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Feature film in theory based on Shakespeare’s own sources for The Merchant of Venice but in practice partly Shakespeare and partly director Felner’s invention. Werner Krauss is Shylock.
Feature film version of the play. A naturalistic and literal reading with few interpretative touches. Gibson’s Hamlet is a man of action and with the text heavily cut (over 80%) he dominates the majority...
Feature film. Great Britain’s first feature-length Shakespeare sound film and Laurence Olivier’s first screen performance in a Shakespeare play. An energetic production set in an elaborate studio forest...
Independent feature film. A visceral, punk fantasy made in the year of Queen Elizabeth II’s silver jubilee, and solo directorial debut for Derek Jarman. Anxious to gain knowledge, Queen Elizabeth I has her...
A film adaptation of Hamlet with Kenneth Branagh in the title role. Set in the 19th century with many stars giving cameo performances in minor roles. The film was shot on 65mm and released in 70mm.
Feature film which appears to have combined great charm and ribaldry. Ball, summarising contemporary reviews, writes: ‘Theseus was shown at the telephone, Amazons and Athenians moved into battle to the...
Mankiewicz’s version of the tragedy that ‘some Americans regard as their own has stood the test of time’ (The Guardian 2019). With an impressive cast, including Louis Calhern as Caesar, Marlon Brando...
Feature film. A comic drama in which William Shakespeare is portrayed as a young writer who is struggling financially and, envious of a rival, meets an aspiring actress who dresses as a boy to work in...
Feature film based on Shakespeare’s The Tempest. Prospero is given 24 books to lessen the pain of his exile on a barren island. Greenaway interprets The Tempest as a mind reviewing its entire contents, and...
Feature film. Haunting and unsparing in the realism, Polanski’s unique and pessimistic vision confronts both the dark comic elements and terror of the play’s violence. Jon Finch and Francesca Annis are...
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