The Plays |
The Merchant of Venice (2004)
Spice Factory Limited in association with UK Film Council. Directed by Michael Radford. With Al Pacino (Shylock), Jeremy Irons (Antonio), and Joseph Fiennes (Bassanio).
Hamlet (2000)
double A films. Directed by Michael Almereyda. With Ethan Hawke (Hamlet), Julia Stiles (Ophelia), Kyle MacLachlan (Claudius), and Bill Murray (Polonius).
Hamlet (2000)
Hallmark Entertainment. Directed by Campbell Scott and Eric Simonson. With Campbell Scott (Hamlet), Roscoe Lee Browne (Polonius).
Titus (1999)
Clear Blue Sky Productions and Fox Searchlight Pictures. Directed by Julie Taymor. With Anthony Hopkins (Titus), Jessica Lange (Tamora), Jonathan Rhys Meyers (Chiron), and Alan Cumming (Saturninus).
A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1999)
Fox Searchlight Pictures. Directed by Michael Hoffman. With Kevin Kline (Bottom), Michelle Pfeiffer (Titania), Stanley Tucci (Puck), Rupert Everett (Oberon), Calista Flockhart (Helena), and Christian Bale (Demetrius).
Romeo + Juliet (1996)
20th Century Fox and Bazmark Films. Directed by Baz Luhrmann. With Leonardo DiCaprio (Romeo), Claire Danes (Juliet), John Leguizamo (Tybalt), Pete Postlethwaite (Father Laurence), and Brian Dennehy (Ted Montague).
Othello (1995)
Castle Rock Entertainment and Columbia Pictures Corporation. Directed by Oliver Parker. With Laurence Fishburne (Othello) and Kenneth Branagh (Iago).
Richard III (1995)
Bayly/Paré Productions and United Artists. Directed by Richard Loncraine.
With Ian McKellen (Richard III), Annette Bening (Queen Elizabeth), Jim Broadbent (Buckingham), and Robert Downey, Jr. (Lord Rivers).
Much Ado About Nothing (1993)
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Renaissance Films, and Samuel Goldwyn Company. Directed by Kenneth Branagh. With Kenneth Branagh (Benedick), Emma Thompson (Beatrice), Keanu Reeves (Don John), Kate Beckinsale (Hero), Denzel Washington (Don Pedro), Michael Keaton (Dogberry), and Imelda Staunton (Margaret).
Hamlet (1990)
Canal+ and Warner Brothers Pictures. Directed by Franco Zeffirelli. With Mel Gibson (Hamlet), Glenn Close (Gertrude), Alan Bates (Claudius), Ian Holm (Polonius), Helena Bonham Carter (Ophelia), and Pete Postlethwaite (Player King).
Hamlet (1990)
New York Shakespeare Festival. Directed by Kevin Kline. With Kevin Kline (Hamlet) and Michael Cumpsty (Laertes).
The Taming of the Shrew (1976)
American Conservatory Theatre and PBS. Directed by Kirk Browning.
King Lear (1974)
New York Shakespeare Festival and PBS. Directed by Edwin Sherin. With James Earl Jones (Lear) and Raul Julia (Edmund).
Much Ado About Nothing (1973)
New York Shakespeare Festival and CBS Television. Directed by Nick Havinga.
With Sam Waterston (Benedick).
Julius Caesar (1970)
Commonwealth United Entertainment. Directed by Stuart Burge. With Charlton Heston (Mark Antony), Jason Robards (Brutus), John Gielgud (Julius Caesar), Richard Chamberlain (Octavius Caesar), and Christopher Lee (Artemidorus).
The Taming of the Shrew (1967)
FAI and Columbia Pictures. Directed by Franco Zeffirelli. With Elizabeth Taylor (Katharine) and Richard Burton (Petruchio).
Hamlet (1964)
Theatrofilm and Warner Brothers Pictures. Directed by Bill Colleran and John Gielgud.
With Richard Burton (Hamlet) and Hume Cronyn (Polonius).
Julius Caesar (1953)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM). Directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz. With Marlon Brando (Mark Antony), James Mason (Brutus), John Gielgud (Cassius), Deborah Kerr (Portia), and Greer Garson (Calphurnia).
King Lear (1953)
Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) and Omnibus Productions. With Orson Welles.
The Tragedy of Othello: The Moor of Venice (1952)
Mercury Productions Incorporated and Les Films Marceau. Directed by Orson Welles. With Orson Welles (Othello).
Macbeth (1948)
Mercury Productions Inc. and Republic Pictures Corporation. Directed by Orson Welles. With Orson Welles (Macbeth).
Romeo and Juliet (1936)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM). Directed by George Cukor. With Norma Shearer (Juliet), Leslie Howard (Romeo), John Barrymore (Mercutio), Edna May Oliver (Nurse), and Basil Rathbone (Tybalt).
A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1935)
Warner Brothers Pictures. Directed by William Dieterle and Max Reinhardt. With James Cagney (Bottom), Joe E. Brown (Flute), Dick Powell (Lysander), Mickey Rooney (Puck), Victor Jory (Oberon), and Olivia de Havilland (Hermia).
The Taming of the Shrew (1929)
Elton Corporation and United Artists. Directed by Sam Taylor. With Mary Pickford (Katherine) and Douglas Fairbanks, Sr. (Petruchio). Released in both silent and sound versions; the version available today is an authorized 1966 re-release that combines footage from both.