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  1. Henry V (1913 Film)

    Topical. Scenes from Henry V performed by the boys of King Edward VI Grammar School, Stratford-upon-Avon. Ball (op cit) believes this production to be the first amateur Shakespeare film. Screened at The...

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  2. Giulio Cesare (1909 Film)

    aka: Brutus Julius Caesar

    Director
    Giovanni Pastrone
    Producer
    Louis Albert

    An abbreviated version of the play. Ball finds the picture disappointing, commenting on the poorly handled crowd scenes, unnecessary invented action, and primitive photography and acting.

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  3. Mort de Jules Cêsar, La (1907 Film)

    aka: Shakespeare Writing Julius Caesar

    Director
    Georges Méliès

    Fiction short which shows Shakespeare suffering from writer’s block while planning the assassination scene in Julius Caesar. He falls asleep in his study and dreams of the scene he is to write. Shakespeare...

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  4. Macbeth (1909 Film)

    Director
    Mario Caserini

    Silent version of Macbeth presented as an historical spectacle and directed by Mario Caserini with Dante Capelli and Maria Gasperini as the Macbeths. Contemporary accounts speak of ‘very fine tableaux’...

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  5. Bianco Contro Negro (1913 Film)

    Director
    Ernesto Maria Pasquali

    Experimental sound film of Verdi’s opera.

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  6. Midsummer Night’s Dream, A (1913 Film)

    Fiction film. Ball (op cit) writes (p.168). ‘All the camera work was done out of doors, and the scenery is lovely and charmingly rustic. Remarkably for its period, the photography is technically advanced,...

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  7. Romiet and Julio (1915 Film)

    Producer
    John Randolph Bray

    Animation. The Romeo and Juliet story as experienced by two lovesick cats. Includes two balcony scenes: one when Julio caterwauls from the back fence to his loved one who is prevented from responding having...

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  8. Julius Caesar (1910 Film)

    A version of Julius Caesar. The title role is played by Dutch actor Theo Frenkel, Sr.

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  9. Indian Romeo and Juliet (1912 Film)

    Director
    Lawrence Trimble

    Fiction film setting Romeo and Juliet as a story of North American tribes where the Hurons and the Mohicans are sworn enemies. Perhaps the first feature film to appropriate a Shakespeare story. The Vitagraph...

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  10. Two Noble Kinsmen, The (2002 Video)

    Director
    David Latham

    Video recording of David Latham’s 2002 production of The Two Noble Kinsmen for the Stratford (Ontario) Shakespeare Festival.

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