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1961. Romanoff and Juliet, Pavla and Universal International Pictures. Directed by Peter Ustinov. With Peter Ustinov (The President of Concordia), Sandra Dee (Juliet Moulsworth), and John Gavin (Igor Romanoff). Romeo and Juliet during the Cold War features the children of the US and Russian ambassadors falling in love.
1961. West Side Story, The Mirisch Corporation and United Artists. Directed by Jerome Robbins and Robert Wise. With Natalie Wood (Maria), Richard Beymer (Tony), Rita Moreno (Anita), and George Chakiris (Bernardo). A musical adaptation of Romeo and Juliet set in New York in the 1950s, with gangs called the Jets and the Sharks replacing the Montagues and Capulets.
1960. Macbeth, Hallmark Hall of Fame Production and NBC. Directed by George Schaefer. Television production.
1960. The Tempest, Hallmark Hall of Fame Productions and NBC. Directed by George Schaefer. With Richard Burton (Prospero) and Lee Remick (Miranda). Television production.
1958. Kiss Me Kate, Hallmark Hall of Fame Productions and NBC. Directed by George Schaefer. Musical inspired by The Taming of the Shrew, with backstage drama mirroring the play that the actors are performing onstage; remake. Television production.
1957. Twelfth Night, Hallmark Hall of Fame Productions and NBC. Directed by David Greene. Television production.
1956. Forbidden Planet, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM). Directed by Fred Wilcox. With Walter Pidgeon (Dr. Edward Morbius), Anne Francis (Altaira Morbius), and Leslie Nielsen (Commander John J. Adams). The plot of The Tempest is transported to an isolated planet inhabited only by the eccentric Dr. Morbius, his beautiful daughter, and his frightening creation.
1956. The Taming of the Shrew, Hallmark Hall of Fame and NBC. Directed by George Schaefer. Television production.
1955. Prince of Players, 20th Century Fox. Directed by Philip Dunne. With Richard Burton (Edwin Booth). This biography of Edwin Booth, the great American actor and brother of the infamous John Wilkes Booth, includes scenes from several Shakespeare plays, including Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, and Richard III.
1954. Macbeth, Hallmark Hall of Fame and NBC. Directed by George Schaefer. Television production.
1954. Richard II, Hallmark Hall of Fame and NBC. Directed by George Schaefer. Television production.
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