Silent nbsp 1912 J Stuart BlacktonCharles KentJames Young Rose Coghlan Rosalind Maurice Costello Orlando Rosemary Theby Celia Charles Kent Jaques Robert McWade Sr Touchstone Harry T Morey Duke Frederick Tefft Johnson Duke Senior Robert Gaillard Oliver Charles Eldridge Corin George Ober Adam Rose Tapley Phebe James W Morrison Silvius Kate Price Audrey 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 nbsp 1915 Maurice Elvey Elisabeth Risdon Rosalind Gerald Ames Orlando Vera Cuningham Celia Frank Stanmore Touch stone Kenelm Foss Oliver A silent comedy film in a contemporary setting of the play 7 As You Like It Film nbsp 1936 Paul Czinner Elisabeth Bergner Rosalind Laurence Olivier Orlando Sophie Stewart Celia Leon Quartermaine Jaques Mackenzie Ward Touchstone Felix Aylmer Duke Frederick Henry Ainley Duke Senior John Laurie Oliver Aubrey Mather Corin J Fisher White Adam Joan White Phebe Richard Ainley Silvius Dorice Fordred Audrey 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 nbsp 1963 Michael Elliott stage Ronald Eyre TV Vanessa Redgrave Rosalind Patrick Allen Orlando Rosalind Knight Celia Max Adrian Jaques Patrick Wymark Touchstone Tony Church Duke Frederick Paul Hardwick Duke Senior David Buck Oliver Russell Hunter Corin Clifford Rose Adam Jeanne Hepple Phebe Peter Gill Silvius Patsy Byrne Audrey 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 nbsp 1978 Basil Coleman Helen Mirren Rosalind Brian Stirner Orlando Angharad Rees Celia Richard Pasco Jaques James Bolam Touchstone Richard Easton Duke Frederick Tony Church Duke Senior Clive Francis Oliver David Lloyd Meredith Corin Arthur Hewlett Adam Victoria Plucknett Phebe Maynard Williams Silvius Marilyn Le Conte Audrey 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 nbsp 1983 Herb Roland Roberta Maxwell Rosalind Andrew Gillies Orlando Rosemary Dunsmore Celia Christopher Gibson Jaques Lewis Gordon Touchstone Graeme Campbell Duke Frederick William Needles Duke Senior Stephen Russell Oliver Mervyn Blake Adam Mary Haney Phebe John Jarvis Silvius Elizabeth Leigh Milne Audrey As You Like It Film nbsp 1992 Christine Edzard Emma Croft Rosalind Andrew Tiernan Orlando Oliver Celia Bannerman Celia James Fox Jaques Griff Rhys Jones Touchstone Don Henderson Duke Frederick Duke Senior Roger Hammond Corin Cyril Cusack Adam Valerie Gogan Phebe Ewen Bremner Silvius Miriam Margolyes Audrey 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 nbsp nbsp 1994 Alexei Karaev Sylvestra Le Touzel Rosalind John McAndrew Orlando Maria Miles Celia Audrey Nathaniel Parker Jaques Oliver Peter Gunn Touchstone Christopher Benjamin Duke Frederick Corin Garard Green Duke Senior Adam Eiry Thomas Phebe David Holt Silvius Animated with paint on glass using watercolors 14 As You Like It Film nbsp 2006 Kenneth Branagh Bryce Dallas Howard Rosalind David Oyelowo Orlando Romola Garai Celia Kevin Kline Jaques Alfred Molina Touchstone Brian Blessed Duke Frederick Duke Senior Adrian Lester Oliver Jimmy Yuill Corin Richard Briers Adam Jade Jefferies Phebe Alex Wyndham Silvius Janet McTeer Audrey 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 nbsp 2010 Robert BudreauDes McAnuff Andrea Runge Rosalind Paul Nolan Orlando Brent Carver Jaques Ben Carlson Touchstone Tom Rooney Duke Frederick Duke Senior As You Like It Video nbsp 2010 Thea Sharrock Naomi Frederick Rosalind Jack Laskey Orlando Laura Rogers Celia Tim McMullan Jaques Dominic Rowan Touchstone Brendan Hughes Duke Frederick Philip Bird Duke Senior Jamie Parker Oliver Trevor Martin Adam Sophie Duval Audrey Recording of a performance at Shakespeare s Globe The Comedy of Errors Edit Main article The Comedy of Errors Title M C Y Directors Starring DescriptionThe Boys from Syracuse Film nbsp 1940 A Edward Sutherland Allan Jones Antipholus of Ephesus Syracuse Joe Penner Dromio of Ephesus Syracuse 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 Bengali ভ র ন ত ব ল স lit Illusion of illusion Film nbsp 1963 Manu Sen Uttam Kumar Chiranjib Chowdhury and Chiranjit Chowdhury Bhanu Bandopadhyay Bhakti Kinkar and Shakti Kinkar Sabitri Chatterjee Chiranjib s Wife Sandhya Roy Bilashini 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 nbsp 1967 Peter DuguidClifford Williams Alec McCowen Antipholus of Syracuse Ian Richardson Antipholus of Ephesus Barry MacGregor Dromio of Syracuse Clifford Rose Dromio of Ephesus Do Dooni Char Film nbsp 1968 Debu Sen Kishore Kumar Sandeep Tanuja Anju Asit Sen Sevak Rashid KhanSudha Rani Pyari 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 nbsp 1978 Philip Casson Roger Rees Antipholus of Syracuse Mike Gwilym Antipholus of Ephesus Michael Williams Dromio of Syracuse Nickolas Grace Dromio of Ephesus Judi Dench Adriana Francesca Annis Luciana A TV adaptation of a musical based on the play with a book and lyrics by Trevor Nunn and music by Guy Woolfenden Angoor Hindi अ ग र lit Grape Film nbsp 1982 Gulzar Sanjeev Kumar the two Ashoks Deven Verman the two Bahadurs 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 nbsp 1983 James Cellan Jones Michael Kitchen Antipholus of Syracuse Ephesus Roger Daltrey Dromio of Syracuse Ephesus The Comedy of Errors TV nbsp 1987 Robert Woodruff Paul David Magid Antipholus of Syracuse Howard Jay Patterson Antipholus of Ephesus Samuel Ross Williams Dromio of Syracuse Randy Nelson Dromio of Ephesus Karla Burns Duke of Ephesus Luce Sophie Hayden Adriana Gina Leishman Luciana Ethyl Eichelberger Courtesan Emilia Timothy Daniel Furst William Shakespeare 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 nbsp 1989 Richard Monette Geordie Johnson Antipholus of Syracuse Ephesus Keith Dinicol Dromio of Syracuse Ephesus Nicholos Pennell Egeon James Blendick The Duke of Ephesus Goldie Semple Adriana Kate Hennig Luciana Douglas Chamberlain Angelo Wenna Shaw Emilia Love s Labour s Lost Edit Main article Love s Labour s Lost Title M C Y Directors Starring DescriptionLove s Labor Lost Animation nbsp 1920 Vernon Stallings Love s Labour s Lost Play of the Month TV nbsp 1975 Basil Coleman Martin Shaw Ferdinand Lorna Heilbron Princess of France Love s Labour s Lost BBC Television Shakespeare TV nbsp 1985 Elijah Moshinsky Jonathan Kent Ferdinand Maureen Lipman Princess of France Love s Labour s Lost Film nbsp 2000 Kenneth Branagh Alessandro Nivola Ferdinand Alicia Silverstone Princess of France 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 Edit Main article Measure for Measure Title M C Y Directors Starring DescriptionMeasure for Measure Italian Dente per dente lit A tooth for a tooth Film nbsp 1943 Marco Elter Carlo Tamberlani Angelo Caterina Boratto Isabella Nelly Corradi Marianna Loredana Giulietta Memo Benassi Lucio Osvaldo Genazzani Claudio Alfredo Varelli Vincenzo Measure For Measure BBC Television Shakespeare TV nbsp 1979 Desmond Davis Kenneth Colley Duke Vincentio Kate Nelligan Isabella Tim Pigott Smith Angelo John McEnery Lucio Jacqueline Pearce Mariana Frank Middlemass Pompey Alun Armstrong Provost Adrienne Corri Mistress Overdone Measure for Measure TV nbsp 1994 David Thacker Tom Wilkinson Duke Vincentio Juliet Aubrey Isabella Corin Redgrave Angelo 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 nbsp 2006 Bob Komar Simon Phillips Duke Vincentio Josephine Rogers Isabella Daniel Roberts Angelo Simon Nuckley Claudio Dawn Murphy Escalus Luke Leeves Lucio Contemporary re working of Shakespeare s problem play set in the British army M4M Measure for Measure Film nbsp 2015 Gabriel Manwaring Jim Kennedy Duke Jamison Challeen Angelo Vinnie Duyck Escalus Noah Mickens Lucio All male cast versionMeasure For Measure Film nbsp 2019 Paul Ireland Hugo Weaving Duke Harrison Gilbertson Claudio Megan Smart Jaiwara Mark Leonard Winter Angelo Adaptation set in modern day AustraliaThe Merchant of Venice Edit Main article The Merchant of Venice Title M C Y Directors Starring DescriptionThe Merchant of Venice Silent nbsp 1914 Phillips SmalleyLois Weber Phillips Smalley Shylock Lois Weber Portia Douglas Gerrard Bassanio Rupert Julian Antonio Jeanie Macpherson Nerissa Edna Maison Jessica An early film of the play now assumed to be lost 17 The Merchant of Venice Silent nbsp 1916 Walter West Matheson Lang Shylock Hutin Britton Portia George Skillan Antonio Joseph Tozer Bassanio 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 nbsp 1922 Challis Sanderson Ivan Berlyn Shylock Sybil Thorndike Portia Der Kaufmann von Venedig Silent Germany 1923 Peter Paul Felner Werner Krauss Shylock Henny Porten Portia Harry Liedtke Bassanio Carl Ebert Antonio Max Schreck Doge von Venedig A relatively late silent movie making significant changes in the plot nevertheless considered as a masterwork mostly due to its stunning cast The Merchant of Venice TV nbsp 1947 George More O Ferrall Abraham Sofaer Shylock Margaretta Scott Portia The Merchant of Venice Sunday Night Theatre TV nbsp 1955 Hal Burton Michael Hordern Shylock Rachel Gurney Portia The Merchant of Venice Play of the Month TV nbsp 1972 Cedric Messina Frank Finlay Shylock Maggie Smith Portia The Merchant of Venice TV nbsp 1973 John Sichel Laurence Olivier Shylock Joan Plowright Portia Jeremy Brett Bassanio An adaptation from Jonathan Miller s acclaimed 1970 Royal National Theatre staging 19 The Merchant of Venice TV nbsp 1976 John Sichel Antony Holland Shylock Trish Grange Portia The Merchant of Venice BBC Television Shakespeare TV nbsp 1980 Jack Gold Warren Mitchell Shylock Gemma Jones Portia The Merchant of Venice TV nbsp 1996 Alan Horrox Bob Peck Shylock Haydn Gwynne Portia The Merchant of Venice TV nbsp 2001 Chris HuntTrevor Nunn Henry Goodman Shylock Derbhle Crotty Portia The Maori Merchant of Venice Maori Te Tangata Whai Rawa o Weniti Film nbsp 2002 Don Selwyn Waihoroi Shortland Hairoka Ngarimu Daniels Pohia The play was translated into Maori in 1945 by Pei Te Hurinui Jones and his translation is used for the film It is the first Maori language film adaptation of any of Shakespeare s plays and the first feature length Maori 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 nbsp 2004 Michael Radford Al Pacino Shylock Jeremy Irons Antonio Joseph Fiennes Bassanio Lynn Collins Portia Der Kaufmann von Venedig Silent German 1923The Merry Wives of Windsor Edit Main article The Merry Wives of Windsor Title M C Y Directors Starring DescriptionThe Merry Wives of Windsor German Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor Film nbsp 1950 Georg Wildhagen Sonja Ziemann Mrs Fluth Camilla Spira Mrs Gretchen Reich Paul Esser Sir John Falstaff Ina Halley Anna Reich Eckart Dux Fenton Alexander Engel Innkeeper Reich Claus Holm Mr Fluth The Merry Wives of Windsor Sunday Night Theatre TV nbsp 1952 Julian Amyes Robert Atkins Falstaff Betty Huntley Wright Mistress Ford Chimes at Midnight Film nbsp nbsp 1966 Orson Welles Orson Welles Falstaff Ralph Richardson Narrator John Gielgud King Henry IV Keith Baxter Hal Margaret Rutherford Mistress Quickly 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 nbsp 1970 Jack Manning Leon Charles Falstaff Valerine Seelie Snyder Mistress Ford The Merry Wives of Windsor BBC Television Shakespeare TV nbsp 1982 David Jones Alan Bennett Justice Shallow Richard O Callaghan Slender Tenniel Evans Sir Hugh Evans Richard Griffiths Sir John Falstaff Judy Davis Mistress Ford Elizabeth Spriggs Mistress Quickly 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 Edit Main article A Midsummer Night s Dream Title M C Y Directors Starring DescriptionA Midsummer Night s Dream Silent nbsp 1909 Charles KentJ Stuart Blackton Maurice Costello Lysander Rose Tapley Hermia Julia Swayne Gordon Helena Florence Turner Queen of Fairies Gladys Hulette Puck Elita Proctor Otis Hippolyta The first film adaptation of the play Wood Love German Ein Sommernachtstraum Silent nbsp 1925 Hans Neumann Werner Krauss Bottom Valeska Gert Puck Alexander Granach Waldschrat A Midsummer Night s Dream Film nbsp 1935 Max ReinhardtWilliam Dieterle Anita Louise Titania Victor Jory Oberon James Cagney Bottom Mickey Rooney Puck Dick Powell Lysander Joe E Brown Flute Ian Hunter Theseus 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 Czech Sen noci svatojanske Film nbsp 1959 Jiri Trnka An animated puppet film directed by Jiri 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 nbsp 1968 Peter Hall Judi Dench Titania Ian Richardson Oberon Paul Rogers Bottom Ian Holm Puck Diana Rigg Helena Helen Mirren Hermia David Warner Lysander Michael Jayston Demetrius 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 French Le Songe d une nuit d ete TV nbsp 1969 Jean Christophe Averty Claude Jade Helena Christine Delaroche Hermia Jean Claude Drouot Oberon Christiane Minazzoli Titania A Midsummer Night s Dream BBC Television Shakespeare TV nbsp 1980 Elijah Moshinsky Pippa Guard Hermia Nicky Henson Demetrius Robert Lindsay Lysander Cherith Mellor Helena Helen Mirren Titania Peter McEnery Oberon Released in the US as part of the Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare series Dream of a Summer Night Italian Sogno di una Notte d Estate Film nbsp 1983 Gabriele Salvatores Alberto Lionello Theseus Erika Blanc Hippolyta Luca Barbareschi Lysander 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 nbsp nbsp 1992 Robert Saakiants Daniel Massey Oberon Suzanne Bertish Titania A Midsummer Night s Dream Film nbsp nbsp nbsp 1999 Michael Hoffman Michelle Pfeiffer Titania Rupert Everett Oberon Kevin Kline Bottom Stanley Tucci Puck Calista Flockhart Helena Christian Bale Demetrius Sophie Marceau Hippolyta Roger Rees Peter Quince A Midsummer Night s Dream was filmed on location in Lazio and Tuscany and at Cinecitta 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 nbsp 2001 Christine Edzard Derek Jacobi voice of Theseus Samantha Bond voice of Hippolyta Dominic Haywood Benge Oberon Rajouana Zalal Titania Leane Lyson Puck Danny Bishop Lysander Jamie Peachey Hermia Jessica Fowler Helena John Heyfron Demetrius Oliver Szczypka Bottom Daniel Rouse Peter Quince 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 nbsp 2001 Tommy O Haver Kirsten Dunst Kelly Woods Ben Foster Berke Landers Melissa Sagemiller Allison McAllister Sisqo Dennis Wallace Shane West Bentley Striker Scrumfeld Colin Hanks Felix Woods 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 nbsp 2002 Gil Cates Jr Corey Pearson Damon Lauren German Elena Andrew Keegan Xander Chad Lindberg Nick Sunny Mabrey Mia Jason Carter OB John Nichole Hiltz Britt Glen Badyna Puck Olivia Rosewood Tami Chris Owen Frankie Will McCormack Greg Greg Zola Snout Keri Lynn Pratt Debbie A modern adaptation set at a warehouse partyMidsummer Dream Spanish El Sueno de una Noche de San Juan Film nbsp nbsp 2005 Angel de la CruzManolo Gomez Romola Garai Helena Bernard Hill Theseus Billy Boyd Puck Rhys Ifans Lysander Miranda Richardson Titania An animated adaptation of the Cream story A Midsummer Night s Dream ShakespeaRe Told TV nbsp 2005 Peter Bowker Sharon Small Titania Lennie James Oberon Johnny Vegas Bottom a modern adaptationWere the World Mine Film nbsp 2008 Tom Gustafson Tanner Cohen Timothy Wendy Robie Ms Tebbit Judy McLane Donna Zelda Williams Frankie Jill Larson Nora Bellinger Ricky Goldman Max Nathaniel David Becker Jonathon Christian Stolte Coach Driskill David Darlow Dr Lawrence Bellinger Parker Croft Cooper 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 nbsp 2010 Sharat Katariya Neil Bhoopalam Peter Perreira Anusha Bose Sabrina Manu Rishi Chadha Chand Tisca Chopra Roshni Sarita Joshi Galib s mother Rajat Kapoor Ghalib Purab Kohli Neel Bhatia Koel Purie Minnie Mehta Tara Sharma Shweta Rai 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 nbsp 2015 Julie Taymor Kathryn Hunter Puck Dorian Harewood Oberon Tina Benko Titania Max Casella Nick Bottom Zach Appelman Demetrius Roger Clark Duke Theseus Lilly Englert Hermia Joe Grifasi Peter Quince Jake Horowitz Lysander Zachary Infante Francis Flute Mandi Masden Helena Okwui Okpokwasili Queen Hippolyta Recording of a production at Polonsky Shakespeare Center Brooklyn New York Strange Magic Film nbsp 2015 Gary Rydstrom Alan Cumming Bog King Evan Rachel Wood Marianne Kristin Chenoweth Sugar Plum Fairy Maya Rudolph Griselda Alfred Molina Fairy King Elijah Kelley Sunny A computer animated musical fantasy romantic comedy film with feature animation by Lucasfilm Animation and Industrial Light amp Magic 30 A Midsummer Night s Dream TV nbsp 2016 David Kerr Maxine Peake Titania Matt Lucas Bottom John Hannah Theseus Nonso Anozie Oberon A Midsummer Night s Dream Film nbsp 2018 Casey Wilder Mott Lily Rabe Helena Rachael Leigh Cook Hermia Hamish Linklater Lysander Finn Wittrock Demetrius Avan Jogia Puck Fran Kranz Bottom Saul Williams Oberon Ted Levine Theseus Paz de la Huerta Hippolyta Mia Doi Todd Titania A modern day version set against the backdrop of Hollywood CA Much Ado About Nothing Edit Main article Much Ado About Nothing Title M C Y Directors Starring DescriptionMuch Ado About Nothing TV nbsp 1973 Nick HavingaA J Antoon Sam Waterston Benedick Kathleen Widdoes Beatrice Barnard Hughes Dogberry Douglass Watson Don Pedro A CBS television presentation of Joseph Papp s New York Shakespeare Festival production Much Ado About Nothing Russian Mnogo shuma iz nichego Film nbsp 1973 Samson Samsonov Konstantin Raikin Benedicto Galina Jovovich Beatrice Tatyana Vedeneyeva Gero Vladimir Korenev Juan Erast Garin Kissel Pavel Pavlenko Dogberry Soviet romantic comedy Much Ado About Nothing BBC Television Shakespeare TV nbsp 1984 Stuart Burge Lee Montague Leonato Tim Faulkner Messenger Cherie Lunghi Beatrice Katharine Levy Hero Jon Finch Don Pedro Robert Lindsay Benedick Robert Reynolds Claudio Gordon Whiting Antonio Vernon Dobtcheff Don John Released in the US as part of the Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare series Much Ado About Nothing Film nbsp 1993 Kenneth Branagh Kenneth Branagh Benedick Emma Thompson Beatrice Denzel Washington Don Pedro Robert Sean Leonard Claudio Kate Beckinsale Hero Michael Keaton Dogberry Keanu Reeves Don John Much Ado About Nothing ShakespeaRe Told TV nbsp 2005 Brian Percival Sarah Parish Beatrice Damian Lewis Benedick Billie Piper Hero Martin Jarvis Leonard A modern adaptation by David Nicholls Much Ado About Nothing Film nbsp 2012 Joss Whedon Amy Acker Beatrice Alexis Denisof Benedick Fran Kranz Claudio Jillian Morgese Hero Nathan Fillion Dogberry Clark Gregg Leonato The Taming of the Shrew Edit Main article The Taming of the Shrew on screen Further information The Taming of the Shrew Title M C Y Directors Starring DescriptionThe Taming of the Shrew Silent nbsp 1908 D W Griffith Florence Lawrence Katharina Arthur V Johnson Petruchio Linda Arvidson Bianca Harry Solter Katharina s Father Daring Youth 31 Silent nbsp 1924 William Beaudine Bebe Daniels Alita Allen Norman Kerry John J Campbell Lee Moran Arthur James Arthur Hoyt Winston Howell Lillian Langdon Mrs Allen George C Pearce Mr Allen The Taming of the Shrew Film nbsp 1929 Sam Taylor Mary Pickford Katherine Douglas Fairbanks Petruchio The first sound film adaptation of The Taming of the Shrew You Made Me Love You Film nbsp 1933 Monty Banks Stanley Lupino Tom Daly Thelma Todd Pamela Berne John Loder Harry Berne Gerald Rawlinson Jerry James Carew Oliver Berne Kiss Me Kate Film nbsp 1953 George Sidney Howard Keel Petruchio Kathryn Grayson Katerina Ann Miller Bianca 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 nbsp 1962 Alan Burke Ron Haddrick Petruchio Brigid Lenihan Katherina The play was performed live but included some filmed sequences shot in Centennial Park 32 33 Arivaali Tamil அற வ ள Film nbsp 1963 A T Krishnaswami Sivaji Ganesan Aalavanthan P Bhanumathi Manorama T S Balaiah Nallamuthu Naicker K A Thangavelu Muthuvel K Sarangapani Thandapani Pillai T R Ramachandran Tom Kumar The Taming of the Shrew Italian La Bisbetica domata Film nbsp nbsp 1967 Franco Zeffirelli Elizabeth Taylor Katharina Richard Burton Petruchio Michael York Lucentio Michael Hordern Baptista Minola Natasha Pyne Bianca Alan Webb Gremio Victor Spinetti Hortensio A bawdy and boisterous production which reduces the play to the Katharina Petruccio romance 34 The Taming of the Shrew TV nbsp 1973 Robin Lovejoy John Bell Petruchio Carol MacReady Katherina Kirrily Nolan Bianca Melissa Jaffer Widow Robyn Nevin Barmaid Shane Porteous Tranio Martin Vaughan Christopher Sly The Taming of the Shrew TV nbsp 1973 Kirk Browning Marc Singer Petruchio Fredi Olster Katherina Sandra Shotwell Bianca Ron Boussom Grumio Rick Hamilton Tranio William Paterson Baptista Stephen Schnetzer Lucentio James Winkler Hortensio Raye Birk Gremio 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 Italian Il Bisbetico Domato Film nbsp 1980 Franco CastellanoGiuseppe Moccia Adriano Celentano Elia Codogno Ornella Muti Lisa Silvestri Edith Peters Mamie Pippo Santonastaso Don Cirillo Milly Carlucci Renata Marco Columbro chauffeur Sandro Ghiani gas station attendant The Taming of the Shrew BBC Television Shakespeare TV nbsp 1980 Jonathan Miller John Cleese Petruchio Sarah Badel Katherine Susan Penhaligon Bianca John Franklyn Robbins Baptista Jonathan Cecil Hortensio Simon Chandler Lucentio Anthony Pedley Tranio Frank Thornton Gremio Released in the US as part of the Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare series Kiss Me Petruchio TV nbsp 1981 Christopher Dixon Raul Julia Petruchio Meryl Streep Katherina Joel Brooks Grumio Max Gulak Baptista Deborah Rush Bianca Larry Pine Hortensio Joseph Papp himself 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 nbsp 1983 John Allinson Karen Austin Katherine Franklyn Seales Petruchio Larry Drake Baptista Bruce Davison Tranio Atomic Shakespeare Moonlighting TV nbsp 1986 Will Mackenzie Cybill Shepherd Katerina Bruce Willis Petruchio 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 Kannada ನ ಜ ಡ ಕಲ ಯ ಣ lit Nanjundi s marriage Film nbsp 1989 M S Rajashekar Raghavendra Rajkumar Raghuchandra Malashri Devi 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 Telugu మహ జన న క మరదల ప ల ల lit A child of neglect Film nbsp 1990 Vallabhaneni JanardhanVijaya Bapineedu Rajendra Prasad Ravi Kishtaiah Nirosha Devi Satyanarayana Dr Rama Murthy Rallapalli Nakkapalli Narayana Swamy Brahmanandam Dr Vyayam Vyagreswara Rao A remake of the Kannada film Nanjundi Kalyana 1989 The Taming of the Shrew Shakespeare The Animated Tales TV nbsp nbsp 1994 Aida Ziablikova Amanda Root Katherine Nigel Le Vaillant Petruchio 10 Things I Hate About You Film nbsp 1999 Gil Junger Julia Stiles Kat Stratford Heath Ledger Patrick Verona Joseph Gordon Levitt Cameron James Larisa Oleynik Bianca Stratford 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 Portuguese O Cravo e a Rosa Telenovela nbsp 2000 1 Adriana Esteves Catarina Batista Eduardo Moscovis Juliao Petruchio Drica Moraes Marcela Almeida Muriel Leandra Leal Bianca Batista Angelo Antonio Edmundo das Neves Deliver Us from Eva Film nbsp 2003 Gary Hardwick James Todd Smith Petruchio Gabrielle Union Katerina The Taming of The Shrew ShakespeaRe Told TV nbsp 2005 David Richards Shirley Henderson Katherine Rufus Sewell Petruchio A modern adaptation by Sally Wainwright Frivolous Wife Korean 날나리 종부전 35 Film nbsp 2008 Lim Won kook Park Jung ah Cheon Yeon soo Park Jin woo Lee Jeong do Lee Won jong Yeon soo s father Yang Geum seok Aunt in law Lee Il hwa Aunt in law Twelfth Night Edit Main article Twelfth Night Title M C Y Directors Starring DescriptionTwelfth Night Film nbsp 1910 Eugene MullinCharles Kent Julia Swayne Gordon Olivia Charles Kent Malvolio Florence Turner Viola William Humphrey Sir Toby Belch Twelfth Night Film nbsp 1933 Orson Welles Hascy Tarbox Sir Andrew Aguecheek Joanne Hill Viola 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 Dvenadcataya noch Film nbsp 1955 Yan Frid Klara Luchko Viola Sebastian Alla Larionova Olivia Vadim Medvedev Duke Orsino Mikhail Yanshin Sir Toby Belch Georgi Vitsin Sir Andrew Aguecheek Vasili Merkuryev Malvolio Bruno Freindlich Feste Twelfth Night 37 TV nbsp 1966 Ken Hannam Judith Fisher Viola Mark McManus Sebastian Helen Morse Olivia Roger Climpson Orsino Twelfth Night TV nbsp 1970 John SichelJohn Dexter Joan Plowright Viola and Sebastian Alec Guinness Malvolio Ralph Richardson Sir Toby Belch Tommy Steele Feste Twelfth Night BBC Television Shakespeare TV nbsp 1980 John Gorrie Alec McCowen Malvolio Robert Hardy Sir Toby Belch Felicity Kendal Viola Annette Crosbie Maria Sinead Cusack Olivia Trevor Peacock Feste Clive Arrindell Orsino Ronnie Stevens Sir Andrew Aguecheek Released in the US as part of the Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare series Twelfth Night 38 Film nbsp 1986 Neil Armfield Gillian Jones Viola Sebastian Geoffrey Rush Sir Andrew Aguecheek Ivar Kants Orsino John Wood Sir Toby Belch Twelfth Night TV nbsp 1988 Kenneth Branagh Richard Briers Malvolio Caroline Langrishe Olivia Music by Patrick Doyle and Paul McCartney Twelfth Night Shakespeare The Animated Tales TV nbsp nbsp 1992 Maria Muat Rosemary Leach Narrator Fiona Shaw Viola Roger Allam Duke Orsino Suzanne Burden Olivia Gerald James Malvolio William Rushton Toby Belch Stephen Tompkinson Sir Andrew Alice Arnold Maria Stefan Bednarczyk Feste Hugh Grant Sebastian Twelfth Night Film nbsp 1996 Trevor Nunn Ben Kingsley Feste Imogen Stubbs Viola Helena Bonham Carter Olivia Toby Stephens Orsino Nigel Hawthorne Malvolio Mel Smith Sir Toby Belch Imelda Staunton Maria Richard E Grant Sir Andrew Aguecheek Twelfth Night or What You Will TV nbsp 2003 Tim Supple Parminder Nagra Viola Ronny Jhutti Sebastian Chiwetel Ejiofor Orsino Claire Price Olivia David Troughton Sir Toby Belch She s the Man Film nbsp 2006 Andy Fickman Amanda Bynes Viola Channing Tatum Duke Orsino Laura Ramsey Olivia James Kirk Sebastian Adapts the story to a high school setting Twelfth Night Film nbsp 2013 Tim Carroll Peter Hamilton Dyer Feste Samuel Barnett Viola Mark Rylance Olivia Liam Brennan Orsino Stephen Fry Malvolio Colin Hurley Sir Toby Belch Paul Chahidi Maria Roger Lloyd Pack Sir Andrew Aguecheek Globe on Screen All male cast in an original practice production The Two Gentlemen of Verona Edit Main article The Two Gentlemen of Verona Title M C Y Directors Starring DescriptionA Spray of Plum Blossoms Chinese 一剪梅 pinyin Yi jiǎn mei Silent film nbsp 1931 Bu Wancang Ruan Lingyu Julia Jin Yan Valentine Wang Cilong Proteus Lim Cho Cho Sylvia Gao Zhanfei Tiburio Chen Yen yen Lucetta 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 nbsp 1983 Don Taylor Frank Barrie Sir Eglamour Tessa Peake Jones Julia Hetta Charnley Lucetta Tyler Butterworth Proteus John Hudson Valentine Released in the US as part of the Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare series Tragedies EditAntony and Cleopatra Edit Main article Antony and Cleopatra Title M C Y Directors Starring DescriptionAntony and Cleopatra Film nbsp 1908 J Stuart BlacktonCharles Kent Florence Lawrence Cleopatra William V Ranous Octavius Caesar Betty Kent Cleopatra William Phillips Octavius Caesar Charles Chapman Mark Antony Antony and Cleopatra Italian Marcantonio e Cleopatra 41 Silent film nbsp 1913 Enrico Guazzoni Gianna Terribili Gonzales Cleopatra Amleto Novelli Marcantonio Ignazio Lupi Augustus Caesar Ottaviano Matilde Di Marzio La schiava Agar aka Charmian Ida Carloni Talli La strega Antony and Cleopatra TV nbsp 1959 Christopher Muir Bettie Kauffman Cleopatra Keith Eden Antony Kevin Miles Caesar Antony and Cleopatra 42 Film nbsp nbsp nbsp 1972 Charlton Heston Charlton Heston Antony Hildegarde Neil Cleopatra Eric Porter Enobarbus Antony and Cleopatra TV nbsp 1974 Jon Scoffield Janet Suzman Cleopatra Richard Johnson Antony Patrick Stewart Enobarbus An adaptation of Trevor Nunn s Royal Shakespeare Company production Antony amp Cleopatra BBC Television Shakespeare TV nbsp 1981 Jonathan Miller John Paul Canidius Jonathan Adams Ventidius Jane Lapotaire Cleopatra Colin Blakely Antony Darien Angadi Alexas Released in the US as part of the Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare series Kannaki Film nbsp 2002 Jayaraaj Lal Manikyan Siddique Choman Coriolanus Edit Main article Coriolanus Title M C Y Directors Starring Description The Tragedy of Coriolanus BBC Television Shakespeare TV nbsp 1984 Elijah Moshinsky Alan Howard Caius Marcius Joss Ackland Menenius Patrick Godfrey Cominius Peter Sands Titus Lartius Irene Worth Volumnia Joanna McCallum Virgilia Released in the US as part of the Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare series Coriolanus Film nbsp 2012 Ralph Fiennes Ralph Fiennes Coriolanus Gerard Butler Tullus Aufidius Vanessa Redgrave Volumnia Brian Cox Menenius Hamlet Edit Main article Hamlet on screen Further information Hamlet Title M C Y Directors Starring DescriptionHamlet French Le Duel d Hamlet Film nbsp 1900 Clement Maurice Sarah Bernhardt Hamlet 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 nbsp 1907 Georges Melies Georges Melies Hamlet The first multi scene cinematic adaptation of any work by Shakespeare 44 Hamlet Silent nbsp 1908 Henri Desfontaines Jacques Gretillat Hamlet Colanna Romano Gertrude One of twelve renditions of the play produced during the silent film era Hamlet Silent nbsp 1912 Charles Raymond Charles Raymond Hamlet Dorothy Foster Ophelia Constance Backner Gertrude Hamlet Silent nbsp 1913 Hay Plumb Johnston Forbes Robertson Hamlet Gertrude Elliott Ophelia Walter Ringham Claudius Adeleine Bourne Gertrude J H Barnes Polonius J H Ryley A Gravedigger Robert Atkins Marcellus George Hayes Osric Made by the Hepworth Company and based on the Drury Lane Theatre s 1913 staging of the work Hamlet Italian Amleto 45 Silent nbsp 1917 Eleuterio Rodolfi Ruggero Ruggeri Hamlet Helena Makowska Ophelia Mercedes Brignone Gertrude Hamlet Silent nbsp 1921 Svend GadeHeinz Schall Asta Nielsen Hamlet Paul Conradi King Hamlet Mathilde Brandt Queen Gertrude Eduard von Winterstein King Claudius Blood for Blood Urdu Khoon Ka Khoon Film nbsp 1935 Sohrab Modi Sohrab Modi Hamlet Naseem Banu Ophelia Shamshadbai Gertrude 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 nbsp 1948 Laurence Olivier Basil Sydney Claudius Eileen Herlie Gertrude Laurence Olivier Hamlet Norman Wooland Horatio Felix Aylmer Polonius Terence Morgan Laertes Jean Simmons Ophelia 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 Italian Io Amleto Film nbsp 1952 Giorgio Simonelli Erminio Macario Hamlet Franca Marzi Valchiria Rossana Podesta Ophelia Adriano Rimoldi Laertes Luigi Pavese King Claudius Marisa Merlini Queen Gertrude Giuseppe Porelli Polonius Hamlet Urdu ह मल ट Film nbsp 1954 Kishore Sahu Kishore Sahu Hamlet Mala Sinha Ophelia 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 nbsp 1959 Royston Morley William Job Hamlet Henry Gilbert Claudius Georgie Sterling Gertrude Owen Weingott Laertes Delia William Ophelia The Bad Sleep Well Japanese 悪い奴ほどよく眠る romanized Warui yatsu hodo yoku nemuru Film nbsp 1960 Akira Kurosawa Toshiro Mifune Kōichi Nishi Masayuki Mori Iwabuchi Kyōko Kagawa Yoshiko Nishi Tatsuya Mihashi Tatsuo Iwabuchi Takashi Shimura Moriyama Hamlet German Hamlet Prinz von Danemark TV nbsp 1961 Franz Peter Wirth Maximilian Schell Hamlet Hans Caninenberg Claudius Wanda Rotha Gertrude Franz Schafheitlin Polonius Paul Verhoeven Erster Totengraber Ophelia Film nbsp 1963 Claude Chabrol Alida Valli Claudia Lesurf Claude Cerval Adrien Lesurf Andre Jocelyn Yvan Lesurf Juliette Mayniel Lucie Robert Burnier Andre Lagrange Hamlet Russian Gamlet tr Gamlet Film nbsp 1964 Grigori KozintsevIosif Shapiro Innokenty Smoktunovsky Hamlet Mikhail Nazvanov Claudius Elza Radzina Gertrude Yuri Tolubeyev Polonius Anastasiya Vertinskaya Ophelia 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 nbsp 1964 Bill Colleran film John Gielgud stage Richard Burton Hamlet Hume Cronyn Polonius Alfred Drake Claudius Eileen Herlie Gertrude Linda Marsh Ophelia John Gielgud Ghost Hamlet at Elsinore TV nbsp nbsp 1964 Philip Saville Christopher Plummer Hamlet Robert Shaw Claudius Donald Sutherland Fortinbras Roy Kinnear Gravedigger Michael Caine Horatio Johnny Hamlet Italian Quella sporca storia nel West lit That Dirty Story in the West Film nbsp 1968 Enzo G Castellari Chip Corman Johnny Hamilton Gilbert Roland Horace Francoise Prevost Gertry Horst Frank Claude Hamilton Stefania Careddu Eugenia A Spaghetti Western version 54 Hamlet Film nbsp 1969 Tony Richardson Nicol Williamson Hamlet Anthony Hopkins Claudius Judy Parfitt Gertrude Marianne Faithfull Ophelia Mark Dignam Polonius Gordon Jackson Horatio Michael Pennington Laertes One Hamlet Less Italian Un Amleto di meno Film nbsp 1973 Carmelo Bene Carmelo Bene Hamlet Luciana Cante Gertrude Isabella Russo Ophelia Giuseppe Tuminelli Polonius Alfiero Vincenti Claudius Hamlet TV nbsp 1974 Julian Pringle Jeff AshbyJohn BellMax CullenKen LawrenceRoger NewcombeJohn ParamorAnna VolskaThe Angel of Vengeance The Female Hamlet Turkish Intikam Melegi Kadin Hamlet Film nbsp 1977 Metin Erksan Fatma Girik Hamlet Sevda Ferdag Her Mother Reha Yurdakul Her Uncle Ahmet Sezerel Orhan Hamlet Prince of Denmark BBC Television Shakespeare TV nbsp 1980 Rodney Bennett Derek Jacobi Hamlet Claire Bloom Gertrude Patrick Stewart Claudius Eric Porter Polonius Lalla Ward Ophelia Strange Brew Film nbsp 1983 Dave ThomasRick Moranis Dave Thomas Doug McKenzie Rick Moranis Bob McKenzie Max von Sydow Brewmeister Smith Lynne Griffin Pam Elsinore Angus MacInnes Jean LeRose Hamlet Goes Business Finnish Hamlet liikemaailmassa Film nbsp 1987 Aki Kaurismaki Pirkka Pekka Petelius Hamlet Esko Salminen Klaus Kati Outinen Ofelia Elina Salo Gertrud Esko Nikkari Polonius Hamlet Film nbsp nbsp nbsp 1990 Franco Zeffirelli Mel Gibson Hamlet Glenn Close Gertrude Alan Bates Claudius Paul Scofield Ghost Ian Holm Polonius Helena Bonham Carter Ophelia 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 amp Guildenstern Are Dead Film nbsp nbsp 1990 Tom Stoppard Tim Roth Guildenstern Gary Oldman Rosencrantz Richard Dreyfuss The Lead Player Iain Glen Hamlet Ian Richardson Polonius Joanna Miles Gertrude Donald Sumpter Claudius 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 nbsp nbsp 1992 Natalia Orlova Michael Kitchen Narrator Nicholas Farrell Hamlet John Shrapnel Claudius John Shrapnel Ghost Susan Fleetwood Gertrude Tilda Swinton Ophelia John Warner Polonius Renaissance Man Film nbsp 1994 Penny Marshall Danny DeVito Bill Rago Gregory Hines Cass James Remar Tom Murdoch Cliff Robertson James Ed Begley Jr Jack Markin The Lion King Film nbsp 1994 Roger AllersRob Minkoff Matthew Broderick Simba Jeremy Irons Scar James Earl Jones Mufasa Moira Kelly Nala An animated epic musical drama film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures The story takes place within a pride of lions in Africa In the Bleak Midwinter Film nbsp 1995 Kenneth Branagh Michael Maloney Joe Harper Richard Briers Henry Wakefield Joan Collins Margaretta D Arcy Nicholas Farrell Tom Newman Mark Hadfield Vernon Spatch Hamlet Film nbsp nbsp 1996 Kenneth Branagh Kenneth Branagh Hamlet Derek Jacobi Claudius Julie Christie Gertrude Kate Winslet Ophelia Michael Maloney Laertes Richard Briers Polonius Nicholas Farrell Horatio 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 nbsp 1999 Stacy Title Jonathan Penner Jack Lyne Norman Reedus Brautigan Jacqueline Bisset Helen Lyne Mary Louise Parker Julia Hirsch Jamey Sheridan Carl Lyne A modern day version set in Los Angeles All of the language is modern 60 Hamlet Film nbsp 2000 Michael Almereyda Ethan Hawke Hamlet Kyle MacLachlan Claudius Diane Venora Gertrude Sam Shepard Ghost Liev Schreiber Laertes Julia Stiles Ophelia Bill Murray Polonius 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 nbsp 2002 Peter Brook Adrian Lester Hamlet Jeffery Kissoon Claudius Ghost Natasha Parry Gertrude Rohan Siva GuildensternLaertes Shantala Shivalingappa Ophelia Bruce Myers Polonius GravediggerScott Handy Horatio 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 Chinese 夜宴 pinyin Ye Yan Film nbsp 2006 Feng Xiaogang Zhang Ziyi Empress Wan Ge You Emperor Li Daniel Wu Crown Prince Wu Luan Zhou Xun Qing Huang Xiaoming General Yin Sun A loose adaptation of Hamlet and Ibsen s Ghosts set in the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period in 10th century China Hamlet TV nbsp 2009 Gregory Doran David Tennant Hamlet Patrick Stewart Claudius Penny Downie Gertrude Mariah Gale Ophelia Oliver Ford Davies Polonius An adaptation of the Royal Shakespeare Company s 2008 modern dress stage production Tardid Persian تردید lit Doubt Film nbsp 2009 Varuzh Karim Masihi Persian واروژ کریم مسیحی Bahram Radan Siavash Roozbehan Taraneh Alidoosti Mahtab Alireza Shoja Noori Siavashs uncle Mohammad Moti Anvari Atash Garakani Mah Talat Hamlet Film nbsp 2011 Bruce Ramsay Bruce Ramsay Hamlet Lara Gilchrist Ophelia Peter Wingfield Claudius Gillian Barber Gertude Duncan Fraser Polonius A condensed retelling of the play set in 1940s England Karmayogi Film nbsp 2012 V K Prakash Indrajith Rudran Gurukkal Nithya MenonPadmini Kolhapure Mankamma Saiju KurupAshokanHaider Film nbsp 2014 Vishal Bhardwaj Tabu Ghazala Meer Shahid Kapoor Haider Meer Shraddha Kapoor Arshia Lone Narendra Jha Dr Hilal Meer Irrfan Khan Roohdaar The Lion King Film nbsp 2019 Jon Favreau Donald Glover Simba Chiwetel Ejiofor Scar James Earl Jones Mufasa Beyonce Nala A 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 Edit Main article Julius Caesar play Title M C Y Directors Starring DescriptionJulius Caesar Film nbsp 1950 David Bradley David Bradley Brutus Harold Tasker Caesar Charlton Heston Mark Antony 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 nbsp 1953 Joseph L Mankiewicz James Mason Brutus John Gielgud Cassius Marlon Brando Mark Antony Louis Calhern Julius Caesar 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 nbsp 1969 Alan Bridges Frank Finlay Brutus Robert Stephens Mark Antony Maurice Denham Julius Caesar Edward Woodward Cassius filmed for BBC Television Julius Caesar Film nbsp 1970 Stuart Burge Charlton Heston Mark Antony Jason Robards Brutus John Gielgud Caesar Richard Johnson Cassius Diana Rigg Portia The first film version of the play made in colour 66 Julius Caesar BBC Television Shakespeare TV nbsp 1979 Herbert Wise Richard Pasco Marcus Brutus Charles Gray Julius Caesar Keith Michell Marcus Antonius David Collings Cassius Virginia McKenna Portia Released in the US as part of the Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare series Julius Caesar Shakespeare The Animated Tales TV nbsp nbsp 1994 Yuri Kulakov Joss Ackland Caesar Frances Tomelty Calphurnia David Robb Brutus Hugh Quarshie Cassius Jim Carter Mark Antony Judith Sharp Portia Cel animationJulius Caesar TV nbsp 2012 Gregory Doran Paterson Joseph Brutus Ray Fearon Mark Antony Jeffery Kissoon Julius Caesar Cyril Nri Cassius Adjoa Andoh Portia Royal Shakespeare Company stage production filmed for BBC Television Julius Caesar TV nbsp 2018 Angus Jackson Alex Waldmann Brutus James Corrigan Mark Antony Andrew Woodall Julius Caesar Martin Hutson Cassius Hannah Morrish Portia Royal Shakespeare Company stage production filmed for BBC Television Julius Caesar TV nbsp 2018 Phyllida Lloyd Harriet Walter Brutus Jade Anouka Mark Antony Jackie Clune Julius Caesar Martina Laird Cassius Clare Dunne Portia Donmar Warehouse all female stage production filmed for Television King Lear Edit Main article King Lear Title M C Y Directors Starring DescriptionKing Lear Italian Re Lear Silent nbsp 1910 Gerolamo Lo Savio Ermete Novelli King Lear Francesca Bertini Cordelia Olga Giannini Novelli Lear s Daughter Giannina Chiantoni Lear s Daughter King Lear Silent nbsp 1916 Ernest C Warde Frederick Warde King Lear Ernest C Warde The King s Fool Lorraine Huling Cordelia Ina Hammer Goneril Edith Diestal Regan Hector Dion Edmund Boyd Marshall The King of France Gunasundari Katha Telugu గ ణస దర కథ Film nbsp 1949 K V Reddy Govindarajula Subba Rao King Ugrasena Sriranjani Gunasundari Santha Kumari Rupasundari King Lear TV nbsp 1953 Peter BrookAndrew McCullough Orson Welles King Lear Natasha Parry Cordelia Margaret Phillips Regan Beatrice Straight Goneril Originally presented live now survives on kinescope King Lear 67 68 Film nbsp 1971 Peter Brook Paul Scofield King Lear Cyril Cusack Albany Irene Worth Goneril Susan Engel Regan Tom Fleming Kent Jack MacGowran Fool Patrick Magee Cornwall Anne Lise Gabold Cordelia Ian Hogg Edmund King Lear Russian Korol Lir romanized Korol Lir Film nbsp 1971 Grigori Kozintsev Juri Jarvet King Lear Elza Radzina Goneril Galina Volchek Regan Valentina Shendrikova Cordelia The Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich composed the score King Lear Great Performances TV nbsp 1974 Edwin Sherin James Earl Jones Lear Raul Julia Edmund Rene Auberjonois Edgar Rosalind Cash Goneril Douglass Watson Kent Recording of a New York Shakespeare Festival production King Lear TV nbsp 1974 Tony Davenall Patrick Magee Lear Beth Harris Goneril Ann Lynn Regan Wendy Alnutt Cordelia Patrick Mower Edmund Robert Coleby Edgar King Lear BBC Television Shakespeare TV nbsp 1982 Jonathan Miller Michael Hordern Lear Frank Middlemass the Fool Brenda Blethyn Cordelia Anton Lesser Edgar Released in the US as part of the Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare series King Lear TV nbsp 1983 Michael Elliot Laurence Olivier Lear Leo McKern Gloucester Diana Rigg Regan Dorothy Tutin Goneril Robert Lang Albany Robert Lindsay Edmund John Hurt The Fool David Threlfall Edgar 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 Japanese 乱 lit Chaos Film nbsp nbsp 1985 Akira Kurosawa Japanese 黒澤 明 Tatsuya Nakadai Great Lord Hidetora Ichimonji Jinpachi Nezu Lord Jiro Daisuke Ryu Lord Saburo Masayuki Yui Tango Peter Kyoami Mieko Harada Lady Kaede 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 nbsp 1987 Jean Luc Godard Jean Luc Godard Professor Pluggy Burgess Meredith Don Learo Molly Ringwald Cordelia Peter Sellars William Shakespeare Junior the Fifth Woody Allen Mr Alien 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 Hungarian Romani kris Ciganytorveny 71 Film nbsp 1997 Bence Gyongyossy Đoko Rosic Lover Mihaly Szabados Tamaska Silvia Pincu Ilka Diliana Dimitrova Kukunda Violetta Koleva Sarolta A Thousand Acres Film nbsp 1997 Jocelyn Moorhouse Jason Robards Larry Cook Jessica Lange Ginny Michelle Pfeiffer Rose Jennifer Jason Leigh Caroline A modern retelling of the Lear story from the perspective of the Goneril character Ginny King Lear TV nbsp 1997 Richard Eyre Ian Holm Lear Barbara Flynn Goneril Amanda Redman Regan Victoria Hamilton Cordelia Timothy West Gloucester Finbar Lynch Edmund Paul Rhys Edgar 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 nbsp 1999 Brian Blessed Brian Blessed King Lear Hildegarde Neil the Fool Jason Riddington Cordelia Claire Laurie Regan Caroline Lennon Goneril 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 nbsp 2000 An unfilmed screenplay written by Harold Pinter on a commission from Tim Roth 73 King of Texas TV nbsp 2002 Uli Edel Patrick Stewart John Lear Marcia Gay Harden Mrs Susannah Lear Tumlinson Lauren Holly Mrs Rebecca Lear Highsmith Roy Scheider Henry Westover David Alan Grier Rip 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 nbsp 2008 Trevor Nunn Ian McKellen King Lear Romola Garai Cordelia Frances Barber Goneril Monica Dolan Regan 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 nbsp nbsp 2018 Richard Eyre Anthony Hopkins King Lear Emma Thompson Goneril Emily Watson Regan Florence Pugh Cordelia Andrew Scott Edgar Set in an alternative universe 21st century highly militarised London Macbeth Edit Main article Macbeth on screen See also Macbeth Title M C Y Directors Starring DescriptionMacbeth Silent nbsp 1908 J Stuart Blackton William Ranous Macbeth Paul Panzer Macduff Charles Kent Duncan Louise Carver Lady Macbeth 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 nbsp 1909 Andre Calmettes Paul Mounet Macbeth Jeanne Delvair Lady Macbeth A silent black and white film with French intertitles Macbeth Silent nbsp 1909 Mario Caserini Dante Cappelli Macbeth Maria Caserini Lady Macbeth Amleto PalormiEttore Pesci The second adaptation that year and is the third film version In black and white the runtime is 16 minutes Macbeth Silent nbsp 1911 Will Barker Frank Benson Macbeth Constance Benson Lady Macbeth 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 nbsp 1913 Arthur Bourchier Arthur Bourchier Macbeth Violet Vanbrugh Lady Macbeth 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 nbsp 1915 Charles le Bargy Severin Mars Macbeth Georgette Leblanc Lady Macbeth A silent black and white film with French intertitles Macbeth Silent nbsp 1916 John Emerson Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree Macbeth Constance Collier Lady Macbeth Wilfred Lucas Macduff Spottiswoode Aitken Duncan Ralph Lewis Banquo Mary Alden Lady Macduff Olga Grey Lady Agnes 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 nbsp 1916 L C MacBeanJ M Barrie Edmund Gwenn Macbeth Nelson Keys Lady Macbeth Ernest Thesiger Witch Pauline Chase American Witch Marie Lohr Murdered Frederick Kerr Murdered 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 nbsp 1922 H B Parkinson Russell Thorndike Macbeth Sybil Thorndike Lady Macbeth The last silent version and the eighth film adaptation of the play Macbeth Film nbsp 1948 Orson Welles Orson Welles Macbeth Jeanette Nolan Lady Macbeth Dan O Herlihy Macduff Roddy McDowall Malcolm Edgar Barrier Banquo Macbeth Film nbsp 1950s Laurence Olivier An unsuccessful mid 1950s attempt by Olivier to finance a new film version Marmayogi Tamil மர மய க lit The Mysterious Sage Hindi एक थ र ज romanized Ek Tha Raja lit Once There Was A King Film nbsp 1951 K Ramnoth Serukalathur Sama Marmayogi M G Ramachandran Karikalan S V Sahasranamam Veerangan S A Natarajan Urvasi s Lover 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 nbsp 1954 George Schaefer Maurice Evans Macbeth Judith Anderson Lady Macbeth House Jameson Duncan Staats Cotsworth Banquo Richard Waring Macduff A live television adaptation telecast in color but has only been preserved on black and white kinescope 82 83 Joe MacBeth Film nbsp 1955 Ken Hughes Paul Douglas Joe MacBeth Ruth Roman Lily MacBeth Bonar Colleano Lennie Gregoire Aslan Duca Sid James Banky A modern retelling set in a 1930s American criminal underworld The film s plot closely follows the original 84 Throne of Blood Japanese 蜘蛛巣城 romanized Kumonosu jō lit Spider Web Castle Film nbsp 1957 Akira Kurosawa Toshiro Mifune Washizu Taketoki Isuzu Yamada Washizu Asaji Takashi Shimura Odakura Noriyasu Akira Kubo Miki Yoshiteru Minoru Chiaki Miki Yoshiaki 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 nbsp 1960 George Schaefer Maurice Evans Macbeth Judith Anderson Lady Macbeth Michael Hordern Banquo Ian Bannen Macduff Malcolm Keen King Duncan 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 nbsp 1960 William Sterling Ken Goodlet Macbeth Dinah Shearing Lady Macbeth Keith Eden Macduff Douglas Kelly Duncan Wyn Roberts Banquo 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 nbsp 1961 Paul Almond Sean Connery Macbeth Zoe Caldwell Lady Macbeth William Needles Banquo Ted Follows Macduff Robin Gammell Malcolm Powys Thomas King Duncan Macbeth TV nbsp 1965 Alan Burke Wyn Roberts Macbeth Terri Aldred Lady Macbeth Keith Eden Macduff Keith Lee Banquo Peter Hepworth Fleance Macbeth Play of the Month TV, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library, article, read, download, free, free download, mp3, video, mp4, 3gp, jpg, jpeg, gif, png, picture, music, song, movie, book, game, games. |