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  1. Mercante di Venezia, Il (1910 Film)

    aka: Merchant of Venice, The

    Director
    Gerolamo Lo Savio

    A shortened version of the play which omits the casket scene and the business concerning Portia’s ring. Some scenes were filmed in Venice.

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  2. King Lear (1909 Film)

    Director
    William V. Ranous
    Producer
    J. Stuart Blackton

    Abbreviated version of the play but yet still straining to incorporate the Edgar subplot, the rejection of Cordelia, Lear’s rejection of Goneril and Regan, the blinding of Gloucester (off stage), the...

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  3. Midsummer Night’s Dream, A (1909 Film)

    Director
    J. Stuart Blackton; Charles Kent

    Abbreviated version of the play closely following the original with the exception of a new character, Penelope. It is she who quarrels with Titania and tells Puck to bewitch Titania.

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  4. 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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  5. Julius Caesar (1908 Film)

    Director
    William V. Ranous
    Producer
    J. Stuart Blackton

    Abbreviated version of the play. At the Capitol Julius Caesar leaves with Mark Antony while Caesar is seen plotting with another man. In the arena Antony offers Caesar the crown three times. Cassius...

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  6. Tempest, The (1908 Film)

    Director
    Percy Stow

    Abbreviated version of the play directed by Percy Stow. The cast is not known.

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  7. Warwick Pageant (1906 Film)

    A record of the Warwick Pageant held in the grounds of Warwick Castle 2-9 July 1906 and showing incidents in Warwick’s history from AD40-1572. Includes scenes from a performance of Christopher Marlowe’s...

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  8. Seven Ages, The (1905 Film)

    Director
    Edwin S. Porter

    Fiction short. A depiction of the seven ages of Man in eight tableaux. The titles are: Infancy, Playmates, Schoolmates, Lovers, The Soldier, The Judge, Second Childhood and What Age? (showing an old woman...

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  9. King John (1899 Film)

    aka: Scene - ‘King John’ - Now Playing at Her Majesty’s Theatre, A Beerbohm Tree, The Great British Actor

    Director
    William Kennedy-Laurie Dickson

    Four scenes from the Her Majesty’s Theatre production of King John, one of which survives. The descriptions quoted are from the copyright records in The National Archives: THE BATTLEFIELD NEAR ANGIERS -...

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