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1983. Antony and Cleopatra, Bard Productions. Directed by Lawrence Carra. With Timothy Dalton (Mark Antony) and Lynn Redgrave (Cleopatra). Television production.
1983. The Taming of the Shrew, Bard Productions. Directed by John Allison. Television production.
1983. The Tempest, Bard Productions. Directed by William Woodman. With Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. (Prospero). Television production.
1983. To Be or Not to Be, 20th Century Fox and Brooksfilms Ltd. Directed by Alan Johnson. With Mel Brooks (Dr. Frederick Bronski), Anne Bancroft (Anna Bronski), Charles Durning (Colonel Erhardt), Jose Ferrer (Professor Siletski), and Christopher Lloyd (Captain Schultz). During the occupation of Poland, stage actors engaged in a production of Hamlet use parts of the play to prevent information about the Resistance from reaching the Nazis; remake.
1982. A Midsummer Night’s Dream, ABC Video. Directed by Emile Ardolino. With Christine Baranski (Helena) and William Hurt (Oberon). Filmed stage production.
1982. Richard II, Bard Productions. Directed by William Woodman. With David Birney (Richard II). Television production.
1982. Tempest, Columbia Pictures Corporation. Directed by Paul Mazursky. With John Cassavetes (Phillip Dimitrius), Gena Rowlands (Antonia Dimitrius), Susan Sarandon (Aretha Tomalin), Raul Julia (Kalibanos), and Molly Ringwald (Miranda Dimitrius). Adaptation of The Tempest set in modern-day America and Greece.
1981. Macbeth, Bard Productions. Directed by Arthur Allan Seidelman. With Piper Laurie (Lady Macbeth). Television production.
1981. Othello, Bard Productions. Directed by Franklin Melton.
1977. The Goodbye Girl, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) and Warner Brothers Pictures. Directed by Herbert Ross. With Richard Dreyfuss (Elliot Garfield). Although not directly based on a Shakespeare play, the plot involves a production of Richard III.
1976. The Taming of the Shrew, American Conservatory Theatre and PBS. Directed by Kirk Browning. Filmed stage production / television production.
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