Movie and Television List |
1953. Hamlet, Hallmark Hall of Fame Productions and NBC. Directed by Albert McCleery. Television production.
1953. Julius Caesar, 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).
1953. King Lear, Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) and Omnibus Productions. Directed by Andrew McCullough. With Orson Welles (Lear). Television production.
1953. Kiss Me, Kate, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM). Directed by George Sidney. With Kathryn Grayson (Lilli Vanessi/Katherine), Howard Keel (Fred Graham/Petruchio), and Ann Miller (Lois Lane/Bianca). Musical inspired by The Taming of the Shrew, with backstage drama mirroring the play that the actors perform onstage.
1952. The Tragedy of Othello: The Moor of Venice, Mercury Productions Incorporated and Les Films Marceau. Directed by Orson Welles. With Orson Welles (Othello).
1950. Julius Caesar, Avon Productions. Directed by David Bradley. With Charlton Heston (Mark Antony).
1949. Julius Caesar, Amherst College Masquers, NBC Television. College production of Julius Caesar at Folger Shakespeare Library’s Elizabethan Theatre.
1949. Julius Caesar, CBS Television. Directed by Paul Nickell.
1949. Macbeth, NBC Television. Directed by Anthony Brown and Gerry Simpson.
1948. Macbeth, Mercury Productions Inc. and Republic Pictures Corporation. Directed by Orson Welles. With Orson Welles (Macbeth).
1948–1958. Studio One, CBS Television. Seven of the 467 hour-long dramas in this series were based on Shakespeare plays; many featured Charlton Heston. Television anthology series.
1947. A Double Life, Garson Kanin Productions. Directed by George Cukor. With Ronald Colman (Anthony John) and Shelley Winters (Pat Kroll). A matinee actor constantly transformed by the roles he plays is cast as Othello and overcome by the character’s murderous rage.
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