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  1. Julius Caesar (1931 Film)

    Series
    Humanettes
    Director
    Jason Leigh
    Producer
    Frank L. Newman

    RKO Radio Pictures Short. Described on the BFI Film & Television database as ‘A travesty of Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar’ and ‘Comedy short with human faces on the bodies of marionettes’.

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  2. Hamlet (1928 Radio)

    A heavily cut radio adaptation of Shakespeare’s tragedy with Robert Speaight in the title role. With T.C. L. Farrar as narrator.

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  3. A Rarin’ Romeo (1925 Film)

    Series
    Walter Hiers Comedies
    Director
    Archie L. Mayo

    Comedy short. A small-town Shakespeare Club stages a production of Romeo and Juliet. In the role of both Romeo and Montague Hiers creates havoc bringing down Juliet’s balcony.

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  4. Acts I., II. And III. Of ‘Romeo and Juliet’, An Opera in 5 Acts (1923 Radio)

    Studio broadcast showcasing excerpts of Gounod’s opera with British National Opera singers in principal roles. The specially augmented Wireless Orchestra is conducted by L. Stanton Jeffries.

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  5. Hamlet (1920 Film)

    aka: Hamlet: The Drama of Vengeance

    Director
    Svend Gade; Heinz Schall

    Feature film which presents Hamlet as a princess. While the King of Denmark is seriously ill his wife gives birth to a daughter, telling the court that a son has been born in order to safeguard the crown....

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  6. One Night Only (1919 Film)

    Director
    Charles Parrott

    Fiction comedy short. Misadventures of a travelling company of actors performing Hamlet for one night in a small town. When the troupe’s leading lady deserts the show for a better paying job as a waitress,...

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  7. Macbeth (1916 Film)

    Director
    John Emerson
    Producer
    D.W. Griffith

    Feature film version of Macbeth directed by John Emerson and produced by D.W. Griffith with Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree as Macbeth and Constance Collier as Lady Macbeth.

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  8. Real Thing at Last, The (1916 Film)

    Director
    L.C. MacBean

    A burlesque of Macbeth which imagines how the play would be adapted and filmed by an American producer. The New York Times critic, reviewing the London screening, noted ‘The drama ends happily with a...

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  9. 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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  10. Soap Suds Star, The (1915 Film)

    Series
    Falstaff Comedies

    Comedy. Observing a laundress’ attack on a customer who tries to leave without paying, a vaudeville booking agent hires them to perform the same scene on stage. The two demand to perform Shakespeare, so...

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