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  1. 10 Things I Hate About You (1999 Film, Multimedia, Video)

    aka: Ten Things I Hate About You

    Director
    Gil Junger
    Producer
    Andrew Lazar

    What would happen if you made a boring old set text into a high-school romcom?. Junger’s adaptation, set in a suburban Seattle high school is ‘smart and sassy, a brightly contemporary retelling of The...

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  2. Julius Caesar: A Critical Guide (1997 Video)

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    Themes of Shakespeare

    Professor Stanley Wells and Dr Russell Jackson of the Shakespeare Institute, and Dr Robert Smallwood of the Shakespeare Centre in Stratford-upon-Avon, discuss issues arising from the study of Shakespeare’s...

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  3. Macbeth: A Critical Guide (1997 Video)

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    Themes of Shakespeare

    Professor Stanley Wells and Dr Russell Jackson of the Shakespeare Institute, and Dr Robert Smallwood of the Shakespeare Centre in Stratford-upon-Avon, discuss issues arising from the study of Shakespeare’s...

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  4. Hamlet (1996 Film)

    Director
    Kenneth Branagh
    Producer
    David Barron

    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.

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  5. Macbeth (1996 Video)

    Director
    Jeremy Freeston
    Producer
    Shona Donaldson

    A filmed low-budget production of Macbeth, set in 11th-century Scotland, with Jason Connery as Macbeth. Also contains a 30-minute behind-the-scenes documentary entitled THE MAKING OF MACBETH.

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  6. Twelfth Night (1996 Film)

    Director
    Trevor Nunn
    Producer
    Stephen Evans; David Parfitt

    An intelligent and meditative interpretation emphasising class distinctions and sexual confusion, which ‘has dated better than most...and which captures the shadowy magic of the play well’ (The Guardian...

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  7. Campanadas a Medianoche (1966 Film)

    aka: Falstaff: Chimes at Midnight

    Director
    Orson Welles
    Producer
    Emiliano Piedra

    The story of Falstaff’s friendship with Prince Hal, and his rejection when the Prince becomes King, adapted chiefly from Shakespeare’s Henry IV Parts I and II, but also Richard II, Henry V and The Merry...

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  8. Shakespeare on the Screen (1964 Radio)

    Radio programme. Laurence Kitchin reflects on the issues involved in adapting Shakespeare’s plays for the cinema and television.

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  9. Warui Yatsu Hodo Yoku Nemuru (1960 Film)

    aka: The Bad Sleep Well

    Director
    Akira Kurosawa
    Producer
    Akira Kurosawa; Tomoyuki Tanaka

    Kurosawa directed three adaptations from Shakespeare. Two were recreated as samurai movies: Macbeth became THRONE OF BLOOD (1957), and King Lear inspired his last major film, the epic RAN (1985). THE BAD...

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  10. Kumonosu-Jo (1957 Film, Video)

    aka: Throne of Blood

    Director
    Akira Kurosawa
    Producer
    Akira Kurosawa

    The story of MACBETH transposed to medieval Japan, with Macbeth as a samurai and drawing on traditions from Noh drama. Toshiro Mifune is Macbeth. In Kurosawa’s masterly interpretation of MACBETH ‘the...

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