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The '' Guinness Book of Records'' lists 410 feature-length film and TV versions of
William Shakespeare William Shakespeare ( 26 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's nation ...
s plays, making Shakespeare the most filmed author ever in any language. , the
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lists Shakespeare as having writing credit on 1,500 films, including those under production but not yet released. The earliest known production is '' King John'' from 1899.


Comedies


''All's Well That Ends Well''


''As You Like It''


''The Comedy of Errors''

} , Film , , 1963 , , , The film relocates the story to modern day India. The film tells the story of a
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merchant from
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and his servant who visit a small town for a business appointment, but, whilst there, are mistaken for a pair of locals, leading to much confusion. It is based on an 1869 play by
Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar CIE ( bn, ঈশ্বর চন্দ্র বিদ্যাসাগর; 26 September 1820 – 29 July 1891), born Ishwar Chandra Bandyopadhyay, was an Indian educator and social reformer of the nineteenth century ...
, which is itself based on ''The Comedy of Errors''. ''Bhranti Bilas'' was remade in 1968 as the musical comedy ''
Do Dooni Char ''Do Dooni Char'' () is a 1968 Bollywood musical, which is a remake of the 1963 Bengali film ''Bhrantibilas'' based on the 1869 play of same name by Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar which was loosely based on William Shakespeare's ''The Comedy of Err ...
'', which in turn was later remade as '' Angoor''. , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , "The Comedy of Errors"
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) , TV , , 1967 , , , , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , ''
Do Dooni Char ''Do Dooni Char'' () is a 1968 Bollywood musical, which is a remake of the 1963 Bengali film ''Bhrantibilas'' based on the 1869 play of same name by Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar which was loosely based on William Shakespeare's ''The Comedy of Err ...
'' , Film , , 1968 , , , A musical comedy
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adaptation based on the 1963 film ''
Bhranti Bilas ''Bhranti Bilas'' () is a 1963 Bengali-language comedy film based on the 1869 play of the same name by Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, which is itself based on William Shakespeare's ''The Comedy of Errors''. The film starring and produced Uttam Kum ...
'', which in turn was based on an 1869 play by
Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar CIE ( bn, ঈশ্বর চন্দ্র বিদ্যাসাগর; 26 September 1820 – 29 July 1891), born Ishwar Chandra Bandyopadhyay, was an Indian educator and social reformer of the nineteenth century ...
, which is itself based on ''The Comedy of Errors''. ''Do Dooni Char'' was later remade as '' Angoor''. , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , ''The Comedy of Errors'' , TV , , 1978 , , , A TV adaptation of a musical based on the play, with a book and lyrics by
Trevor Nunn Sir Trevor Robert Nunn (born 14 January 1940) is a British theatre director. He has been the Artistic Director for the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Royal National Theatre, and, currently, the Theatre Royal, Haymarket. He has directed dramas ...
and music by
Guy Woolfenden Guy Anthony Woolfenden (12 July 1937 – 15 April 2016) was an English composer and conductor. Biography Woolfenden was born in Ipswich and educated at Westminster Abbey Choir School, London, and Whitgift School, Croydon. He studied music a ...
. , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , '' Angoor''
( hi, अंगूर, lit=Grape) , Film , , 1982 , , , A
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adaptation, based on the 1968 film ''
Do Dooni Char ''Do Dooni Char'' () is a 1968 Bollywood musical, which is a remake of the 1963 Bengali film ''Bhrantibilas'' based on the 1869 play of same name by Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar which was loosely based on William Shakespeare's ''The Comedy of Err ...
'', which was based on the 1963 film ''
Bhranti Bilas ''Bhranti Bilas'' () is a 1963 Bengali-language comedy film based on the 1869 play of the same name by Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, which is itself based on William Shakespeare's ''The Comedy of Errors''. The film starring and produced Uttam Kum ...
'', which in turn was based on an 1869 play by
Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar CIE ( bn, ঈশ্বর চন্দ্র বিদ্যাসাগর; 26 September 1820 – 29 July 1891), born Ishwar Chandra Bandyopadhyay, was an Indian educator and social reformer of the nineteenth century ...
, which is itself based on ''The Comedy of Errors''. , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , "
The Comedy of Errors ''The Comedy of Errors'' is one of William Shakespeare's early plays. It is his shortest and one of his most farcical comedies, with a major part of the humour coming from slapstick and mistaken identity, in addition to puns and word play. ...
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BBC Television Shakespeare The ''BBC Television Shakespeare'' is a series of British television adaptations of the plays of William Shakespeare, created by Cedric Messina and broadcast by BBC Television. Transmitted in the UK from 3 December 1978 to 27 April 1985, it ...
'') , TV , , 1983 , , , , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , ''The Comedy of Errors'' , TV , , 1987 , , , Videotaped as part of
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'' series at
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, this production starring
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combined Shakespeare with slapstick, acrobatics and juggling on the basis that "in Ephesus, you juggle or die!" with Shakespeare himself taking part in the action. , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , ''The Comedy of Errors'' , TV , , 1989 , , ,


''Love's Labour's Lost''


''Measure for Measure''

} , Film , , 1943 , , , , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , " Measure For Measure"
(''
BBC Television Shakespeare The ''BBC Television Shakespeare'' is a series of British television adaptations of the plays of William Shakespeare, created by Cedric Messina and broadcast by BBC Television. Transmitted in the UK from 3 December 1978 to 27 April 1985, it ...
'') , TV , , 1979 , , , , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , ''Measure for Measure'' , TV , , 1994 , , , Modern dress version of Shakespeare's "problem comedy" emphasizing the darker elements of the play and eliminating most of the humor. , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , ''Measure for Measure'' , Film , , 2006 , , , Contemporary re-working of Shakespeare's problem play set in the British army. , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , ''M4M: Measure for Measure'' , Film , , 2015 , , , All-male cast version , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , ''Measure For Measure'' , Film , , 2019 , , , Adaptation set in modern-day Australia


''The Merchant of Venice''

} , Film , , 2002 , , , The play was translated into
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in 1945 by
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, and his translation is used for the film. It is the first Māori-language film adaptation of any of
Shakespeare's plays Shakespeare's plays are a canon of approximately 39 dramatic works written by English poet, playwright, and actor William Shakespeare. The exact number of plays—as well as their classifications as tragedy, history, comedy, or otherwise—is a ...
, and the first feature length Māori film. The film was shot in
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, but "recreates 16th century Venice, with costumes and surroundings to fit the original setting". , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , ''
The Merchant of Venice ''The Merchant of Venice'' is a play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1596 and 1598. A merchant in Venice named Antonio defaults on a large loan provided by a Jewish moneylender, Shylock. Although classified as ...
'' , Film , , 2004 , , ,


''The Merry Wives of Windsor''

} , Film , , 1950 , , , , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , "The Merry Wives of Windsor"
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'') , TV , , 1952 , , , , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , ''
Chimes at Midnight ''Falstaff (Chimes at Midnight)'' ( Spanish: ''Campanadas a medianoche'') is a 1966 period comedy-drama film directed by and starring Orson Welles. The Spanish-Swiss co-production was released in the United States as ''Chimes at Midnight'' an ...
'' , Film , , 1966 , , , Welles said that the core of the film's story was "the betrayal of friendship." The script contains text from five of Shakespeare]'s plays: primarily '' Henry IV, Part 1'' and '' Henry IV, Part 2'', but also '' Richard II'' and ''
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'', as well as some dialogue from '' The Merry Wives of Windsor''. Richardson's narration is taken from the works of chronicler
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. Welles had previously produced a Broadway adaptation of nine Shakespeare plays called ''Five Kings'' in 1939. In 1960, he revived this project in
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as ''Chimes at Midnight'', which was his final on-stage performance. Neither of these plays was successful, but Welles considered portraying Falstaff to be his life's ambition and turned the project into a film. In order to get initial financing, Welles lied to producer Emiliano Piedra about adapting ''
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'', and keeping the film funded during production was a constant struggle. Welles shot ''Chimes at Midnight'' throughout
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between 1964 and 1965; it premiered at the
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, winning two awards. , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , ''The Merry Wives of Windsor'' , TV , , 1970 , , , , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , " The Merry Wives of Windsor"
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BBC Television Shakespeare The ''BBC Television Shakespeare'' is a series of British television adaptations of the plays of William Shakespeare, created by Cedric Messina and broadcast by BBC Television. Transmitted in the UK from 3 December 1978 to 27 April 1985, it ...
'') , TV , , 1982 , , , Jones originally wanted to shoot the episode in Stratford-upon-Avon but was restricted to a studio setting. Determined that the production be as realistic as possible, he had designer Dom Homfray base the set on real Tudor houses associated with Shakespeare: Falstaff's room is based on the home of Mary Arden (Shakespeare's mother) in
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, and the wives' houses are based on the house of Shakespeare's daughter Susanna, and her husband,
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. For the background of exterior shots, he used a miniature Tudor village built of
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.


''A Midsummer Night's Dream''

} , Silent , , 1925 , , , , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , '' A Midsummer Night's Dream'' , Film , , 1935 , , , Austrian-born director Max Reinhardt did not speak English at the time of production. He gave orders to the actors and crew in
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with
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acting as his interpreter. The film was banned in
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because of the Jewish backgrounds of Reinhardt and composer Felix Mendelssohn. Filming had to be rearranged after Rooney broke his leg while skiing. According to Rooney's memoirs, Jack L. Warner was furious and threatened to kill him and then break his other leg. This was the film debut of
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. , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , '' A Midsummer Night's Dream''
( cs, Sen noci svatojánské) , Film , , 1959 , , , An animated puppet film directed by
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. It was an Official Selection as a Feature Film at the
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, and won special distinction. An English-language dubbed version was made with narration by
Richard Burton Richard Burton (; born Richard Walter Jenkins Jr.; 10 November 1925 – 5 August 1984) was a Welsh actor. Noted for his baritone voice, Burton established himself as a formidable Shakespearean actor in the 1950s, and he gave a memorable pe ...
. , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , '' A Midsummer Night's Dream'' , Film , , 1968 , , , The film premiered in theatres in Europe in September 1968. In the U.S., it was sold directly to television rather than playing in theatres, and premiered as a Sunday evening special, on the night of 9 February 1969. It was shown on
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(with commercials). , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , '' A Midsummer Night's Dream''
(french: Le Songe d'une nuit d'été) , TV , , 1969 , , , , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , " A Midsummer Night's Dream"
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BBC Television Shakespeare The ''BBC Television Shakespeare'' is a series of British television adaptations of the plays of William Shakespeare, created by Cedric Messina and broadcast by BBC Television. Transmitted in the UK from 3 December 1978 to 27 April 1985, it ...
'') , TV , , 1980 , , , Released in the US as part of the ''Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare'' series. , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , '' Dream of a Summer Night''
( it, Sogno di una Notte d'Estate) , Film , , 1983 , , , Based on a
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directed by Salvatores, it is a musical adaptation. It was screened in the "De Sica" section at the 40th edition of the Venice International Film Festival. , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , " A Midsummer Night's Dream"
('' Shakespeare: The Animated Tales'') , TV , , 1992 , , , , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , '' A Midsummer Night's Dream'' , Film , , 1999 , , , ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' was filmed on location in
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, and at
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,
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,
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. The action of the play was transported from
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, to a fictional Monte Athena, located in the Tuscan region of
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, although all textual mentions of Athens were retained. The film made use of Felix Mendelssohn's incidental music for an 1843 stage production (including the famous ''
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''), alongside operatic works from Giuseppe Verdi, Gaetano Donizetti,
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,
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and
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. , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , ''The Children's Midsummer Night's Dream'' , Film , , 2001 , , , In this version, a group of school children are attending a puppet performance of ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' when they are drawn into the story and become the characters, dressed in Elizabethan costumes. , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , '' Get Over It'' , Film , , 2001 , , , A contemporary adaptation set at a
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which includes ''another'' version of the play performed as a show-within-a-show, much like the ''
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'' subplay in the original Shakespeare. , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , ''
A Midsummer Night's Rave ''A Midsummer Night's Rave'' is a 2002 American film adapted from Shakespeare's '' A Midsummer Night's Dream'' released on November 1, 2002. The film stars Corey Pearson, Lauren German, Andrew Keegan, Chad Lindberg, and Sunny Mabrey; and was di ...
'' , Film , , 2002 , , , A modern adaptation set at a warehouse party , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: normal" , ''
Midsummer Dream ''Midsummer Dream'' ( es, El Sueño de una noche de San Juan, lit=A Dream of a Night of Saint John) is a 2005 computer-animated film from Dygra Films, the creators of ''The Living Forest''. Made in Spain and Portugal, the film is loosely based on ...
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( es, El Sueño de una Noche de San Juan) , Film , , 2005 , , , An animated adaptation of the ''Cream'' story. , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
, TV , , 2005 , , , a modern adaptation , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , ''
Were the World Mine ''Were the World Mine'' is a 2008 romantic musical fantasy film directed by Tom Gustafson, written by Gustafson and Cory James Krueckeberg, and starring Tanner Cohen, Wendy Robie, Judy McLane, Zelda Williams, Jill Larson, Ricky Goldman, Natha ...
'' , Film , , 2008 , , , The film, inspired by the play, prominently features a modern, LGBT interpretation of the play put on in a private high school in a small town. Additionally, this musical's lyrics are largely based on Shakespeare's original text. For example, the title comes from a line in a song, drawn from a line in a play, "Were the world mine, Demetrius being bated / The rest I'd give to be to you translated." , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , '' 10ml LOVE'' , Film , , 2010 , , , A Hindi romantic comedy concerning the tribulations of a love quadrangle during a night of magic and madness and a contemporary adaptation of ''A Midsummer Night's Dream''. , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' , Film , , 2015 , , , Recording of a production at Polonsky Shakespeare Center, Brooklyn, New York. , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , '' Strange Magic'' , Film , , 2015 , , , A computer-animated musical
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film with feature animation by
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and Industrial Light & Magic. , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , '' A Midsummer Night's Dream'' , TV , , 2016 , , , , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , '' A Midsummer Night's Dream'' , Film , , 2018 , , , A modern-day version set against the backdrop of Hollywood, CA.


''Much Ado About Nothing''


''The Taming of the Shrew''

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The Taming of the Shrew ''The Taming of the Shrew'' is a comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1590 and 1592. The play begins with a framing device, often referred to as the induction, in which a mischievous nobleman tricks a drunken ...
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( it, La Bisbetica domata) , Film , , 1967 , , , "A bawdy and boisterous production which reduces the play to the Katharina/Petruccio romance." , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , ''
The Taming of the Shrew ''The Taming of the Shrew'' is a comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1590 and 1592. The play begins with a framing device, often referred to as the induction, in which a mischievous nobleman tricks a drunken ...
'' , TV , , 1973 , , , , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , ''The Taming of the Shrew'' , TV , , 1973 , , , Videotaped broadcast of the
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American Conservatory Theater presenting Shakespeare's classic take with a Commedia dell'arte flair, as if it were an inn yard performance by a traveling company. , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: normal" , '' The Taming of the Scoundrel''
( it, Il Bisbetico Domato) , Film , , 1980 , , , , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , "
The Taming of the Shrew ''The Taming of the Shrew'' is a comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1590 and 1592. The play begins with a framing device, often referred to as the induction, in which a mischievous nobleman tricks a drunken ...
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BBC Television Shakespeare The ''BBC Television Shakespeare'' is a series of British television adaptations of the plays of William Shakespeare, created by Cedric Messina and broadcast by BBC Television. Transmitted in the UK from 3 December 1978 to 27 April 1985, it ...
'') , TV , , 1980 , , , Released in the US as part of the ''Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare'' series. , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , ''Kiss Me, Petruchio'' , TV , , 1981 , , , Documentary following actress Streep and actor Julia as they prepare to perform and actually perform Shakespeare's comedy ''The Taming of the Shrew'' for the "
Shakespeare in the Park Shakespeare in the Park is a term for outdoor festivals featuring productions of William Shakespeare's plays. The term originated with the New York Shakespeare Festival in New York City's Central Park, originally created by Joseph Papp. This c ...
" theater festival in
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, New York. , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , ''The Taming of the Shrew''
(''The Shakespeare Collection'') , Video , , 1983 , , , , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , "Atomic Shakespeare"
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'') , TV , , 1986 , , , First aired on 25 November 1986, the episode 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. , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: normal" , '' Nanjundi Kalyana''
( kn, ನಂಜುಂಡಿ ಕಲ್ಯಾಣ, lit=Nanjundi's marriage) , Film , , 1989 , , , An adaptation based on Parvathavani's
Kannada Kannada (; ಕನ್ನಡ, ), originally romanised Canarese, is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by the people of Karnataka in southwestern India, with minorities in all neighbouring states. It has around 47 million native s ...
drama which was a translation of the play. The film was among the biggest grossing Kannada films of 1989, and was remade in
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as '' Mahajananiki Maradalu Pilla'' (1990). , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: normal" , '' Mahajananiki Maradalu Pilla''
( te, మహాజనానికి మరదలు పిల్ల, lit=A child of neglect) , Film , , 1990 , , , A remake of the
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film '' Nanjundi Kalyana'' (1989). , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , "
The Taming of the Shrew ''The Taming of the Shrew'' is a comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1590 and 1592. The play begins with a framing device, often referred to as the induction, in which a mischievous nobleman tricks a drunken ...
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10 Things I Hate About You ''10 Things I Hate About You'' is a 1999 American teen romantic comedy film directed by Gil Junger and starring Julia Stiles, Heath Ledger, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Larisa Oleynik. The screenplay, written by Karen McCullah Lutz and Kirs ...
'' , Film , , 1999 , , , A modernization of the play, retold in a late-1990s American
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setting. New student Cameron is smitten with Bianca and, in order to get around her father's strict rules on dating, attempts to get bad boy Patrick to date Bianca's ill-tempered sister, Kat. , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , '' The Carnation and the Rose''
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O Cravo e a Rosa ''O Cravo e a Rosa'' ( en, The Thorn and the Rose) is a Brazilian telenovela produced and broadcast by TV Globo. It premiered on 26 June 2000 and ran until 10 March 2001. It is based on the Shakespearean comedy ''The Taming of the Shrew''. Plot ...
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Deliver Us from Eva ''Deliver Us from Eva'' is a 2003 American romantic comedy film starring LL Cool J and Gabrielle Union, revolving around LL's character Ray being paid to date a troublesome young lady named Eva (Union). It is considered by many as a modern update ...
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The Taming of The Shrew ''The Taming of the Shrew'' is a comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1590 and 1592. The play begins with a framing device, often referred to as the induction, in which a mischievous nobleman tricks a drunken ...
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ShakespeaRe-Told ''ShakespeaRe-Told'' is the umbrella title for a series of four television adaptations of William Shakespeare's plays broadcast on BBC One during November 2005. In a similar manner to the 2003 production of '' The Canterbury Tales'', each play i ...
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Sally Wainwright Sally Anne Wainwright (born 1963) is an English television writer, producer, and director from Yorkshire. Early in her career, Wainwright worked as a playwright, and as a scriptwriter on the long-running radio serial drama ''The Archers''. In t ...
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Frivolous Wife ''Frivolous Wife'' is a 2008 South Korean romantic comedy film based on William Shakespeare's ''The Taming of the Shrew''. Plot Cheon Yeon-soo is a beautiful, hot-headed college girl whose family became millionaires overnight. She was raised by a ...
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''Twelfth Night''

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Twelfth Night ''Twelfth Night'', or ''What You Will'' is a romantic comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written around 1601–1602 as a Twelfth Night's entertainment for the close of the Christmas season. The play centres on the twins Vi ...
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Twelfth Night ''Twelfth Night'', or ''What You Will'' is a romantic comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written around 1601–1602 as a Twelfth Night's entertainment for the close of the Christmas season. The play centres on the twins Vi ...
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Twelfth Night ''Twelfth Night'', or ''What You Will'' is a romantic comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written around 1601–1602 as a Twelfth Night's entertainment for the close of the Christmas season. The play centres on the twins Vi ...
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Twelfth Night ''Twelfth Night'', or ''What You Will'' is a romantic comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written around 1601–1602 as a Twelfth Night's entertainment for the close of the Christmas season. The play centres on the twins Vi ...
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Twelfth Night ''Twelfth Night'', or ''What You Will'' is a romantic comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written around 1601–1602 as a Twelfth Night's entertainment for the close of the Christmas season. The play centres on the twins Vi ...
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Paul McCartney Sir James Paul McCartney (born 18 June 1942) is an English singer, songwriter and musician who gained worldwide fame with the Beatles, for whom he played bass guitar and shared primary songwriting and lead vocal duties with John Lennon. One ...
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Twelfth Night ''Twelfth Night'', or ''What You Will'' is a romantic comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written around 1601–1602 as a Twelfth Night's entertainment for the close of the Christmas season. The play centres on the twins Vi ...
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Twelfth Night ''Twelfth Night'', or ''What You Will'' is a romantic comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written around 1601–1602 as a Twelfth Night's entertainment for the close of the Christmas season. The play centres on the twins Vi ...
'' , Film , , 1996 , , , , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , ''Twelfth Night, or What You Will'' , TV , , 2003 , , , , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , ''
She's the Man ''She's the Man'' is a 2006 American romantic comedy teen sports film directed by Andy Fickman and starring Amanda Bynes, Channing Tatum, Laura Ramsey, Vinnie Jones, and David Cross. Inspired by William Shakespeare's play ''Twelfth Night,'' t ...
'' , Film , , 2006 , , , Adapts the story to a high-school setting. , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , ''Twelfth Night'' , Film , , 2013 , , , "Globe on Screen": All-male cast in an "original practice" production.


''The Two Gentlemen of Verona''

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The Two Gentlemen of Verona ''The Two Gentlemen of Verona'' is a comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1589 and 1593. It is considered by some to be Shakespeare's first play, and is often seen as showing his first tentative steps in laying ...
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''Antony and Cleopatra''

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Trevor Nunn Sir Trevor Robert Nunn (born 14 January 1940) is a British theatre director. He has been the Artistic Director for the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Royal National Theatre, and, currently, the Theatre Royal, Haymarket. He has directed dramas ...
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} , Film , , 1900 , , , Believed to have been the earliest film adaptation of the play. The film is two minutes in length. It also was one of the first films to employ the newly discovered art of pre-recording the actors' voices, then playing the recording simultaneous to the playing of the film. So, while produced during the
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Hamlet ''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play, with 29,551 words. Set in Denmark, the play depicts ...
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Hamlet ''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play, with 29,551 words. Set in Denmark, the play depicts ...
'' , Silent , , 1908 , , , One of twelve renditions of the play produced during the silent film era. , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , ''
Hamlet ''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play, with 29,551 words. Set in Denmark, the play depicts ...
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's 1913 staging of the work. , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , ''
Hamlet ''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play, with 29,551 words. Set in Denmark, the play depicts ...
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( it, Amleto) , Silent , , 1917 , , , , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , ''
Hamlet ''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play, with 29,551 words. Set in Denmark, the play depicts ...
'' , Silent , , 1921 , , , , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , '' Blood for Blood''
( ur, Khoon Ka Khoon) , Film , , 1935 , , , Cited as one of the earliest talkie adaptations. Credited as "the man who brought Shakespeare to the Indian screen", it was Modi's debut feature film as a director. The story and script were by Mehdi Hassan Ahsan from his Urdu adaptation of ''Hamlet''. ''Khoon Ka Khoon'' was the debut in films of
Naseem Banu Naseem Banu (4 July 1916 – 18 June 2002) was an Indian actress. She was referred to as Naseem and known as "Beauty Queen" and the "first female superstar" of Indian Cinema. Starting her acting career in the mid-1930s she continued to act t ...
. ''Khoon Ka Khoon'' was a "filmed version of a stage performance of the play". The film has been cited by National Film Archive of India founder P K. Nair, as one of "most wanted" missing Indian cinema treasures. , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , ''
Hamlet ''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play, with 29,551 words. Set in Denmark, the play depicts ...
'' , Film , , 1948 , , , Olivier's second film as director, and also the second of the three Shakespeare films that he directed. ''Hamlet'' was the first British film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture. It is also the first
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of the play in English. Olivier's ''Hamlet'' is the Shakespeare film that has received the most prestigious accolades, winning the
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for
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and Best Actor and the Golden Lion at the
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I, Hamlet ''I, Hamlet'' (Italian: ''Io, Amleto'') is a 1952 Italian comedy film directed by Giorgio Simonelli and starring Erminio Macario, Franca Marzi and Rossana Podestà. A parody of William Shakespeare's tragedy ''Hamlet'', its lack of commercial suc ...
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( it, Io, Amleto) , Film , , 1952 , , , , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: normal" , ''
Hamlet ''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play, with 29,551 words. Set in Denmark, the play depicts ...
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( ur, हेमलेट) , Film , , 1954 , , , Sahu was influenced by "classic European sources". Though termed a "free adaptation" in the credit roll of the film, Sahu stayed true to the title, its setting, and the original names in the play, remaining as close as possible to
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's 1948 film. , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: normal" , ''
Hamlet ''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play, with 29,551 words. Set in Denmark, the play depicts ...
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( ja, 悪い奴ほどよく眠る, translit=Warui yatsu hodo yoku nemuru) , Film , , 1960 , , , , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , ''
Hamlet ''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play, with 29,551 words. Set in Denmark, the play depicts ...
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(german: Hamlet, Prinz von Dänemark) , TV , , 1961 , , , , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , ''
Ophelia Ophelia () is a character in William Shakespeare's drama '' Hamlet'' (1599–1601). She is a young noblewoman of Denmark, the daughter of Polonius, sister of Laertes and potential wife of Prince Hamlet, who, due to Hamlet's actions, ends u ...
'' , Film , , 1963 , , , , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , ''
Hamlet ''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play, with 29,551 words. Set in Denmark, the play depicts ...
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( rus, Гамлет, r=Gamlet) , Film , , 1964 , , , Based on a translation by Boris Pasternak, and with a score by Dmitri Shostakovich. Both Kozintsev and the film itself gained prominence among adaptations of the play, and Smoktunovsky is considered one of the great cinematic Hamlets. , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , ''
Hamlet ''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play, with 29,551 words. Set in Denmark, the play depicts ...
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Hamlet at Elsinore ''Hamlet at Elsinore'' is a 1964 television version of the c. 1600 play by William Shakespeare. Produced by the BBC in association with Danish Radio, it was shown in the U.S. on NET. Winning wide acclaim both for its performances and for being sh ...
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Johnny Hamlet ''Johnny Hamlet'' ( it, Quella sporca storia nel West, lit=That Dirty Story in the West is a 1968 Italian film directed by Enzo G. Castellari. The film is a Spaghetti Western version of William Shakespeare's tragedy ''Hamlet''. Plot Johnny Hamil ...
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( it, Quella sporca storia nel West, lit=That Dirty Story in the West) , Film , , 1968 , , , A Spaghetti Western version. , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , ''
Hamlet ''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play, with 29,551 words. Set in Denmark, the play depicts ...
'' , Film , , 1969 , , , , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: normal" , '' One Hamlet Less''
( it, Un Amleto di meno) , Film , , 1973 , , , , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , ''
Hamlet ''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play, with 29,551 words. Set in Denmark, the play depicts ...
'' , TV , , 1974 , , , , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: normal" , '' The Angel of Vengeance – The Female Hamlet''
( tr, İntikam Meleği – Kadın Hamlet) , Film , , 1977 , , , , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , "
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark ''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play, with 29,551 words. Set in Denmark, the play depicts ...
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Strange Brew ''Strange Brew'' (also known as ''The Adventures of Bob & Doug McKenzie: Strange Brew'') is a 1983 Canadian comedy film starring the popular '' SCTV'' characters Bob and Doug McKenzie, portrayed by Dave Thomas and Rick Moranis, who also served ...
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Hamlet Goes Business ''Hamlet Goes Business'' () is a 1987 Finnish comedy film directed by Aki Kaurismäki and starring Pirkka-Pekka Petelius. It is based on William Shakespeare's play ''Hamlet'', but the events are housed in a modern Finnish wood processing Wood ...
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( fi, Hamlet liikemaailmassa) , Film , , 1987 , , , , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , ''
Hamlet ''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play, with 29,551 words. Set in Denmark, the play depicts ...
'' , Film , , 1990 , , , The movie received two
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nominations, for Best Art Direction and Best Costume Design (
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, Francesca Lo Schiavo). Bates received a BAFTA nomination as Best Supporting Actor for playing Claudius. , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , '' Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead'' , Film , , 1990 , , , Based on Stoppard's play of the same name, the film depicts two minor characters from ''Hamlet'',
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, who find themselves on the road to
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at the behest of the King of Denmark. They encounter a band of players before arriving to find that they are needed to try to discern what troubles the prince Hamlet. Meanwhile, they ponder the meaning of their existence. The movie won the Golden Lion at the 47th Venice International Film Festival. , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , "
Hamlet ''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play, with 29,551 words. Set in Denmark, the play depicts ...
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'' , Film , , 1994 , , , An animated epic musical
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, produced by
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and released by
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. It is the 32nd Disney animated feature film. The story takes place within a
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Hamlet ''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play, with 29,551 words. Set in Denmark, the play depicts ...
'' , Film , , 1996 , , , The film is notable as the first unabridged theatrical film adaptation, running just over four hours. The play's setting is updated to the 19th century, but its Elizabethan English remains the same. ''Hamlet'' was also the last major dramatic motion picture to be filmed entirely on
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until the release of '' The Master'' (2012). ''Hamlet'' was highly acclaimed by the majority of critics and has been regarded as one of the best Shakespeare film adaptations ever made. , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , ''
Let the Devil Wear Black ''Let the Devil Wear Black'' is a 1999 crime thriller film directed by Stacy Title, co-written by Title and her husband, actor Jonathan Penner. The film is a modern retelling of the classic play ''Hamlet''. Background The film is a modern-day ve ...
'' , Film , , 1999 , , , A modern-day version set in
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. All of the language is modern. , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , ''
Hamlet ''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play, with 29,551 words. Set in Denmark, the play depicts ...
'' , Film , , 2000 , , , In this version, Claudius becomes King and CEO of "Denmark Corporation", having taken over the firm by killing his brother, Hamlet's father. This adaptation keeps the Shakespearean dialogue but presents a modern setting, with technology such as
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s,
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, and surveillance bugs. For example, the ghost of Hamlet's murdered father first appears on
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. , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , '' The Tragedy of Hamlet'' , Film , , 2002 , , , Film of the stage production mounted at Theatre des Bouffes du Nord in Paris. Director Brook cut about one-third of the text, bringing it down to two hours and 20 minutes without an intermission and rearranging the order of some scenes. , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , '' The Banquet''
( zh, t=夜宴, p=Yè Yàn) , Film , , 2006 , , , A loose adaptation of ''Hamlet'' and Ibsen's '' Ghosts'', set in the
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in 10th century China. , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , ''
Hamlet ''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play, with 29,551 words. Set in Denmark, the play depicts ...
'' , TV , , 2009 , , , An adaptation of the Royal Shakespeare Company's 2008 modern-dress stage production. , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , '' Tardid''
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Hamlet ''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play, with 29,551 words. Set in Denmark, the play depicts ...
'' , Film , , 2011 , , , A condensed retelling of the play set in 1940s England. , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , '' Karmayogi'' , Film , , 2012 , , , , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , '' Haider'' , Film , , 2014 , , , , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , ''
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'' , Film , , 2019 , , , A musical
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, produced and released by
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. It is a photorealistic computer-animated remake of Disney's traditionally animated 1994 film of the same name. The story takes place within a
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of lions in
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.


''Julius Caesar''


''King Lear''

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King Lear ''King Lear'' is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare. It is based on the mythological Leir of Britain. King Lear, in preparation for his old age, divides his power and land between two of his daughters. He becomes destitute and insane ...
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Gunasundari Katha ''Gunasundari Katha'' is a 1949 Indian Telugu language fantasy film produced and directed by K. V. Reddy, starring Sriranjani, Kasturi Siva Rao, Santha Kumari. The script was written by Pingali Nagendra Rao, K. V. Reddy, and Kamalakara Kameswara ...
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( te, గుణసుందరి కథ) , Film , , 1949 , , , , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , ''
King Lear ''King Lear'' is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare. It is based on the mythological Leir of Britain. King Lear, in preparation for his old age, divides his power and land between two of his daughters. He becomes destitute and insane ...
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King Lear ''King Lear'' is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare. It is based on the mythological Leir of Britain. King Lear, in preparation for his old age, divides his power and land between two of his daughters. He becomes destitute and insane ...
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King Lear ''King Lear'' is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare. It is based on the mythological Leir of Britain. King Lear, in preparation for his old age, divides his power and land between two of his daughters. He becomes destitute and insane ...
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(russian: Король Лир, translit=Korol Lir) , Film , , 1971 , , , The Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich composed the score. , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , "King Lear"
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production. , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , ''King Lear'' , TV , , 1974 , , , , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , "
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King Lear ''King Lear'' is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare. It is based on the mythological Leir of Britain. King Lear, in preparation for his old age, divides his power and land between two of his daughters. He becomes destitute and insane ...
'' , TV , , 1983 , , , Elliott set his ''Lear'' in an environment resembling Stonehenge, although the production was entirely shot in a studio. In keeping with the primitive backdrop, this production emphasizes the primitive over the sophisticated. Shakespeare's characters use the clothing, weapons, and technology of the
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rather than the
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. Olivier's Lear in this production garnered great acclaim, winning him an Emmy for the performance. It was the last of Olivier's appearances in a Shakespeare play. At 75, he was one of the oldest actors to take on this enormously demanding role. (He had previously played it in 1946 at the
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, without much success.) , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: normal" , ''
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( ja, 乱, lit=Chaos) , Film , , 1985 , , , An adaptation of the story in a Japanese setting, ''Ran'' was Kurosawa's last epic, and has often been cited as amongst his finest achievements. With a budget of $11 million, it was the most expensive
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ever produced up to that time. , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , ''
King Lear ''King Lear'' is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare. It is based on the mythological Leir of Britain. King Lear, in preparation for his old age, divides his power and land between two of his daughters. He becomes destitute and insane ...
'' , Film , , 1987 , , , Adapted as post- Chernobyl disaster science fiction. Rather than reproducing a performance of Shakespeare's play, the film is more concerned with the issues raised by the text, and symbolically explores the relationships between power and virtue, between fathers and daughters, words and images. The film deliberately does not use conventional Hollywood film-making techniques which make a film 'watchable', but instead seeks to alienate and baffle its audience in the manner of Berthold Brecht. , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: normal" , ''
Gypsy Lore ''Gypsy Lore'' ( hu, Romani kris - Cigánytörvény) is a 1997 Hungarian drama film directed by Bence Gyöngyössy. It is an adaptation of ''King Lear''. The film was selected as the Hungarian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 71 ...
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( hu, Romani kris - Cigánytörvény) , Film , , 1997 , , , , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , ''
A Thousand Acres ''A Thousand Acres'' is a 1991 novel by American author Jane Smiley. It won the 1992 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, the National Book Critics Circle Award for fiction in 1991 and was adapted to a 1997 film of the same name. It was premiered as an ...
'' , Film , , 1997 , , , A modern retelling of the Lear story, from the perspective of the Goneril character (Ginny). , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , ''King Lear'' , TV , , 1997 , , ,
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film of the Royal National Theatre's stage version. It was televised with an accompanying documentary, including interviews with the director and cast. , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , ''
King Lear ''King Lear'' is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare. It is based on the mythological Leir of Britain. King Lear, in preparation for his old age, divides his power and land between two of his daughters. He becomes destitute and insane ...
'' , Film , , 1999 , , , Apart from
Peter Brook Peter Stephen Paul Brook (21 March 1925 – 2 July 2022) was an English theatre and film director. He worked first in England, from 1945 at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre, from 1947 at the Royal Opera House, and from 1962 for the Royal Sha ...
's 1971 adaptation, Blessed's is the only other feature-length film adaptation to preserve Shakespeare's verse. Yvonne Griggs, in ''Shakespeare's King Lear: A close study of the relationship between text and film'' (2009), characterised it as "a very stilted costume drama". , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , '' The Tragedy of King Lear'' , Screenplay , , 2000 , , , An unfilmed screenplay written by Harold Pinter on a commission from
Tim Roth Timothy Simon Roth (born 14 May 1961) is an English actor and producer. He began acting on films and television series in the 1980s. He was among a group of prominent British actors of the era, the " Brit Pack". He made his television debut ...
. , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , ''
King of Texas ''King of Texas'' is a 2002 American Western (genre), Western television film based on William Shakespeare's ''King Lear'' and directed by Uli Edel. Plot The film takes the plot of William Shakespeare's ''King Lear'' and places it in the Repub ...
'' , TV , , 2002 , , , A Western adaptation of ''King Lear'', the film takes the plot of the play and places it in the Republic of Texas during the 19th century. , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , ''
King Lear ''King Lear'' is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare. It is based on the mythological Leir of Britain. King Lear, in preparation for his old age, divides his power and land between two of his daughters. He becomes destitute and insane ...
'' , TV , , 2008 , , , It features the same cast and director as the 2007
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production, and started filming only a few days after the final performance at the
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, at Pinewood Studios in Buckinghamshire. , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , ''
King Lear ''King Lear'' is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare. It is based on the mythological Leir of Britain. King Lear, in preparation for his old age, divides his power and land between two of his daughters. He becomes destitute and insane ...
'' , TV , , 2018 , , , Set in an alternative universe, 21st-century, highly militarised London.


''Macbeth''

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and ''Macbeth''. The film was shot simultaneously in
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and
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. , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , " Macbeth"
( Hallmark Hall of Fame) , TV , , 1954 , , , A
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adaptation telecast in color, but has only been preserved on black-and-white
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. , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , ''
Joe MacBeth ''Joe MacBeth'' is a 1955 British–American crime drama, directed by Ken Hughes and starring Paul Douglas, Ruth Roman and Bonar Colleano. It is a modern retelling of Shakespeare's ''Macbeth'', set in a 1930s American criminal underworld. T ...
'' , Film , , 1955 , , , A modern retelling set in a 1930s American criminal underworld. The film's plot closely follows the original. , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: normal" , ''
Throne of Blood is a 1957 Japanese '' jidaigeki'' film co-written, produced, edited, and directed by Akira Kurosawa, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya. The film transposes the plot of William Shakespeare's play ''Macbeth'' from Medieval Scotland to feudal ...
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( ja, 蜘蛛巣城, translit=Kumonosu-jō, lit=Spider Web Castle) , Film , , 1957 , , , The film transposes the plot from Medieval Scotland to feudal Japan, with stylistic elements drawn from
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drama. As with the play, the film tells the story of a warrior who assassinates his sovereign at the urging of his ambitious wife. Despite the change in setting and language and numerous creative liberties, in the West ''Throne of Blood'' is often considered one of the best film adaptations of the play. , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , '' Macbeth'' , TV , , 1960 , , , A filmed-on-location adaptation with the same two stars and director as the 1954 production. Shown on TV in the US and in theatres in Europe. , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , '' Macbeth'' , TV , , 1960 , , , The '' Sydney Morning Herald'' wrote that the production as "visually efficient" but also "a dreadful warning of what can happen when a producer becomes frightened of a great text... a torrent of gabble and shouting. Some of the most concise dramatic poetry in all Shakespeare received treatment worthy of the race results." , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , '' Macbeth'' , TV , , 1961 , , , , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , '' Macbeth'' , TV , , 1965 , , , , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , "Macbeth"
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. The original stage production was performed at The Other Place, the RSC's small
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in Stratford-upon-Avon. It had been performed
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before small audiences, with a bare stage and simple costuming. The recording preserves this style: the actors perform on a circular set and with a mostly black background; changes of setting are indicated only by lighting changes. , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , ''Macbeth''
(''The Shakespeare Collection'') , Video , , 1981 , , , , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , '' Macbeth'' , TV , , 1982 , , , The film is composed of only two shots: The first
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(before the
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) is five minutes long, the second 57 minutes long. , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , " Macbeth"
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BBC Television Shakespeare The ''BBC Television Shakespeare'' is a series of British television adaptations of the plays of William Shakespeare, created by Cedric Messina and broadcast by BBC Television. Transmitted in the UK from 3 December 1978 to 27 April 1985, it ...
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's opera '' Macbeth'' ( libretto by
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based on Shakespeare's play) It was screened out of competition at the
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. , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , ''
Men of Respect ''Men of Respect'' is a 1990 crime drama film, an adaptation of William Shakespeare's play ''Macbeth''. It stars John Turturro as Mike Battaglia, a Mafia hitman who climbs his way to the top by killing his boss. The film also stars Rod Steiger, ...
'' , Film , , 1990 , , , , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , " Macbeth"
('' Shakespeare: The Animated Tales'') , TV , , 1992 , , , , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , ''Macbeth'' , TV , , 1997 , , , , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , ''Macbeth on the Estate'' , TV , , 1997 , , , Modern-setting version in a world of drugs and drug kingpins. , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , ''Macbeth'' , TV , , 1998 , , , , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , '' Makibefo'' , Film , , 1999 , , , Filming took place near the town of Faux Cap,
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, with a single technical assistant. With the exception of an English-speaking
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, all the roles are played by
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people (few of whom had ever seen a movie before) who performed a largely
improvised Improvisation is the activity of making or doing something not planned beforehand, using whatever can be found. Improvisation in the performing arts is a very spontaneous performance without specific or scripted preparation. The skills of impr ...
story based on ''Macbeth'' set in a remote
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. , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , ''
Scotland, PA ''Scotland, PA'' is a 2001 film directed and written by Billy Morrissette. It is a modernized version of William Shakespeare's ''Macbeth''. The film stars James LeGros, Maura Tierney, and Christopher Walken. Shakespeare's tragedy, originally se ...
'' , Film , , 2001 , , , , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , ''
Maqbool ''Maqbool'' is a 2004 Indian crime drama film directed by Vishal Bhardwaj and starring Irrfan, Tabu, Pankaj Kapur, Naseeruddin Shah, Om Puri, Piyush Mishra, Murali Sharma and Masumeh Makhija in an adaptation of the play ''Macbeth'' by Shakesp ...
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( hi, मक़बूल ur, مقبُول) , Film , , 2003 , , , , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , "Macbeth"
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ShakespeaRe-Told ''ShakespeaRe-Told'' is the umbrella title for a series of four television adaptations of William Shakespeare's plays broadcast on BBC One during November 2005. In a similar manner to the 2003 production of '' The Canterbury Tales'', each play i ...
'') , TV , , 2005 , , , Set in a three Michelin star restaurant owned by celebrity chef Duncan Docherty, with Joe Macbeth as the
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and his wife Ella as the '' Maître d'''. Joe and his fellow chef Billy
Banquo Lord Banquo , the Thane of Lochaber, is a semi-historical character in William Shakespeare's 1606 play '' Macbeth''. In the play, he is at first an ally of Macbeth (both are generals in the King's army) and they meet the Three Witches togethe ...
are annoyed that Duncan takes the credit for Joe's work, and that Duncan's son
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has no real flair for the business. Then they encounter three supernatural binmen who predict that Macbeth will get ownership of the restaurant, as will Billy's children. Joe and Ella are inspired to kill Duncan, but the binmen subsequently warn that Macbeth should be wary of Peter Macduff, the head waiter. , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , '' Macbeth'' , Film , , 2006 , , , Sets the story in a modern-day Melbourne gangster setting, and the actors deliver the dialogue in Australian accents, largely maintains the language of the original play. , - ! scope="row" style="white space:nowrap" , ''Macbeth'' , TV , , 2009 , , , An episode of South African miniseries ''Death of a Queen''. , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , '' Macbeth'' , TV , , 2010 , , , Based on Goold's stage adaptation for the
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in 2007. The film specifically evokes the atmosphere of the
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under
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, with subtle parallels between Stalin and Macbeth in their equally brutal quests for power. The
Three Witches The Three Witches, also known as the Weird Sisters or Wayward Sisters, are characters in William Shakespeare's play ''Macbeth'' (c. 1603–1607). The witches eventually lead Macbeth to his demise, and they hold a striking resemblance to the ...
likewise receive an update in keeping with the 20th century aesthetics, appearing as hospital nurses. Their presence is pervasive throughout the film, punctuating the horror of Macbeth's murderous reign. The film was filmed entirely on location at
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. , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: normal" , '' Shakespeare Must Die''
( th, เชคสเปียร์ต้องตาย) , Film , , 2012 , , , Thai-language film that tells the story of a theatre group in a fictional country resembling Thailand, that is staging a production of ''Macbeth''. One of the film's main characters is a dictator named Dear Leader, who bears a resemblance to former Thai leader
Thaksin Shinawatra Thaksin Shinawatra ( th, ทักษิณ ชินวัตร; ; ; Chinese: 丘達新; cnr, Taksin Šinavatra; born 26 July 1949), is a Thai businessman, politician and visiting professor. He served in the Thai Police from 1973 to 1987, ...
, who was ousted in a 2006 coup which sparked years of political turmoil between his supporters and critics. The Thai government banned the film fearing it would cause societal disunity. , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , '' Macbeth'' , Film , , 2015 , , , , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: normal" , '' Veeram''
( ml, വീരം, lit=Valour) , Film , , 2016 , , , The film, which also takes inspirations from the
Vadakkan Pattukal Vadakkan Pattukal (literally, ''the songs of the north'') are a collection of Malayalam ballads from the medieval period. The songs present stories of heroes such as Aromal Chekavar and Thacholi Othenan, and heroines like Unniyarcha. The storie ...
(Northern
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s) of the
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region in
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, tells the story of
Chandu Chekavar Chandu Chekavar (''Chathiyan Chanthu'', also known as Chandu Panicker), was a sixteenth-century warrior of the Chekavar family from the Hindu Thiyyar caste, mentioned in the folk songs of Northern Kerala called ''Vadakkan Pattukal''. He belongs t ...
, an infamous 13th century warrior. ''Veeram'' is simultaneously made in
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,
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, and in English with the same title. , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , '' Joji'' , Film , , 2021 , , , , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , '' Mandaar'' , TV , , 2021 , , , A Bengali adaptation of the play, the series revolves around Mandaar, a young gangster, who kills his master, Dablu Bhai, to rise to the powerful seat of the fishing industry in the village of Geilpur. , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , ''
The Tragedy of Macbeth ''Macbeth'' (, full title ''The Tragedie of Macbeth'') is a tragedy by William Shakespeare. It is thought to have been first performed in 1606. It dramatises the damaging physical and psychological effects of political ambition on those wh ...
'' , Film , , 2021 , , ,


''Othello''

} , Film , , 1956 , , , , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , '' Jubal'' , Film , , 1956 , , , A
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based on a 1939 novel by Paul Wellman, it was filmed in
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and CinemaScope on location in
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, Wyoming. The film is notable as a western reworking of ''Othello''. , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , '' All Night Long'' , Film , , 1962 , , , An adaptation set in the contemporary London
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scene. , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , '' Othello'' , Film , , 1965 , , , A film of the Royal National Theatre's stage production.
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,
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, Redman, and
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all received
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nominations, and it was the film debuts for both
Derek Jacobi Sir Derek George Jacobi (; born 22 October 1938) is an English actor. He has appeared in various stage productions of William Shakespeare such as ''Hamlet'', ''Much Ado About Nothing'', '' Macbeth'', ''Twelfth Night'', '' The Tempest'', ''Kin ...
and Michael Gambon. , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , '' Othello'' , TV , , 1965 , , , An Australian TV play, it was broadcast on the
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as part of ''
Wednesday Theatre ''Wednesday Theatre'' is a 1960s Australian anthology show which aired on the ABC. Many of the episodes were imported from the BBC. However a number of episodes were made locally. Episodes 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 Wednesday Theatre ...
'' and filmed in the ABC's Melbourne studios. , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , ''Othello-67'' , Film , , 1967 , , , A 50-second animated parody made for Montreal's
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."Othello-67" on Youtube
/ref> , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , '' Catch My Soul'' , Film , , 1974 , , , Adapted from the
rock musical A rock musical is a musical theatre work with rock music. The genre of rock musical may overlap somewhat with album musicals, concept albums and song cycles, as they sometimes tell a story through the rock music, and some album musicals and conc ...
based on the play. , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , " Othello"
(''
BBC Television Shakespeare The ''BBC Television Shakespeare'' is a series of British television adaptations of the plays of William Shakespeare, created by Cedric Messina and broadcast by BBC Television. Transmitted in the UK from 3 December 1978 to 27 April 1985, it ...
'') , TV , , 1981 , , , Released in the US as part of the ''Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare'' series. , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , '' Othello'' , TV , , 1990 , , , Based on a stage production directed by
Trevor Nunn Sir Trevor Robert Nunn (born 14 January 1940) is a British theatre director. He has been the Artistic Director for the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Royal National Theatre, and, currently, the Theatre Royal, Haymarket. He has directed dramas ...
for the Royal Shakespeare Company, and later adapted for TV. It was shot in a studio with minimal props and scenery, and aired as en episode of ''
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''. The sets, costumes, and props are from the
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, but the dialogue remains tied to
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and
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. In contrast with '' Antony and Cleopatra'' (1974) and '' Macbeth'' (1979), Nunn preferred "contemplative"
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s over extreme closeups. The film makes little attempt to hide that it is a filmed stage production, and Michael Brooke, writing about the film for BFI Screenonline, thinks this is because Nunn's state purpose was to preserve the stage production for posterity. The film presents almost the complete text of the play, leaving out just one scene with Cassio and the clown. , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , " Othello"
('' Shakespeare: The Animated Tales'') , TV , , 1994 , , , , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , '' Othello'' , Film , , 1995 , , , The first cinematic reproduction of the play released by a major studio with an
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in the role of Othello, although low-budget independent films of the play starring
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and
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predated it. , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: normal" , ''
Kaliyattam ''Kaliyattam'' ( en, The Play of God) is a 1997 Indian Malayalam-language tragedy film directed by Jayaraaj. It stars Suresh Gopi, Lal (in his acting debut), Manju Warrier, and Biju Menon. The film is an adaptation of William Shakespeare's play ...
''
( ml, കളിയാട്ടം, lit=The Play of God) , Film , , 1997 , , , An adaptation of the play against the backdrop of the
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performance. Gopi received the
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for Best Actor, and Jayaraaj the award for
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for their work on the film. , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , '' O'' , Film , , 2001 , , , A loose adaptation set in an American high school. , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , '' Othello'' , TV , , 2001 , , , An adaptation by Andrew Davies set in the police force in modern London. , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , ''
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'' , Film , , 2004 , , , A
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take on the play, set in a remote fishing village. , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: normal" , '' Omkara''
( hi, ओमकारा, ur, امکارا) , Film , , 2006 , , , , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: normal" , ''
Jarum Halus ''Jarum Halus'' is a 2008 Malaysian drama film. It is a modern-day adaptation of William Shakespeare's ''Othello''. The film's title (Malay: "Fine Needle") is derived from a Malay idiom meaning web of deceit or conspiracy, which is a major theme i ...
''
( Malay: , Film , , 2008 , , , , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , ''
Iago Iago () is a fictional character in Shakespeare's ''Othello'' (c. 1601–1604). Iago is the play's main antagonist, and Othello's standard-bearer. He is the husband of Emilia, who is in turn the attendant of Othello's wife Desdemona. Iago ha ...
'' , Film , , 2009 , , , Iago is an architecture school student about to graduate who falls in love with his fellow student Desdemona, the noble and beautiful daughter of the academic dean, professor Brabanzio. , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: normal" , '' Hrid Majharey''
( bn, হৃদ্‌ মাঝারে, lit=Live in my Heart) , Film , , 2014 , , , A tragic love story loosely inspired by '' Othello'', the film is a tribute to the Bard on his 450th Birth Anniversary. Elements of Shakespeare's '' Macbeth'' and ''
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'' are also found in this love tragedy. , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: normal" , '' Chocolat'' , Film , , 2016 , , , A loose biopic about the first black clown in France. Chocolat tries to branch into Shakespearean tragedy and plays Othello as the first black actor in this role in France. After the premiere, part of the audience boos the "clown". Chocolat leaves the theater in costume and is beaten by debt collectors.


''Romeo and Juliet''

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from
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's '' Roméo et Juliette''. It is believed to be the earliest film adaptation of ''Romeo and Juliet''. The film was produced by "Phono-Cinéma-Théâtre", which premiered one of the first synchronized sound film systems at the
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exhibition of 1900, with this film being one of the earliest to use the sound technique. The sound was recorded first using a Lioretograph onto a cellophane cylinder. This was then played back, and the actors filmed
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to the recording. To view the film, the sound was played back and the projectionist altered the speed of the hand-cranked projector to try to match the playback. , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , '' Romeo and Juliet'' , Silent , , 1908 , , , Now considered
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, this was the first American film version of ''Romeo and Juliet''. It was a short made by
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, and was filmed at
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in
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. , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , '' Romeo and Juliet'' , Silent , , 1916 , , , This film was produced for the 300th anniversary of Shakespeare's death, and was released amongst many other commemorations of the "Bard". It was released in direct competition with another adaptation, produced by William Fox, starring
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, and released three days later. Bushman later claimed, in an interview, that he went to see the Theda Bara version and was shocked to see that Fox had added some intertitles from the Metro version. , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , '' Romeo and Juliet'' , Silent , , 1916 , , , The film was produced by the
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, and was shot at the Fox Studio in
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. It was released in direct competition with another feature-length '' Romeo and Juliet'' film from
Metro Pictures Metro Pictures Corporation was a motion picture production company founded in early 1915 in Jacksonville, Florida. It was a forerunner of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The company produced its films in New York, Los Angeles, and sometimes at leased f ...
. In a recorded interview, Francis Bushman, who directed the competing film, claimed that William Fox had spies working for Metro, and stole some of the intertitles from the Metro version. Fox rushed his version into the theatres in order to capitalize on exhibiting his film first. Bushman recalled going to see Fox's ''Romeo and Juliet'' and was startled to see the intertitles from his film flash on the screen. , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , '' Romeo and Juliet'' , Film , , 1936 , , , One of the three major film adaptations (along with
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in 1968 and
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in 1996) of ''Romeo and Juliet''. ''
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'' selected the film as one of the "Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made", calling it "a lavish production" and "extremely well-produced and acted." , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: normal" , '' Romeo and Juliet''
( es, Julieta y Romeo) , Film , , 1940 , , , , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: normal" , ''
The Lovers of Verona ''The Lovers of Verona'' (french: Les amants de Vérone) is a 1949 French romantic drama film co-written and directed by André Cayatte, loosely based on the William Shakespeare play '' Romeo and Juliet''. The film was a joint project of screen ...
''
(french: Les amants de Vérone) , Film , , 1949 , , , , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , '' Romeo and Juliet''
( es, Romeo y Julita) , Film , , 1953 , , , , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , '' Romeo and Juliet'' , Film , , 1954 , , , , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: normal" , '' Romeo and Juliet''
(russian: Ромео и Джульетта, translit=Romeo i Dzhulyetta) , Film , , 1955 , , , , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: normal" , ''
Romeo, Juliet and Darkness ''Romeo, Juliet and Darkness'' ( cs, Romeo, Julie a tma) is a 1960 Czech drama film directed by Jiří Weiss. Inspired by William Shakespeare's '' Romeo and Juliet'',Howard, Tony "Shakespeare's Cinematic Offshoots" in Shaughnessy, Robert (ed.) " ...
''
( cs, Romeo, Julie a tma) , Film , , 1960 , , , , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , ''
West Side Story ''West Side Story'' is a musical conceived by Jerome Robbins with music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and a book by Arthur Laurents. Inspired by William Shakespeare's play '' Romeo and Juliet'', the story is set in the mid ...
'' , Film , , 1961 , , , An adaptation of the 1957
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musical, which in turn was inspired by ''Romeo and Juliet''. The film received high praise from critics and the public, and became the second highest grossing film of the year in the United States. The film was nominated for 11
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and won 10, including
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(as well as a special award for Robbins), becoming the record holder for the most wins for a movie musical. , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , '' Romanoff and Juliet'' , Film , , 1961 , , , An adaptation by way of Ustinov's play that sets the love story amids the ideologically warring communist
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and the capitalist USA, competing for influence in a fictional European country.. , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: normal" , ''
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''
( it, Dove si spara di più, es, La furia de Johnny Kidd) , Film , , 1967 , , , , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , '' Romeo and Juliet'' , Film , , 1968 , , , , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: normal" , '' Ma che musica maestro''
( it, Ma che musica maestro) , Film , , 1971 , , , , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , " Romeo and Juliet"
(''
BBC Television Shakespeare The ''BBC Television Shakespeare'' is a series of British television adaptations of the plays of William Shakespeare, created by Cedric Messina and broadcast by BBC Television. Transmitted in the UK from 3 December 1978 to 27 April 1985, it ...
'') , TV , , 1978 , , , , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: normal" , ''
Another History ''Maro Charitra'' () is a 1978 Indian Telugu-language romantic tragedy film written and directed by K. Balachander. It stars Kamal Haasan and Saritha in the lead with Madhavi appearing in prominent roles. The film deals with cross-cultural ...
''
( te, మరో చరిత్ర, translit=Maro Charitra) , Film , , 1978 , , , , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , ''
Romie-0 and Julie-8 ''Romie-0 and Julie-8'' is a 1979 Canadian animated television special, inspired by William Shakespeare's ''Romeo and Juliet''. Set in the future, the two romantic leads in this version are androids who fall in love despite a taboo against their ki ...
'' , TV , , 1979 , , , An animated adaptation; set in the future, the two romantic leads in this version are
androids An android is a humanoid robot or other artificial being often made from a flesh-like material. Historically, androids were completely within the domain of science fiction and frequently seen in film and television, but advances in robot techno ...
who fall in love. , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: normal" , '' Monica and Jimmy Five: In the World of Romeo & Juliet''
( pt, Mônica e Cebolinha: No Mundo de Romeu e Julieta) , TV , , 1979 , , , , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: normal" , '' Made For Each Other''
( hi, एक दूजे के लिये, translit=Ek Duuje Ke Liye) , Film , , 1981 , , , , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: normal" , ''
The Sea Prince and the Fire Child is a 1981 Japanese anime film by Sanrio, based on a story by Shintaro Tsuji. It is said to be a loose retelling of ''Romeo and Juliet'', itself a European version of many tales of star-crossed lovers in a variety of cultures and eras. In this ...
''
( ja, シリウスの伝説, translit=Shiriusu no Densetsu) , Film , , 1981 , , , , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , '' The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet'' , Film , , 1982 , , , , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , ''
China Girl China Girl may refer to: Music *China Girl (song), "China Girl" (song), a 1977 song by David Bowie and Iggy Pop, rerecorded and released as a single by Bowie in 1983 *"China Girl", a song by John Cougar, released in 1982 on the album ''American Foo ...
'' , Film , , 1987 , , , A contemporary take on ''Romeo and Juliet'' set in 1980s
Manhattan Manhattan (), known regionally as the City, is the most densely populated and geographically smallest of the five boroughs of New York City. The borough is also coextensive with New York County, one of the original counties of the U.S. state ...
. The plot revolves around the intimate relationship developing between Tony, a teenage boy from
Little Italy Little Italy is a general name for an ethnic enclave populated primarily by Italians or people of Italian ancestry, usually in an urban neighborhood. The concept of "Little Italy" holds many different aspects of the Italian culture. There are ...
, and Tye, a teenage girl from Chinatown, while their older brothers are engaged in a heated gang war against each other. , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: normal" , '' From Doom to Doom''
( hi, क़यामत से क़यामत तक, translit=Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak) , Film , , 1988 , , , , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , '' Romeo.Juliet'' , Film , , 1990 , , , Adapted using the feral cats of
Venice Venice ( ; it, Venezia ; vec, Venesia or ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto region. It is built on a group of 118 small islands that are separated by canals and linked by over 400 bridges. The isla ...
,
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, and
Ghent Ghent ( nl, Gent ; french: Gand ; traditional English: Gaunt) is a city and a municipality in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is the capital and largest city of the East Flanders province, and the third largest in the country, exceeded i ...
as actors, with the voices dubbed by some of the greats of the English theatre. The score of the film features music from
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's '' Romeo and Juliet'' as performed by the
London Symphony Orchestra The London Symphony Orchestra (LSO) is a British symphony orchestra based in London. Founded in 1904, the LSO is the oldest of London's symphony orchestras. The LSO was created by a group of players who left Henry Wood's Queen's Hall Orc ...
, André Previn conducting, and an original theme composed by Armando Acosta and
Emanuel Vardi Emanuel Vardi (21 April 1915 – 29 January 2011), an American violist, was considered to have been one of the great viola players of the 20th century. Early life Emanuel Vardi was born April 21, 1915 in Jerusalem. His mother, Anna Joffa Vardi, ...
, performed by the
London Symphony Orchestra The London Symphony Orchestra (LSO) is a British symphony orchestra based in London. Founded in 1904, the LSO is the oldest of London's symphony orchestras. The LSO was created by a group of players who left Henry Wood's Queen's Hall Orc ...
and conducted by
Barry Wordsworth Barry Wordsworth (born 20 February 1948, Worcester Park, Surrey, U.K.) is a British conductor. Wordsworth is Principal Guest Conductor of the Royal Ballet and has had a long relationship with company. He was first appointed as Assistant Cond ...
. , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , " Romeo and Juliet"
('' Shakespeare: The Animated Tales'') , TV , , 1992 , , , , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , ''
November 30 Events Pre-1600 * 978 – Franco-German war of 978–980: Holy Roman Emperor Otto II lifts the siege of Paris and withdraws. 1601–1900 *1707 – Queen Anne's War: The second Siege of Pensacola comes to end with the failure of the Br ...
''
( sv, 30:e november) , Film , , 1995 , , , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , ''
Romeo + Juliet Romeo Montague () is the male protagonist of William Shakespeare's tragedy ''Romeo and Juliet''. The son of Lord Montague and his wife, Lady Montague, he secretly loves and marries Juliet, a member of the rival House of Capulet, through a pries ...
'' , Film , , 1996 , , , , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , ''
Tromeo and Juliet ''Tromeo and Juliet'' is a 1997 American independent transgressive romantic black comedy film and a loose adaptation of William Shakespeare's ''Romeo & Juliet'' from Troma Entertainment. The film was directed by Lloyd Kaufman from a screenplay ...
'' , Film , , 1996 , , , A more or less a faithful adaptation of the play except with the addition of extreme amounts of
Troma Troma Entertainment is an American independent film production and distribution company founded by Lloyd Kaufman and Michael Herz in 1974. The company produces low-budget independent films, primarily of the horror comedy genre. Many of them pl ...
-esque sexuality and violence, as well as a revised ending. , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , ''
Love Is All There Is ''Love Is All There Is'' is a 1996 romantic comedy film written and directed by Joseph Bologna and Renée Taylor, who also both star in the film. Plot ''Love Is All There Is'' is a modern retelling of the '' Romeo and Juliet'' story, and it i ...
'' , Film , , 1996 , , , A modern retelling of the story set in the Bronx during the 1990s. , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , '' The Lion King II: Simba's Pride'' , Film , , 1998 , , , An American
animated Animation is a method by which still figures are manipulated to appear as moving images. In traditional animation, images are drawn or painted by hand on transparent celluloid sheets to be photographed and exhibited on film. Today, most ani ...
direct-to-video Direct-to-video or straight-to-video refers to the release of a film, TV series, short or special to the public immediately on home video formats rather than an initial theatrical release or television premiere. This distribution strategy wa ...
romantic musical
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. It is the
sequel A sequel is a work of literature, film, theatre, television, music or video game that continues the story of, or expands upon, some earlier work. In the common context of a narrative work of fiction, a sequel portrays events set in the same ...
to
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1994 animated feature film, ''
The Lion King ''The Lion King'' is a 1994 American animated musical drama film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures. The 32nd Disney animated feature film and the fifth produced during the Disney Renaissance ...
'', with its plot influenced by ''Romeo and Juliet''. , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , ''
Romeo Must Die ''Romeo Must Die'' is a 2000 American action film directed by Andrzej Bartkowiak in his feature film directorial debut, and featuring fight choreography by Corey Yuen. The film stars Jet Li and Aaliyah in her feature film debut, It follows a C ...
'' , Film , , 2000 , , , , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: normal" , ''
Loving Hurts You ''Amar te duele'' (Spanish for: "Loving Hurts You", also interpreted as "Loving You Hurts” ) is a 2002 Mexican romantic drama film written by Carolina Rivera and directed by Fernando Sariñana. In the story, two families hate each other because ...
''
( es, Amar te duele) , Film , , 2002 , , , , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , ''
Bollywood Queen ''Bollywood Queen'' is a British Indian take on the William Shakespeare play ''Romeo and Juliet'', directed by Jeremy Wooding and starring Preeya Kalidas and James McAvoy. Produced by Jeremy Wooding, the film was released in 2003. Plot Geena is ...
'' , Film , , 2003 , , , , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: normal" , '' Romeo and Juliet Get Married''
( pt, O Casamento de Romeu e Julieta) , Film , , 2005 , , , , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: normal" , '' Romeo and Juliet''
(french: Roméo et Juliette) , Film , , 2006 , , , , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: normal" , '' Romeo & Juliet: Sealed with a Kiss'' , Animation , , 2006 , , , An animated adaptation featuring seals and other marine life. , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , ''
Rome & Jewel ''Rome & Jewel'' is a 2006 American hip-hop musical film adaptation of William Shakespeare's ''Romeo and Juliet'' set in Los Angeles that deals with interracial love. The film stars Nate Parker as Rome and Lindsey Haun as Jewel. The 2008 re-rele ...
'' , Film , , 2006 , , , A hip-hop musical adaptation set in Los Angeles that deals with interracial love. , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: normal" , '' Romeo × Juliet''
( ja, ロミオ×ジュリエット, Romio to Jurietto) ,
Anime is hand-drawn and computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside of Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, in Japan and in Japanese, (a term derived from a shortening of ...
, , 2007 , , , , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: normal" , ''Romeo and Juliet''
( ja, ロミオとジュリエット) , TV , , 2007 , , , , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: normal" , '' Romeo and Juliet''
( es, Romeo y Julieta) , TV , , 2007 , , , , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , '' David & Fatima'' , Film , , 2008 , , , , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: normal" , ''
Another History ''Maro Charitra'' () is a 1978 Indian Telugu-language romantic tragedy film written and directed by K. Balachander. It stars Kamal Haasan and Saritha in the lead with Madhavi appearing in prominent roles. The film deals with cross-cultural ...
''
( te, మరో చరిత్ర, translit=Maro Charitra) , Film , , 2010 , , , , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , ''
Gnomeo & Juliet ''Gnomeo & Juliet'' is a 2011 computer-animated romantic comedy film directed by Kelly Asbury from a screenplay by Rob Sprackling and John Smith. It is loosely based on the play '' Romeo and Juliet'' by William Shakespeare and features the voi ...
'' , Animated film , , 2011 , , , An animated adaptation set in the gardens of two feuding elderly neighbors in modern-day Stratford-upon-Avon. The story features
garden gnome Garden gnomes (german: links=no, Gartenzwerge, lit=garden dwarfs) are lawn ornament figurines of small humanoid creatures based on the mythological creature and diminutive spirit which occur in Renaissance magic and alchemy, known as gnomes. T ...
s representing the characters from the original story, with red gnomes representing the Capulet family, and blue gnomes representing the Montague family. The film differs from the original story in many ways, notably keeping both Gnomeo and Juliet alive at the end of the film. , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , '' Private Romeo'' , Film , , 2011 , , , , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , ''
Romeo & Juliet ''Romeo and Juliet'' is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare early in his career about the romance between two Italian youths from feuding families. It was among Shakespeare's most popular plays during his lifetime and, along with ''Ham ...
'' , Film , , 2013 , , , , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: normal" , ''
Issaq ''Issaq'' () is a 2013 Indian Hindi romantic film directed by Manish Tiwary and produced by Dhaval Gada and Shailesh R. Singh. The film, written by Padmaja Thakore-Tiwary, Manish Tiwary and Pawan Sony, was released on 26 July 2013. The film fe ...
''
( hi, इसक) , Film , , 2013 , , , , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: normal" , ''
Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela ''Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela'' () or simply known as ''Ram-Leela'', is a 2013 Indian Hindi-language tragic romantic action film written and directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali, who also composed its original soundtrack. The film was jointl ...
''
( hi, गोलियों की रासलीला रामलीला, lit=A Play of Bullets Ram-Leela) , Film , , 2013 , , , , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: normal" , '' Arshinagar''
( bn, আরশিনগর) , Film , , 2015 , , , , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: normal" , ''
West Side Story ''West Side Story'' is a musical conceived by Jerome Robbins with music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and a book by Arthur Laurents. Inspired by William Shakespeare's play '' Romeo and Juliet'', the story is set in the mid ...
'' , Film , , 2021 , , , A remake of
Robert Wise Robert Earl Wise (September 10, 1914 – September 14, 2005) was an American film director, producer, and editor. He won the Academy Awards for Best Director and Best Picture for his musical films ''West Side Story'' (1961) and ''The Sound of ...
and
Jerome Robbins Jerome Robbins (born Jerome Wilson Rabinowitz; October 11, 1918 – July 29, 1998) was an American dancer, choreographer, film director, theatre director and producer who worked in classical ballet, on stage, film, and television. Among his nu ...
' 1961 adaptation of Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim's Broadway musical of the same name, itself based on ''Romeo and Juliet''.


''Timon of Athens''


''Titus Andronicus''


''Troilus and Cressida''


Histories


''Henry IV, Part 1''


''Henry IV, Part 2''


''Henry V''


''Henry VI, Part 1''


''Henry VI, Part 2''


''Henry VI, Part 3''


''Henry VIII''


''King John''

} , Film , , 1936 , , , Produced by Modi's Stage Film Company, the film was a "stage recording" of the play, similar to Modi's first stage adaptation to screen of '' Khoon Ka Khoon''. It was written by Agha Hashr, based on an adaptation of ''King John'' and ''Richard III''. The film incorporates scenes and acts from King John, mainly Act 2 Scene 5, and made use of Richard III as general reference. Modi played the role of the "ethnically black" Kazal Beg (Hubert). Hashr had written the play in 1907 and according to Rajiva Verma there is very little similarity between ''King John'' and Hashr's adaptation, except for those mentioned earlier. , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , "
The Life and Death of King John ''The Life and Death of King John'', a history play by William Shakespeare, dramatises the reign of John, King of England (ruled 1199–1216), the son of Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine and the father of Henry III of En ...
"
(''
BBC Television Shakespeare The ''BBC Television Shakespeare'' is a series of British television adaptations of the plays of William Shakespeare, created by Cedric Messina and broadcast by BBC Television. Transmitted in the UK from 3 December 1978 to 27 April 1985, it ...
'') , TV , , 1984 , , , Released in the US as part of the ''Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare'' series. , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: npwrap" , " King John"
( CBC Presents the Stratford Festival) ,
Video Video is an electronic medium for the recording, copying, playback, broadcasting, and display of moving visual media. Video was first developed for mechanical television systems, which were quickly replaced by cathode-ray tube (CRT) syst ...
, , 2015 , , , Filmed version of the Stratford Festival's 2014 stage production.


''Richard II''


''Richard III''


Romances


''Pericles''


''Cymbeline''


''The Winter's Tale''


''The Tempest''

} , Film , , 1989 , , , , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , ''
Prospero's Books ''Prospero's Books'' is a 1991 British avant-garde film adaptation of William Shakespeare's '' The Tempest'', written and directed by Peter Greenaway. Sir John Gielgud plays Prospero, the protagonist who provides the off-screen narration and ...
'' , Film , , 1991 , , , A partial adaptation. , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , "The Tempest"
('' Shakespeare: The Animated Tales'') , TV , , 1992 , , , Stop motion puppet animation , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , '' The Tempest'' , TV , , 1998 , , , , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , '' The Tempest'' , Film , , 2010 , , , The gender of main character Prospero was changed to Prospera so Mirren could take the role. , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , ''The Tempest'' ,
Video Video is an electronic medium for the recording, copying, playback, broadcasting, and display of moving visual media. Video was first developed for mechanical television systems, which were quickly replaced by cathode-ray tube (CRT) syst ...
, , 2010 , , , A filmed Stratford Shakespeare Festival production. , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , ''The Tempest'' ,
Video Video is an electronic medium for the recording, copying, playback, broadcasting, and display of moving visual media. Video was first developed for mechanical television systems, which were quickly replaced by cathode-ray tube (CRT) syst ...
, , , 2014 , , , A filmed version of the live production at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in London, 2013. , - ! scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap" , '' Shakespeare's Shitstorm'' , Film , , 2020 , , , A more or less a faithful adaptation of the play except with the addition of extreme amounts of Troma-esque sexuality and violence.


Other


Shakespeare as a character


Acting Shakespeare


Television series

''NOTE: "ShakespeaRe-Told", "The Animated Shakespeare" and "BBC Television Shakespeare" series have been covered above, under the respective play performed in each episode.'' * ''Playing Shakespeare'' (TV, UK, 1979–1984) began as two consecutive episodes of the UK arts series ''
The South Bank Show ''The South Bank Show'' is a British television arts magazine series originally produced by London Weekend Television and broadcast on ITV between 1978 and 2010. A new version of the series began 27 May 2012 on Sky Arts. Conceived, written, ...
'', and developed into a nine-part series of its own. It features director John Barton, then a leading light of the Royal Shakespeare Company, putting a host of actors through their paces. Many of those actors are now household names, including
Judi Dench Dame Judith Olivia Dench (born 9 December 1934) is an English actress. Regarded as one of Britain's best actresses, she is noted for her versatile work in various films and television programmes encompassing several genres, as well as for her ...
,
Michael Pennington Michael Vivian Fyfe Pennington (born 7 June 1943) is a British actor, director and writer. Together with director Michael Bogdanov, he founded the English Shakespeare Company in 1986 and was its Joint Artistic Director until 1992. He has writ ...
,
Patrick Stewart Sir Patrick Stewart (born 13 July 1940) is an English actor who has a career spanning seven decades in various stage productions, television, film and video games. He has been nominated for Olivier, Tony, Golden Globe, Emmy, and Screen Actors ...
,
Ben Kingsley Sir Ben Kingsley (born Krishna Pandit Bhanji; 31 December 1943) is an English actor. He has received various accolades throughout his career spanning five decades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, a Grammy Award, and tw ...
, David Suchet and Ian McKellen. The episodes were: **''
The South Bank Show ''The South Bank Show'' is a British television arts magazine series originally produced by London Weekend Television and broadcast on ITV between 1978 and 2010. A new version of the series began 27 May 2012 on Sky Arts. Conceived, written, ...
'': "Speaking Shakespearean Verse" **''The South Bank Show'': "Preparing to Perform Shakespeare" **1. "The Two Traditions" **2. "Using the Verse" **3. "Language and Character" **4. "Set Speeches and Soliloquies" **5. "Irony and Ambiguity" **6. "Passion and Coolness" **7. "Rehearsing the Text" **8. "Exploring a Character" **9. "Poetry and Hidden Poetry" Three further episodes were filmed but never edited or screened. They were to be called "Using the Prose", "Using the Sonnets" and "Contemporary Shakespeare". Their text can be read in the book "Playing Shakespeare" by John Barton. * ''The Shakespeare Sessions'' (USA 2003): An American spin-off from Playing Shakespeare (above) in which John Barton directs notable American actors in Shakespeare scenes. * ''Conjuring Shakespeare'' (TV, UK, 199?): A series of half-hour documentaries hosted by Fiona Shaw, each episode dealing with scenes from a particular play. * ''In Search of Shakespeare'' (TV, UK, 2003): A BBC documentary series of four 1-hour episodes, chronicling the life of William Shakespeare, written and presented by Michael Wood. * ''
Slings & Arrows ''Slings & Arrows'' is a Canadian television series set at the fictional New Burbage Festival, a Shakespearean festival similar to the real-world Stratford Festival. It stars Paul Gross, Stephen Ouimette and Martha Burns. Rachel McAdams appeared ...
'' (TV, Canada, 2003–2006): A Canadian comedy drama set in the New Burbage Shakespeare Festival, a fictional Shakespearean festival in a small town in Canada comparable to the real-life Stratford Shakespeare Festival. With its entire run written by Susan Coyne, Bob Martin and
Mark McKinney Mark Douglas Brown McKinney (born June 26, 1959) is a Canadian actor and comedian. He is best known as a member of the sketch comedy troupe The Kids in the Hall, which includes starring in the 1989 to 1995 TV series ''The Kids in the Hall'' and 1 ...
, directed by
Peter Wellington Peter William Wellington (born 21 August 1957) is an Australian politician. He was the independent member for Nicklin in the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 1998 to 2017, and served as Speaker from 2015 to 2017. Wellington has held the b ...
, and starring
Paul Gross Paul Michael Gross OC (born April 30, 1959) is a Canadian actor, director, writer, producer, and musician born in Calgary, Alberta. Gross is known for his lead role as Constable Benton Fraser in the popular Canadian television series ''Due So ...
,
Martha Burns Martha Burns (born 23 April 1957)"Martha Burns ret ...
and
Stephen Ouimette Stephen Ouimette is a Canadian actor and director. Although mostly known for his stage work, particularly at the Stratford Festival of Canada and recently on Broadway in '' La Bete'', he achieved TV fame (and a Gemini Award) as the ghostly Olive ...
, it aired in three seasons of six 1-hour episodes each. * ''Som & Fúria'' (TV, Brazil, 2009): A Brazilian adaptation of ''Slings and Arrows''.


Academic

* The "Themes of Shakespeare" series contains straight-to-video short documentaries, each considering the theme of a particular play. The contributors are Professor Stanley Wells, and Dr. Robert Smallwood of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust. * Two lecture series given by professor Peter Saccio were filmed and are commercially available on DVD.


Miscellaneous

*''
Theatre of Blood ''Theatre of Blood'' (known in the U.S. as ''Theater of Blood'') is a 1973 British horror comedy film directed by Douglas Hickox, and starring Vincent Price as vengeful actor Edward Lionheart and Diana Rigg as his daughter Edwina. The cast als ...
'' (UK, 1973). 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 several of Shakespeare's plays: ''Julius Caesar'', ''Troilus and Cressida'', ''The Merchant of Venice'', ''Richard III'', ''Othello'', ''Cymbeline'', ''Romeo and Juliet'', ''Henry VI Part One'', ''Titus Andronicus'', and ''King Lear''. :
Douglas Hickox Douglas Arthur Hickox (10 January 1929 – 25 July 1988) was an English film and television director. Biography Hickox was born in London, where he was educated at Emanuel School. He started in the film industry at age 17, working at Pinewood ...
director :
Vincent Price Vincent Leonard Price Jr. (May 27, 1911 – October 25, 1993) was an American actor, art historian, art collector and gourmet cook. He appeared on stage, television, and radio, and in more than 100 films. Price has two stars on the Hollywood Wal ...
as Edward Lionheart :
Diana Rigg Dame Enid Diana Elizabeth Rigg (20 July 193810 September 2020) was an English actress of stage and screen. Her roles include Emma Peel in the TV series '' The Avengers'' (1965–1968); Countess Teresa di Vicenzo, wife of James Bond, in ''On H ...
as Edwina Lionheart * ''
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) ''The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)'' (also known as ''The Compleat Wrks of Wllm Shkspr (Abridged)'') is a play written by Adam Long, Daniel Singer, and Jess Winfield. It parodies the plays of William Shakespeare with all ...
'' by the
Reduced Shakespeare Company The Reduced Shakespeare Company (RSC) is an American touring acting troupe that performs fast-paced, seemingly improvisational condensations of different topics. The company's style has been described as "New Vaudeville," combining both physical a ...
is a successful West End stage comedy, containing some element of all 37 canonical plays. A film of one of the live performances is commercially available. * The Royal Shakespeare Company have released a number of videos in the "Great Performances" series, which contain excerpts from stage performances. *''
The Lion in Winter ''The Lion in Winter'' is a 1966 play by James Goldman, depicting the personal and political conflicts of Henry II of England, his wife Eleanor of Aquitaine, their children and their guests during Christmas 1183. It premiered on Broadway at the ...
'' (US, Play, 1966). Set during Christmas 1183 at Henry II of England's castle in Chinon, Anjou, Angevin Empire, the play opens with the arrival of Henry's wife Eleanor of Aquitaine, whom he has had imprisoned since 1173. The story concerns the gamesmanship between Henry, Eleanor, their three surviving sons Richard, Geoffrey, and John, and their Christmas Court guest, the King of France, Philip II Augustus (French: Philippe Auguste), who was the son of Eleanor's ex-husband, Louis VII of France (by his third wife, Adelaide). Also involved is Philip's half-sister Alais, who has been at court since she was betrothed to Richard at age eight, but has since become Henry's mistress. A film version was made in 1968. Productions have been put on by Shakespearean Theater companies (Unseam'd Shakespeare Company production in 2002 and the American Shakespeare Center's Blackfriars Playhouse presented it in complementary repertory with William Shakespeare's ''King John'' in 2012). :
Anthony Harvey Anthony Harvey (3 June 1930 – 23 November 2017) was an English filmmaker who began his career as a teenage actor, was a film editor in the 1950s and moved into directing in the mid-1960s. Harvey had fifteen film credits as an editor, and he ...
director : Peter O'Toole as King Henry II : Katharine Hepburn as Queen Eleanor :
Anthony Hopkins Sir Philip Anthony Hopkins (born 31 December 1937) is a Welsh actor, director, and producer. One of Britain's most recognisable and prolific actors, he is known for his performances on the screen and stage. Hopkins has received many accolad ...
(in his motion picture debut) as Richard the Lionheart :
Nigel Terry Peter Nigel Terry (15 August 1945 – 30 April 2015) was an English stage, film, and television actor, typically in historical and period roles. He played Prince John in Anthony Harvey's film '' The Lion in Winter'' (1968) and King Arthur in ...
as John :
Timothy Dalton Timothy Leonard Dalton Leggett (; born 21 March 1946) is a British actor. Beginning his career on stage, he made his film debut as Philip II of France in the 1968 historical drama '' The Lion in Winter''. He gained international prominence a ...
(in his motion picture debut) as King Philip II


See also

*
List of titles of works taken from Shakespeare The following is a list of titles of works taken from Shakespearean phrases. It is organized by type of work. Note that this is ''not'' the place to list film or television adaptations of Shakespeare's plays; the List of William Shakespeare scre ...


Notes and references


Notes


References


Sources

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Further reading

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External links

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BardMovies: Shakespeare on Film for Groundlings

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Shakespeare William Shakespeare ( 26 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's natio ...
Shakespeare William Shakespeare ( 26 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's natio ...
Shakespeare William Shakespeare ( 26 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's natio ...
Shakespeare William Shakespeare ( 26 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's natio ...