The Taming of the Shrew
This comic confrontation between the sexes is one of the most frequently-staged plays. Its sparkling wit and rich characterization are matched with an outstanding cast. John Cleese of Monty Python and Fawlty Towers gives a portrayal of Petruchio tha...
The famous history of the life of King Henry the Eight
The last play Shakespeare wrote spins a web of intrigue and betrayal by telling the intrigues during the first part of Henry's reign, his divorce from Katharine of Aragon, and marriage to Anne Bullen, who gives birth to a baby girl, Elizabeth. This ...
All's well that ends well
Here Shakespeare uses one of his favorite devices - trickery - in a plot relished by Elizabethan playgoers. The new wife of a young count resorts to chicanery to win her husband's respect, a typical ploy of medieval romance. Stars Ian Charleson, Ang...
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales - As You Like It
A comic tale of love-tom youth, with the Forest of Arden as its sylvan stage. The idyllic backgrounds and wistful moods of Rosalind and Celia are sympathetically created by the unusual and visually appealing medium of painting in oils on cels.
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales - Twelfth Night
Dour Malvolio, beautiful Countess Olivia, disguised Viola and all the actors of this golden comedy are played by sophisticated puppets in this charming rendition. Achieving an exceptional fluency of movement for stop-frame animation, the film is utt...
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales - Julius Caesar
Shakespeare's dramatization of the alliances and intrigues that surrounded and finally destroyed the great Roman General is rendered with style and subtlety by superb cel animation. This study of personal power versus the good of the state is still ...
Julius Caesar
A play about power, assassination and revenge. Breaking all conventional rules of drama, Shakespeare creates neither a clear-cut hero nor a villain. Instead, this great tragedy presents complicated human beings in agonizing conflict with one another...
Measure for measure
The trickiest sort of play - a comedy with tragic relief. Cruel Angelo is left in charge of Vienna when the Duke pretends to leave town. Angelo revives an old law against fornication and sentences Claudio to death for seducing Juliet, Claudio’s be...
Antony & Cleopatra
She's called the most fascinating female character of any age. The remarkable characterization of Cleopatra has made this sequel to Julius Caesar a timeless favorite. One of the most coveted roles for actresses, played previously by Elizabeth Taylor...
The winter's tale
This romance revolves around a theme that occupied Shakespeare later in life: reconciliation. Wrongs committed by one generation - here a wife unjustly accused of adultery - are made right by the next generation. Starring Jeremy Kemp, Anna Calder-Ma...