A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999)
(1999) [PG]

A stellar cast, headed by Michelle Pfeiffer and Kevin Kline, bring Shakespeare's most romantic comedy to life. When two pairs of star-crossed lovers, a troop of inept amateur actors, a feuding pair of supernatural sprites and a love potion gone awry all come together in an enchanted moonlit...  More

Merchant Of Venice, The (1973)
(1973) [G]

Antonio's friend Bassanio is in love and needs money to go courting. Using Antonio as his collateral, he borrows money from Shylock. But when the debt comes due, Shylock demands repayment in the form of a pound of Antonio's flesh. This is a video of the 1970 National Theatre stage production with...  More

Macbeth (1978)
(1978) [PG]

Trevor Nunn's film of William Shakespeare's tragedy of ambition and witchcraft attempts to recreate his acclaimed 1976 staging of the play. Ian McKellen and Judi Dench play the ambitious pair who murder their way to the Scottish throne. Nunn's film retains the spare, simple look of his stage...  More

Romeo and Juliet
(1976) [PG]

For never was a story of more woe, than this of Juliet and her Romeo. Their families, the Montagues and the Capulets, are bitter enemies, sworn to hatred. Yet when their children, Romeo and Juliet, inadvertantly meet, they fall passionately in love. Defying their parents' wishes, they are...  More

Twelfth Night
(1988) [G]

Twelfth Night is one of Shakespeare's best-loved comedies, and the Renaissance Theatre Company's production of the play, starring Richard Briers and directed by Kenneth Branagh, has been one of the most highly acclaimed of recent years.  More

King Lear
(1976) [PG]

An excellent made-for-television production. This Shakespeare tragedy brings out the themes of family relationships, youth versus age and the struggle of good over evil.  More

Romeo and Juliet (1954) / Romeo and Juliet Ballet (1966) (2 Disc Set)
(1966) [M]

Disc 1: 1954 film version with Laurence Harvey and Susan Shentall. In Shakespeare's classic play, the Montagues and Capulets, two families of Renaissance Italy, have hated each other for years, but the son of one family and the daughter of the other fall desperately in love and secretly marry....  More

Hamlet
(1969) [G]

Nicol Williamson's portrayal of Hamlet was greeted with storms of applause on both the London and Broadway stage. This performance is here captured on film by director Tony Richardson, bringing life to William Shakespeare's immortal play.  More

Romeo and Juliet (The BBC Shakespeare Collection)
(1978) [PG]

A marvellously staged adaptation of Shakespeare's classic story of tender but tragically doomed love. The rich and colourful production successfully combines the resonance and immediacy of theatre with the flexibility and realism of film. The star cast perform with great energy and artistry, and...  More

The Merchant of Venice (The BBC Shakespeare Collection)
(1980) [PG]

Antonio's best friend, Bassinio, is in love with Portia, a wise and wealthy heiress, and needs three thousand ducats to press his suit. With Antonio's money tied up in ships at sea, he approaches Shylock, a jewish usurer, who agrees to lend the money under the provision that Antonio shall forfeit...  More

Macbeth
(2006) [MA]

Romper Stomper director Geoffrey Wright transplants Shakespeare's savage tale of power, murder and revenge to 21st century gangland Melbourne in his highly acclaimed, 5-time AFI Award nominated hit. Promising a bruising cocktail of drama and violence, Macbeth features stunning performances from...  More

Macbeth (1948)
(1948) [PG]

In fog-dripping, barren and sometimes macabre settings, 11th-century Scottish nobleman Macbeth is led by an evil prophecy and his ruthless yet desirable wife to the treasonous act that makes him king. But he does not enjoy his newfound, dearly-won kingship... Restructured, but all the dialogue is...  More

Julius Caesar (1953)
(1953) [G]

Brutus, Cassius, and other high-ranking Romans murder Caesar, because they believe his ambition will lead to tyranny. The people of Rome are on their side until Antony, Caesar's right-hand man, makes a moving speech. The conspirators are driven from Rome, and two armies are formed: one side...  More

Richard III (1995)
(1995) [M]

William Shakespeare's classic play is brought into the present with the setting as Great Britain in the 1930s. Civil war has erupted with the House of Lancaster on one side, claiming the right to the British throne and hoping to bring freedom to the country. Opposing is the House of York,...  More

Henry V (BBC)
(1979) [G]

BBC production of the Shakespeare classic. The most nationalistic of Shakespeare's play, Henry V is a portrait of a young man who transforms from an irresponsible rebel into a majestic monarch, the story of an English world fighting for its life and an English King proving himself as ruler of...  More

Hamlet (1977)
(1977) [M]

When Coronada's version of Hamlet premiered at the London Film Festival in 1977 it astonished both audiences and critics. There are 2 Hamlets played by identical twins, an inspired interpretation of Hamlet's divided self. The film is also known for not including the famous "To be or not to be...".  More

Hamlet (2000)
(2000) [MA]

Modern day adaptation of Shakespeare's immortal story about Hamlet's plight to avenge his father's murder in New York City. Loaded with style and substance, packed with haunting imagery, and featuring a superb cast, this version of Hamlet will change the way you think about Shakespeare.  More

Hamlet (Zefferelli)
(1990) [PG]

Treachery. Madness. Murder. The story of Hamlet has been told for 400 years...but it's never been told like this! Mel Gibson (the Mad Max and Lethal Weapon films) takes on his richest part to date, the title role in a dynamic new version of Shakespeare's Hamlet. Directed by Franco Zeffirelli...  More

The Tragedy of Othello: The Moor of Venice
(1952) [G]

Desdemona, daughter of a Venetian aristocrat, elopes with Moorish military hero Othello, to the great resentment of Othello's envious underling Iago. Alas, Iago knows Othello's weakness, and with chilling malice works on him with but too good effect.  More

Othello (Olivier)
(1965) [PG]

Iago, Venetian army officer and ensign to the Moorish general, Othello, bitterly resents the appointment of Cassio as Othello's lieutenant. Roderigo and Iago maliciously bait Brabantio, an old senator, with the news that his daughter Desdemona is betrothed to Othello. Before Council Chamber,...  More

Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (2 disc set)
(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 (2007)
(2007) [PG]

Performed for the first time at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, with its racing concentrated plot and intense dramatic detail, Othello is one of Shakespeare's most exciting, atmospheric and heartbreaking plays.

This is a tale of uncontrollable jealousy, deception and murder driven by one...  More

Discovering Hamlet
(1990) [E]

Shakespeare comes alive inside the Birmingham Rep Company in a truly fresh interpretation of a celebrated work. Join Sir Derek Jacobi, a Shakespearean actor who directs Kenneth Branagh as he rehearses this coveted role for the first time. See it played out as never before by articulate gifted...  More

The Tempest
(2010) [M]

Exiled to a magical island, the sorceress Prospera (Helen Mirren) conjures up a storm that shipwrecks her enemies, and then unleashes her powers for revenge.

Based on William Shakespeare's play.  More