Richard III (1955)
(1955) [G]

The deformed Richard of Gloucester cuts a bloody path to the throne in Shakespeare's historical tragedy. Determined to seize the French throne from his brother Edward IV, he rouses Edward's hatred from their brother Clarence, who is arrested and murdered while imprisoned. The cunning Richard woos...  More

Henry V (Branagh)
(1989) [PG]

Once more unto the breach, dear friends! Kenneth Branagh's award–winning production of Shakespeare's Henry V, a classic story of conflict, courage, honour and heroism. Branagh is electrifying in the title role, a king whose inspired leadership and full-blooded courage rouses his bewildered and...  More

The Tempest (BBC)
(1980) [G]

Prospero, the true Duke of Milan is now living on an enchanted island with his daughter Miranda, the savage Caliban and Ariel, a spirit of the air. Raising a storm to bring his brother - the usurper of his dukedom - along with his royal entourage, to the island, Prospero contrives his revenge....  More

Twelfth Night (BBC)
(1980) [G]

Viola and Sebastian are lookalike twins, separated by a shipwreck. Viola lands in Illyria, where she disguises herself like her brother and goes into the service of the Duke Orsino. Orsino sends her to help him woo the Lady Olivia, who doesn't want the Duke, but finds that she likes the new...  More

Othello (The BBC Shakespeare Collection)
(1981) [G]

The BBC Shakespeare is a unique collection of some of the finest dramas in the English language, each production a celebration of the greatest talents in contemporary British Theatre and Television. These plays feature the cream of the 20th Century's acting talent. Desdemona defies her father to...  More

Throne Of Blood
(1957) [PG]

Kurosawa's film career began in 1936 at the Photo Chemical Laboratories in Tokyo. His directorial debut in 1943, Judo Saga, bore evidence of his economy of expression and marked his humanist approach. His Rashomon won the top prize at the Venice Film Festival in 1951, and this led to the...  More

Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
(1990) [PG]

From Tom Stoppard the Oscar Winning Writer/Director of "Shakespeare in Love" comes another unique twist on the work of William Shakespeare. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern (Gary Oldman & Tim Roth) are two incidental characters in "Hamlet", summoned to the court of the King of Denmark. This story is...  More

Othello (Otello)
(1955) [PG]

Famed Russian director Sergei Bondarchuk steps before the cameras in this Soviet adaptation of Shakespeare's Othello. The Russian landscape provides a surprisingly effective backdrop for this tale of love, hate and jealousy in 16th century Venice. Andrei Popov is a suitably cunning Iago, while...  More

Romeo And Juliet (1968)
(1968) [PG]

Italian director Franco Zeffirelli stunned the screen world when he cast two young unknowns to portray the star-crossed lovers in Romeo & Juliet, but it was a gamble that resulted in one of the most popular motion pictures of all time, winning international acclaim and four Academy Award...  More

Hamlet (Gamlet)
(1963) [PG]

Shakespeare's 17th century masterpiece.  More

The Tragedy of Macbeth
(1971) [PG]

Roman Polanski's version of Shakespeare's tragedy about a Scottish lord who murders the king and ascends the throne. His wife then begins hallucinating as a result of her guilt and the dead king's son conspires to attack MacBeth and expose him for the murderer he is.  More

Henry V
(1944) [G]

Based on one the most popular historical plays by Shakespeare and made in order to boost moral of British troops during WW2, this movie is about English king Henry V and his military campaign in France in 1415., this movie is about English king Henry V and his military campaign in France in 1415.  More

Hamlet (1948)
(1948) [G]

William Shakespeare's tragic tale of murder and revenge in the royal halls of medieval Denmark. Claudius, brother to the King, conniving with the Queen, poisons the monarch and seizes the throne, taking the widowed Gertrude for his bride. Hamlet, son of the murdered King, mourning his father's...  More

The Taming Of The Shrew
(1967) [G]

Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor sparkle as Katharina and Petruchio in Franco Zeffirelli's sumptuous adaptation of Shakespeare's tale of male chauvinism and women's lib in the 16th century.  More

King Lear (1971)
(1971) [PG]

The Shakespeare tragedy that gave us the expression "How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child." King Lear has not one but two ungrateful children, and it's especially galling because he turned over his entire kingdom to them. Paul Scofeld is an ancient, imposing shell of...  More

Julius Caesar
(1979) [G]

Shakespeare's greatest Roman tragedy breaks all conventional rules of drama, creating neither a clear-cut hero nor a villain. Director Herbert Wise, who also directed the great BBC dramas I Claudius and Elizabeth R, brilliantly convey s a world of personal and political conflict while allowing...  More

Othello
(1995) [M]

Iago (Kenneth Branagh) convinces Othello, The Moor of Venice (Lawrence Fishburne) that his wife, Desdemona has been unfaithful. Iago is an evil, manipulative character with his own agenda. A plot of jealousy and rage transpires in this classic Shakespearean tale.  More

Much Ado About Nothing
(1993) [PG]

'Much Ado About Nothing' is a fast moving, yet intricate tale of love and romantic combat, a 'Merry War' of trust and treachery, social graces and sheer physical attraction, chastity under suspicion and marriage in jeopardy.  More

A Midsummer Night's Dream (BBC)
(1981) [G]

In the woods of Athens, runaway couples, the King and Queen of the fairies, the impish sprite Puck and a band of 'rude mechanicals' prove "the course of true love never did run smooth" as they play out a comedy of love and the confusion it sometimes brings. Shakespeare's fairytale comedy contains...  More

A Midsummer Night's Dream
(1994) [M]

A gay production of Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' performed by The Lindsay Kemp Company.  More

As You Like It (BBC)
(1978) [G]

This is one of Shakespeare's great comic triumphs; an exhilarating and joyful tale of love and harmony set in a mythical forest - the perfect romantic comedy. Filmed on location at Glamis Castle.  More

Antony And Cleopatra
(1981) [G]

In 1978, the BBC set itself the task of filming all of William Shakespeare's plays for television. The resulting productions, renowned for their loyalty to the text, utilised the best theatrical and television directors and brought great performances from leading contemporary actors.

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Titus (2 disc set)
(1999) [R]

War begets revenge. Victorious general, Titus Andronicus, returns to Rome with hostages: Tamora queen of the Goths and her sons. He orders the eldest hewn to appease the Roman dead. He declines the proffered emperor's crown, nominating Saturninus, the last ruler's venal elder son. Saturninus, to...  More

Measure For Measure
(1979) [PG]

When the Duke of Vienna takes a mysterious leave of absence and leaves the strict Angelo in charge, things couldn't be worse for Claudio, who is sentenced to death for premarital sex. His sister, Isabella (a nun-in-training), however, is a very persuasive pleader. She goes to Angelo, but instead...  More

Macbeth (BBC)
(1982) [PG]

Macbeth and his wife murder Duncan in order to gain his crown, but the bloodbath doesn't stop there, and things supernatural combine to bring the Macbeth's down.  More

The Winter's Tale (BBC)
(1981) [PG]

King Leontes of Bohemia suspects his wife, Hermione, and his friend, Polixenes, of betraying him. When he forces Polixenes to flee for his life, Leontes sets in motion a chain of events that lead to death, a ferocious bear, an infant left in the snow, young love, and a statue coming to life.  More

Looking For Richard
(1996) [PG]

'Richard III', Shakespeare’s gripping drama of power, lust and betrayal, becomes accessible to a broader audience in this critically-acclaimed film, which marks the directorial debut of Academy Award-winning actor Al Pacino ('Scent of a Woman'). Pacino assembled an all-star cast including...  More

Twelfth Night (1996)
(1996) [G]

Identical mixed-sex twins, separated during a shipwreck, both believe the other dead. When Viola dresses as her 'dead' brother for better protection, little does she realise that her living brother will be on the scene as well. Based on the William Shakespeare play, adapted for the screen by...  More

Hamlet (2 tape set)
(1996) [PG]

Hamlet, son of the king of Denmark, is summoned home for his father's funeral and his mother's wedding to his uncle. In a supernatural episode, he discovers that his uncle, whom he hates anyway, murdered his father. In an incredibly convoluted plot--the most complicated and most interesting in...  More

Romeo and Juliet (Romeo + Juliet)
(1996) [M]

Shakespeare's famous play is updated to the hip modern suburb of Verona still retaining its original dialogue. The gun-toting members of the families wage a vicious war on the streets as the star-crossed lovers, their tragic destiny.  More