Movies: William Shakespeare

After the overthrowing of Duke Senior by his tyrannical brother, Senior's daughter Rosalind disguises herself as a man and sets out to find her banished father while also counseling her clumsy suitor Orlando in the art of wooing....

Anyone who loves Shakespeare's works and has an irresistible desire to know some of them, but feels that the rest of their life is unlikely to be enough to do so, should not be sad. He takes over the box office of the Funny Stage and entrusts the ope...

In life, there's silver, and there's lead, says Rikki Ortega, as he moves to be king of the street in "Ánglio," L.A.'s east side. Older brothers and a brother-in-law are in his way. While they think they are driving out the Rojas, a local gang that r...

An original, semi-modernized musical adaptation of Shakespeare's classic romance....

Never lose your spark. Never lose who you are. Continue to create. Continue to build. Continue to learn and challenge yourself. Continue to foster your identity. Because, that’s the most important thing. Who you are....

A loose adaptation of Shakespeare's "Much Ado About Nothing" set at an American high school in the 1950s....

Who is Sycorax? The first character in Shakespeare's "Tempest" to set foot on the island. The problem is that she has no voice. She is barely mentioned by Prospero as a crooked, old, wicked witch who vilely locked Ariel, the spirit of the air, in a ...

Lady Macbeth, driven by ambition, urges her husband, Macbeth, to murder King Duncan. Macbeth becomes king but descends into madness. A Scottish nobleman, in a duel, ultimately kills Macbeth. The film, set 900 years later in Berlin, depicts this act w...

Shakespeare: The Animated Tales, Season 1, Episode 2. Exiled Prospero lives on a desolate island with his daughter, Miranda. When Prospero's usurping brother sails by the island, Prospero conjures a storm that wrecks the ship and changes all of thei...

Low-born Helena is convinced that she and the high-born Bertram are meant to be. Bertram does not, so he runs off to fight in the Italian wars with his "#bff" Parolles, where he meets Diana. The lopsided love triangle all comes crashing down when the...

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After losing at YouTube Warriors, Cyprien and Squeezie (the two biggest French YouTubers) must publicly act the famous tragedy....

During the wedding of Theseus and Hippolyta, a play full of fantasy, dreams, love, and magic unfolds, intertwining the love stories of two noble couples, a group of carefree comedians, and a group of members of the fairy world. The story is set in At...

The short film tells the story of Hamlet, who was forced to flee from the treachery of the usurper of the throne who had killed all the relatives of the young. But he will now return to the castle to avenge his father ......

A light hearted adaptation of Shakespeare's play about middle class life in Elizabethan England....

Prince Hamlet of Denmark, son of the recently deceased King Hamlet, and nephew of King Claudius, his father's brother and successor. Claudius hastily married King Hamlet's widow, Gertrude, Hamlet's mother, and took the throne for himself....

An excerpt of the Shakespeare play presented in the Kinetophone sound system, in which the sound was provided by synchronized Edison cylinders....

A musical based on the works of William Shakespeare, describing the 7 ages in two acts....

A modern version of Shakespeare's 'Macbeth'....

After 400 years Shakespeare's great tragedy still has strong social and political relevance, and this celebrated production by leading actress and director Janet Suzman was momentous, as it was staged at South Africa's famous Market Theatre during th...