More than 420 feature-length film versions of William Shakespeare's plays have been produced, making Shakespeare the most filmed author ever.[1] Some are faithful to the original story and text, while others are adaptations that use only the plots rather than his dialogue.
History
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"When 'Shakespeare' meets 'The Movies', two mighty entities converge."
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| Harry Keyishian[2] |
Silent Film Era
In the 1900s when the silent film industry began to develop in Europe and America, Shakespearean plays became a small part of its repertoire.
In France and Italy at that time cinema was not considered an art form in itself, but as a medium to present the art of traditional theatre. This idea was named "Film d'Art". Shakespearean plays' "public domain" status have made them attractive to film producers, who wanted freedom from a "faithful" representation of a theatre play.
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"It was learned early on that the Bard was poison at the box office and would have to be variously disguised if he was to sell any tickets."
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| Luke McKernan[3] |
In the United States, a couple of thousand cheap and wide-spread "nickelodeons" drove the film industry. American film makers then began to seek to attract viewers of higher class. They might also have been influenced by the "Film d'Art" spirit. They set out to shift the themes of their films from stories of contemporary workers, to classical works. Film makers were also responding to calls from religious groups, and the authorities, for a reduction of the amount of brutality displayed in historical films. Film makers chose Shakespearean plays because they were widely respected by both the higher and lower classes of American society, and also because their public domain status avoided copyright issues. The authorities also favored Shakespearean films, since they were suitable tools to construct a new Anglo-American identity on the vast, mostly immigrant, nation. Vitagraph in New York was a notable Shakespearean film studio of this time.[1]
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"[I am] less than ever convinced that there is an aesthetic justification for filming Shakespeare at all."
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| Graham Greene[4] |
Comedies
All's Well That Ends Well
- See main article All's Well That Ends Well
- Released in the USA as part of the "Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare" series.
As You Like It
- See main article As You Like It
- Paul Czinner director
- Elisabeth Bergner as Rosalind
- Laurence Olivier as Orlando
- Released in the USA as part of the "Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare" series.
- Helen Mirren as Rosalind
- John Hirsch - Director
- Roberta Maxwell as Rosalind
- Andrew Gilles as Orlando
- Christine Edzard director
- Emma Croft as Rosalind
- James Fox as Jaques
- Griff Rhys Jones as Touchstone
- Andrew Tiernan as Orlando & Oliver
- Alexei Karayev director
- Sylvestra Le Touzel as the voice of Rosalind
- Kenneth Branagh director
- Bryce Dallas Howard as Rosalind
- Kevin Kline as Jaques
- Alfred Molina as Touchstone
- David Oyelowo as Orlando
The Comedy of Errors
- See main article The Comedy of Errors
Performances
- Philip Casson - Director
- Roger Rees as Antipholus of Syracuse
- Mike Gwilym as Antipholus of Ephesus
- Michael Williams as Dromio of Syracuse
- Nickolas Grace as Dromio of Ephesus
- Judi Dench as Adriana
- Francesca Annis as Luciana
- Released in the USA as part of the "Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare" series.
- Michael Kitchen as the Antipholi
- Roger Daltrey as the Dromios
- Suzanne Bertish as Adriana
- Richard Monette - Director
- Nicholas Pennell as Aegeon
- Geordie Johnson as Antipholus of Ephesus/Antipholus of Syracuse
- Keith Dinicol as Dromio of Ephesus/Dromio of Syracuse
- Goldie Semple as Adriana
- Lucy Peacock as Luciana
Adaptations
- Angoor (Hindi, India, 1982), a Bollywood adaptation.
- The Boys from Syracuse (USA, 1940), a film of a musical adaptation of the play.
Cymbeline
- See main article Cymbeline
Performances
- Frederick Sullivan director
- Florence La Badie as Imogen
- James Cruze as Posthumous Leonatus
- Patrick Tucker director
- Gail Chugg as Cymbeline
- Rebecca Engle as Imogen
- Released in the USA as part of the "Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare" series.
Adaptations
- Douglas Hickox director
- Vincent Price as Edward Lionheart
- Diana Rigg as Edwina Lionheart
Vincent Price plays a Shakespearean actor who takes poetic revenge on the critics who denied him recognition. He kills his critics using methods inspired by Shakespeare's plays, including a murder inspired by Cymbeline.
Love's Labour's Lost
- See main article Love's Labour's Lost
- Released in the USA as part of the "Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare" series.
- Kenneth Branagh director and as Berowne
- Alicia Silverstone as the Princess
- music by Cole Porter, Irving Berlin, Jerome Kern and others
Measure For Measure
- See main article Measure for Measure
- Released in the USA as part of the "Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare" series.
- David Thacker director
- Tom Wilkinson as Duke Vincentio
- Corin Redgrave as Angelo
- Juliet Aubrey as Isabella
- Ian Bannen as Provost
- Ben Miles as Claudio
The Merchant of Venice
- See main article The Merchant of Venice
Performances
- The Merchant of Venice (US, 1973)
- John Sichel director
- Laurence Olivier as Shylock
- Joan Plowright as Portia
- Jeremy Brett as Bassanio
- Released in the USA as part of the "Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare" series.
- The Merchant of Venice (UK, 2003)
- Film of Royal National Theatre’s stage version
- Trevor Nunn director
- Henry Goodman as Shylock
- Derbhle Crotty as Portia
- Michael Radford director
- Al Pacino as Shylock
- Lynn Collins as Portia
- Jeremy Irons as Antonio
Adaptations
- Douglas Hickox director
- Vincent Price as Edward Lionheart
- Diana Rigg as Edwina Lionheart
Vincent Price plays a Shakespearean actor who takes poetic revenge on the critics who denied him recognition. He kills his critics using methods inspired by Shakespeare's plays, including a murder inspired by The Merchant of Venice.
The Merry Wives of Windsor
- See main article The Merry Wives of Windsor
Performances
- Released in the USA as part of the "Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare" series.
- Quantum Leap The Merry Wives of Windsor (aka “The Shakespeare Collection”) (TV/video, USA, 1982)
- Jack Manning director
- Leon Charles as Falstaff
Adaptations
- Orson Welles director and as Falstaff
- Keith Baxter as Hal
- John Gielgud as Henry IV
- See also Falstaff (opera) by Verdi, since it and all films derived from it are adaptations of the Falstaff plays, in particular The Merry Wives of Windsor.
A Midsummer Night's Dream
- See main article A Midsummer Night's Dream
Performances
- Max Reinhardt director
- Olivia de Havilland as Hermia
- James Cagney as Bottom
- Mickey Rooney as Puck
- Peter Hall director
- Judi Dench as Titania
- Paul Rogers as Bottom
- Diana Rigg as Helena
- David Warner as Lysander
- Ian Holm as Puck
- Released in the USA as part of the "Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare" series.
- Robert Saakiants director
- Suzanne Bertish as the voice of Titania
- Bernard Hill as the voice of Bottom
- Adrian Noble director
- Lindsay Duncan as Titania
- Desmond Barrit as Bottom
- Michael Hoffman director
- Michelle Pfeiffer as Titania
- Kevin Kline as Bottom
- Rupert Everett as Oberon
- Calista Flockhart as Helena
- Stanley Tucci as Puck
- Midsummer (USA, 1999) sets the Dream story against a surreal backdrop of techno clubs and ancient symbols.
- James Kerwin screenplay and director
- Travis Schuldt as Demetrius
- Christine Edzard director
Adaptations
- El Sueño de una noche de San Juan (aka "Midsummer Dream", Spain and Portugal, 2005) is an animated adaptation of the Dream story.
- Ángel de la Cruz and Manolo Gómez directors
- Get Over It (2001), a modern musical adaptation set at a highschool 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.
- Sharon Small as Titania
- Lennie James as Oberon
- Johnny Vegas as Bottom
Much Ado About Nothing
- See main article Much Ado About Nothing
Performances
- Much Ado About Nothing (TV, US, 1973)
- A CBS Television Adaptation of Joseph Papp's New York Shakespeare Festival Production
- Sam Waterston as Benedick
- Kathleen Widdoes as Beatrice
- Barnard Hughes as Dogberry
- Douglass Watson as Don Pedro
- Nick Havinga and A.J. Antoon, directors
- Released in the USA as part of the "Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare" series.
- Kenneth Branagh director and as Benedick
- Emma Thompson as Beatrice
- Denzel Washington as Don Pedro
- Robert Sean Leonard as Claudio
- Kate Beckinsale as Hero
- Michael Keaton as Dogberry
- Keanu Reeves as Don John
Adaptations
- Sarah Parish as Beatrice
- Damian Lewis as Benedick
- Billie Piper as Hero
- Martin Jarvis as Leonard (the Leonato character)
Pericles
- See main article Pericles, Prince of Tyre
- Released in the USA as part of the "Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare" series.
The Taming of the Shrew
- See main article The Taming of the Shrew
Performances
- Mary Pickford as Katherine
- Douglas Fairbanks as Petruchio
- Franco Zeffirelli director
- Elizabeth Taylor as Katherine
- Richard Burton as Petruchio
- Released in the USA as part of the "Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare" series.
- Jonathan Miller, director
- John Cleese as Petruchio
- Sarah Badel as Katherine
- Quantum Leap The Taming of the Shrew (aka “The Shakespeare Collection”) (TV/video, USA, 19??)
- John Allinson director
- Karen Austin as Katherine
- Franklin Seales as Petruchio
- Aida Ziablikova director
- Amanda Root as the voice of Katherine
- Nigel Le Vaillant as the voice of Petruchio
Adaptations
- Howard Keel as 'Petruchio'
- Kathryn Grayson as 'Katerina'
- Ann Miller as 'Bianca'
- Moonlighting (TV, USA; 25 Nov 1986 episode "Atomic Shakespeare") 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.
- Will Mackenzie director
- Cybill Shepherd as Katerina
- Bruce Willis as Petruchio
- Julia Stiles as Kat
- Heath Ledger as Patrick Verona
- Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Cameron
- Larisa Oleynik as Bianca
- Shirley Henderson as Katherine
- Rufus Sewell as Petruchio
- Andrew Honor director
The Tempest
- See main article The Tempest (play)
Performances
- Edwin Thanhouser director
- George Schaefer director
- Maurice Evans as Prospero
- Richard Burton as Caliban
- Lee Remick as Miranda
- Roddy McDowall as Ariel
- Derek Jarman director
- Heathcote Williams as Prospero
- Toyah Willcox as Miranda
- "Stormy Weather" sung by Elisabeth Welch
- Michael Hordern as Prospero
- Released in the USA as part of the "Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare" series.
- Quantum Leap The Tempest (aka “The Shakespeare Collection”) (TV/video, USA, 1983)
- William Woodman director
- Efrem Zimbalist Jr. as Prospero
- Peter Greenaway director
- John Gielgud as Prospero
- Isabelle Pasco as Miranda
- Stanislav Sokolov director
- Timothy West as the voice of Prospero
Adaptations
- William A. Wellman director
- Gregory Peck as Stretch
- Fred M. Wilcox director
- Walter Pidgeon as Dr. Mobius
- Anne Francis as Alataria
- Leslie Nielsen as the captain
- Paul Mazursky director
- John Cassavetes as Phillip Dimitrious
- Molly Ringwald as Miranda
- Susan Sarandon as Aretha
- Raul Julia as Kalibanos
- Jack Bender director
- Peter Fonda as Gideon Prosper
- Michael Douglas as Charlie (Based of the character of Prospero)
- Evan Rachel Wood as Miranda
Twelfth Night
- See main article Twelfth Night (play) and its section Film and television adaptions
Performances
- Eugene Mullin and Charles Kent directors
- Julia Swayne Gordon as Olivia
- Chales Kent as Malvolio
- Florence Turner as Viola
- Edith Storey as Sebastain
- Tefft Johnson as Orsino
- Marin Sais as Maria
- Willim Humphrey as Sir Toby Belch
- James Young as Sir Andrew Aguecheek
- John Sichel and John Dexter directors
- Joan Plowright as Viola and Sebastian
- Alec Guinness as Malvolio
- Ralph Richardson as Sir Toby Belch
- Tommy Steele as an unusually prominent Feste
- Released in the USA as part of the "Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare" series.
- Kenneth Branagh director
- Richard Briers as Malvolio
- Caroline Langrishe as Olivia
- music by Pat Doyle (TRIVIA: the arrangement of Come Away Death in this production is an adaption of Paul McCartney's Once Upon A Long Ago.)
- Maria Muat director
- Fiona Shaw
- Hugh Grant
- William Rushton as the voice of Sir Toby Belch
- Trevor Nunn director
- Imogen Stubbs as Viola
- Helena Bonham Carter as Olivia
- Toby Stephens as Orsino
- Nigel Hawthorne as Malvolio
- Mel Smith as Sir Toby Belch
- Richard E. Grant as Sir Andrew Aguecheek
- Ben Kingsley as Feste
- Tim Supple director
- Parminder Nagra as Viola
- Ronny Jhutti as Sebastian
- Chiwetel Ejiofor as Orsino
- Claire Price as Olivia
- Maureen Beattie as Maria
- David Troughton as Sir Toby Belch
- Richard Bremner as Sir Andrew Aguecheek
- Zubin Varla as Feste
- Michael Maloney as Malvolio
Adaptations
- She's the Man (US, 2006) adapts the story to a high-school setting
- Andy Fickman director
- Amanda Bynes as Viola
- Channing Tatum as Duke Orsino
- Laura Ramsey as Olivia
- James Kirk as Sebastian
The Two Gentlemen of Verona
- See main article The Two Gentlemen of Verona
- Released in the USA as part of the "Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare" series.
The Winter's Tale
- See main article The Winter's Tale
Performances
- Released in the USA as part of the "Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare" series.
- Stanislav Sokolov director
- Anton Lesser
- Jenny Agutter
- Greg Doran director
- Antony Sher as Leontes
Adaptations
Tragedies
Antony and Cleopatra
- See main article Antony and Cleopatra
Performances
- Charlton Heston, director and star, as Antony
- Hildegarde Neil as Cleopatra
- Eric Porter as Enobarbus
- Jon Scoffield director (television version) Trevor Nunn director (stage version)
- Janet Suzman as Cleopatra
- Richard Johnson as Antony
- Patrick Stewart as Enobarbus (TRIVIA: This was his first television role.)
- Released in the USA as part of the "Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare" series.
Adaptations
- Gerald Thomas director
- Kenneth Williams as Caesar
- Sid James as Mark Antony
- Amanda Barrie as Cleopatra
- Jayaraaj director
- Lal as Manikyan
- Siddique as Choman
- Nandita Das as Kannaki
Coriolanus
- See main article Coriolanus (play)
- Released in the USA as part of the "Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare" series.
Hamlet
- This is a summary of the main article Hamlet on screen.
- See also the main article for the play Hamlet.
The most significant screen performances are:
- Hamlet (Germany, 1920) Svend Gade & Heinz Schall directors
- Hamlet (UK, 1948) Laurence Olivier director
- Hamlet, Prinz von Dänemark (West Germany, 1961) Franz Peter Wirth director
- Hamlet (aka Gamlet) (Russia, 1964) Grigori Kozintsev director
- Hamlet (aka Richard Burton's Hamlet) (1964), Bill Colleran and John Gielgud directors
- Hamlet at Elsinore (TV, UK, 1964) Philip Saville director
- Hamlet (UK, 1969) Tony Richardson director
- BBC Television Shakespeare Hamlet (TV, UK, 1980) Rodney Bennett director
- Hamlet (USA, 1990) Franco Zeffirelli director
- The Animated Shakespeare Hamlet (TV, Russia and UK, 1992) Natalia Orlova director
- Hamlet (UK, 1996) Kenneth Branagh director
- Hamlet (USA, 2000) Michael Almereyda director
- The Tragedy of Hamlet Prince of Denmark (2007) (AUS, 2007) Oscar Redding director
Adaptations, and films using elements of "Hamlet" include:
- The Bad Sleep Well (aka Warui yatsu hodo yoku nemuru) (Japan, 1960) Akira Kurosawa director
- Strange Brew (Canada, 1983) Dave Thomas & Rick Moranis directors.
- Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (USA, 1990) Tom Stoppard director
- Renaissance Man (USA, 1994) Penny Marshall director
- The Lion King (USA, 1994) Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff directors.
- In The Bleak Midwinter (aka “A Midwinter’s Tale”) (UK, 1996) Kenneth Branagh director
- Let the Devil Wear Black (USA, 1999) Stacy Title director
- The Banquet, (China, 2006) Feng Xiaogang, director
Julius Caesar
- See main article Julius Caesar (play)
Performances
- David Bradley director and as Brutus
- Harold Tasker as Caesar
- Charlton Heston as Mark Antony
- Joseph L. Mankiewicz director
- James Mason as Brutus
- John Gielgud as Cassius
- Marlon Brando as Mark Antony
- Charlton Heston as Mark Antony
- Jason Robards as Brutus
- John Gielgud as Caesar
- Released in the USA as part of the "Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare" series.
- Yuri Kulakov director
- Joss Ackland as the voice of Julius Caesar
Adaptations
- Gerald Thomas director
- Kenneth Williams as Caesar
- Sid James as Mark Antony
- Amanda Barrie as Cleopatra
- Douglas Hickox director
- Vincent Price as Edward Lionheart
- Diana Rigg as Edwina Lionheart
Vincent Price plays a Shakespearean actor who takes poetic revenge on the critics who denied him recognition. He kills his critics using methods inspired by Shakespeare's plays, including a murder inspired by Julius Caesar.
King Lear
- See main article King Lear and its section on film adaptations.
Performances
- Andrew McCullough director
- Orson Welles as Lear
- Peter Brook director
- Paul Scofield as Lear
- Grigori Kozintsev director
- Jüri Järvet as Lear
- James Earl Jones as Lear
- Raul Julia as Edmund
- Rene Auberjonois as Edgar
- Rosalind Cash as Goneril
- Douglass Watson as Kent
- Tony Davenall director
- Patrick Magee as Lear
- Beth Harris as Goneril
- Ann Lynn as Regan
- Wendy Alnutt as Cordelia
- Patrick Mower as Edmund
- Robert Coleby as Edgar
- Jonathan Miller director
- Michael Hordern as Lear
- Frank Middlemass as the Fool
- Brenda Blethyn as Cordelia
- Anton Lesser as Edgar
- Released in the USA as part of the "Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare" series.
- Michael Elliot director
- Laurence Olivier as Lear
- Leo McKern as Gloucester
- Robert Lindsay as Edmund
- John Hurt as The Fool
- David Threlfall as Edgar
- King Lear (TV, UK, 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.
- Richard Eyre director
- Ian Holm as Lear
- Barbara Flynn as Goneril
- Amanda Redman as Regan
- Victoria Hamilton as Cordelia
- Timothy West as Gloucester
- Finbar Lynch as Edmund
- Paul Rhys as Edgar
- Brian Blessed director and as Lear
- Hildegard Neil as Fool
Adaptations
- Jean-Luc Godard director and Professor Pluggy (equivalent to the Fool)
- Burgess Meredith as Don Learo
- Molly Ringwald as Cordelia
- Peter Sellars as William Shakespeare Junior the Fifth
- Woody Allen as Mr. Alien
- Ran (Japan, 1985) is an adaptation of the Lear story to a Japanese setting.
- Akira Kurosawa director
- Tatsuya Nakadai as Lord Hidetora (equivalent to King Lear)
- Peter (equivalent to the Fool)
- A Thousand Acres (USA, 1997) is a modern retelling of the Lear story, from the perspective of the Goneril character (Ginny).
- Jocelyn Moorhouse director
- Jason Robards as Larry Cook
- Jessica Lange as Ginny
- Michelle Pfeiffer as Rose
- Jennifer Jason Leigh as Caroline
- King of Texas (TV, USA, 2002) is a Western adaptation of King Lear.
- Uli Edel director
- Patrick Stewart as John Lear
Macbeth
- This is a summary of the main article Macbeth on screen.
- See also the main article for the play Macbeth.
The most significant screen performances are:
- Macbeth (USA, 1948), Orson Welles director
- 'Play of the Month' Macbeth (1965 TV, UK), John Gorrie director
- Macbeth (USA and UK, 1971), Roman Polanski director
- Macbeth (UK, 1978, Royal Shakespeare Company), Trevor Nunn director
- Macbeth (UK, 1981), Arthur Allan Seidelman director
- BBC Television Shakespeare Macbeth (TV, UK, 1983)
- Macbeth (UK, 1997), Jeremy Freeston and Brian Blessed directors
- Macbeth (TV, UK, 1998), Michael Bogdanov director
- The Animated Shakespeare Macbeth (TV, Russia and UK, 1992), Nicolai Serebryakov director
- Macbeth (Video, UK, 2001, Royal Shakespeare Company), Greg Doran director
- Macbeth (2006 film) (Australia, 2006), Geoffrey Wright director
The most significant screen adaptations are:
- Joe MacBeth (UK, 1955), Ken Hughes director
- Throne of Blood (aka Cobweb Castle or Kumonosu-jo) (Japan, 1957), Akira Kurosawa director
- Men of Respect (USA 1991), William Reilly director
- Rave Macbeth (Germany, 2001)
- Scotland, Pa. (USA, 2001), Billy Morrissette director
- Maqbool (India, 2004), Vishal Bharadwaj director
- ShakespeaRe-Told Macbeth (UK, TV, 2005)
Othello
- See main article Othello
Performances
- Dimitri Buchowetzki director
- Emil Jannings as Othello
- David MacKane director
- Sebastian Cabot as Iago
- Sheila Raynor as Emilia
- Luanna Shaw as Desdemona
- John Slater as Othello
- These are the only actors in this 45-minute condensation.
- Orson Welles director and as Othello
- Micheal MacLiammoir as Iago
- Suzanne Cloutier as Desdemona
- Sergei Yutkevich director and screenplay
- Sergei Bondarchuk as Othello
- Irina Skobtseva as Desdemona
- Andrei Popov as Iago
- Stuart Burge director
- Laurence Olivier as Othello
- Frank Finlay as Iago
- Maggie Smith as Desdemona
- Released in the USA as part of the "Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare" series.
- Anthony Hopkins as Othello
- Trevor Nunn director
- Willard White (the opera singer) as Othello
- Imogen Stubbs as Desdemona
- Ian McKellen as Iago
- Nicolai Serebryakov director
- Colin McFarlane as the voice of Othello
- Gerald McSorley as the voice of Iago
- Sian Thomas as the voice of Desdemona
- Oliver Parker director
- Laurence Fishburne as Othello
- Kenneth Branagh as Iago
- Irene Jacob as Desdemona
Adaptations
- A Double Life (USA, 1947) is a film noir adaptation of the Othello story, in which an actor playing the moor takes on frightening aspects of his character's personality.
- George Cukor director
- Ronald Colman as Anthony John
- Douglas Hickox director
- Vincent Price as Edward Lionheart
- Diana Rigg as Edwina Lionheart
Vincent Price plays a Shakespearean actor who takes poetic revenge on the critics who denied him recognition. He kills his critics using methods inspired by Shakespeare's plays, including a murder inspired by Othello.
- Jayaraaj director
- Suresh Gopi as Kannan Perumalayan (Othello)
- Lal as Paniyan (Iago)
- Biju Menon as Kanthan (Cassio)
- Manju Warrier as Thamara (Desdemona)
- O (USA, made in 1999, but not released until 2001) is a modern adaptation of Shakespeare’s Othello
- Tim Blake Nelson director
- Mekhi Phifer as Odin James
- Josh Hartnett as Hugo
- Julia Stiles as Desi
- Vishal Bharadwaj director
- Ajay Devgan as Omkara 'Omi' Shukla (Othello)
- Saif Ali Khan as Langda Tyagi (Iago)
- Vivek Oberoi as Kesu Firangi (Cassio)
- Kareena Kapoor as Dolly Mishra (Desdemona)
- Konkona Sen Sharma as Indu (Emilia)
- Bipasha Basu as Billo Chamanbahar (Bianca)
- Naseeruddin Shah as Bhaisaab (Duke of Venice)
- Deepak Dobriyal as Rajan ’Rajju’ Tiwari (Roderigo)
Romeo and Juliet
- This is a summary of the main article Romeo and Juliet on screen.
- See also the main article for the play Romeo and Juliet.
The most significant screen performances are:
- Romeo and Juliet (USA, 1908), J. Stuart Blackton director
- Romeo and Juliet (USA, 1936), George Cukor director
- Romeo and Juliet (UK, 1954), Renato Castellani director
- Romeo and Juliet (Italy, 1968), Franco Zeffirelli director
- BBC Television Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet (TV, UK, 1978)
- The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet (USA, 1982), William Woodman director
- Romeo and Juliet (TV, UK, 1988), Joan Kemp-Welch director
- The Animated Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet (TV, Russia and UK, 1992) Efim Gamburg director
- Romeo+Juliet (USA, 1996) Baz Luhrmann director
The most significant screen adaptations are:
Timon of Athens
- See main article Timon of Athens
- Released in the USA as part of the "Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare" series.
- Jonathan Miller Director
- Jonathan Pryce as Timon
- Norman Rodway as Apemantus
- The Long Johns as Painter and Poet
Titus Andronicus
- See main article Titus Andronicus
Performances
- Released in the USA as part of the "Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare" series.
- Julie Taymor director
- Anthony Hopkins as Titus Andronicus
- Jessica Lange as Tamora
- Alan Cumming as Saturninus
- Christopher Dunne director
- Robert Reece (actor) as Titus Andronicus
- Candy K. Sweet as Tamora
Adaptations
- Douglas Hickox director
- Vincent Price as Edward Lionheart
- Diana Rigg as Edwina Lionheart
Vincent Price plays a Shakespearean actor who takes poetic revenge on the critics who denied him recognition. He kills his critics using methods inspired by Shakespeare's plays, including a murder inspired by Titus Andronicus.
Troilus and Cressida
- See main article Troilus and Cressida
Performances
- Released in the USA as part of the "Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare" series.
Adaptations
- Douglas Hickox director
- Vincent Price as Edward Lionheart
- Diana Rigg as Edwina Lionheart
Vincent Price plays a Shakespearean actor who takes poetic revenge on the critics who denied him recognition. He kills his critics using methods inspired by Shakespeare's plays, including a murder inspired by Troilus and Cressida.
Histories
Henry IV Part 1
- See main article Henry IV, Part 1
Performances
- Michael Hayes director
- Tom Fleming as Henry IV
- Robert Hardy as Hal
- Frank Pettingell as Falstaff
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