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William Shakespeare
	Date of Birth: Apr 23, 1564 Country: UK Biography: Born in 1564 in Stratford, England, William Shakespeare is considered one of the greatest playwrights and poets in the history of the English language. His works have been adapted and preformed all over the world. Total Films at Criticker: 133 - You've Seen 0
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Prince of the Himalayas (2012)

Summary: An adaptation of Shakespeare's Hamlet set in ancient Tibet.

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Coriolanus (2011)

Summary: A banished hero of Rome allies with a sworn enemy to take his revenge on the city.

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The Tempest (2010)

Summary: The Tempest is American comedy/drama film based on the play of the same name by William Shakespeare. The film is directed by Julie Taymor and stars an ensemble cast. The Tempest premiered at the Venice Film Festival in September 2010. (wikipedia.org)

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Macbeth (2010)

Summary: Patrick Stewart plays the title character in this PBS adaptation of Shakespeare's famous play.

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Hamlet (2009)

Summary: The Royal Shakespeare Company's award-winning production of Shakespeare's great play. Director Gregory Doran's modern-dress production was hailed by the critics as thrilling, fast-moving and, in parts, very funny. Hamlet must decide whether to avenge his father's murder at the hands of his uncle Claudius, who has married his brother's wife - Hamlet's mother, Gertrude. This visually sumptuous screen version was filmed on location with all of the original stage cast. (BBC iPlayer)

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Macbeth (2006)

Summary: A contemporary retelling of Shakespeare's "Macbeth" set in the ganglands of Melbourne. (imdb)

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As You Like It (2006)

Summary: Rosalind, daughter of a Duke, falls in love with Orlando, a young man who is subsequently banished. In order to pursue her beloved, Rosalind disguises herself as a man, resulting in comedic misunderstandings and adventures.

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Romeo & Juliet: Sealed with a Kiss (2006)

Summary: A fully animated feature fantasy about two star crossed seals from warring families that fall in love against their parents' wishes. (Indican Pictures)

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Legend of the Black Scorpion (2006)

Summary: A loose adaptation of Hamlet, "The Night Banquet" is set in an empire in chaos. The Emperor, the Empress, the Crown Prince, the Minister and the General all have their own enemies they would like to finish off at a night banquet. (imdb)

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The Merchant of Venice (2004)

Summary: Set in the lavish era of 16th century Italy, The Merchant of Venice follows the interlocking lives of a captivating assortment of Shakespearean characters in this story wrought with morality, revenge, redemption and love. (Sony Pictures Classics)

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Maqbool (2003)

Summary: Macbeth meets the Godfather in present-day Bombay. The Scottish tragedy set in the contemporary underworld of India's commercial capital; two corrupt, fortune telling policemen take the roles of the weird sisters, and "Duncan" is Abbaji, the head of a crime family. Abbaji's mistress and Maqbool plot and carry out his death; the sea plays the role of Birnham wood. (imdb)

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King of Texas (2002)

Summary: An updated version of 'William Shakespeare' 's King Lear, by way of Ran (1985), with Lear as a magnate in the Old West whose decision to divide his empire among his three daughters results in disaster. (imdb)

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King Rikki (2002)

Summary: Turf wars. Violent betrayals. A family torn apart by greed and jealousy. And one man who wants to rule the gang-ravaged streets of East L.A.

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Scotland, PA (2001)

Summary: A black comedy retelling of Shakespeare's "Macbeth," set against the backdrop of a fast food restaurant in early 70's, rural Pennsylvania. (Lot 47 Films)

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O (2001)

Summary: A contemporary retelling of "Othello," Shakespeare's timeless tale of treachery and jealousy, set in an elite private school located deep in the American South. (Lions Gate Films)

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Macbeth (2001)

Summary: Shakespeare's classic story of tyranny and ambition, directed by Gregory Doran and shot exclusively on location at the Roundhouse, London. (Sky Arts)

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Richard the Second (2001)

Summary: A banished nobleman returns to usurp the throne of England when the king seizes all his property.

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Hamlet (2000)

Summary: New York, 2000. A specter in the guise of the newly-dead CEO of Denmark Corporation appears to Hamlet, tells of murder most foul, demands revenge, and identifies the killer as Claudius, the new head of Denmark, Hamlet's uncle and now step-father. Hamlet must determine if the ghost is truly his father, and if Claudius did the deed. To buy time, Hamlet feigns madness; to catch his uncle's conscience, he invites him to watch a film he's made that shows a tale of murder... (imdb)

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The King Is Alive (2000)

Summary: Stranded in the heat of a barren African desert, eleven bus-passengers shelter in the remnants of an abandoned town. As rescue grows more remote by the day and anxiety deepens, an idea emerges: why not stage a play. However the choice of "King Lear" only manages to plunge this disparate group of travellers into turmoil as they struggle to overcome both nature's wrath and their own mortality. (IFC Films)

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Love's Labour's Lost (2000)

Summary: The King of Navarre and his three companions swear a very public oath to study together and to renounce women for three years. Their honour is immediately put to the test by the arrival of the Princess of France and her three lovely companions. It's love at first sight for all concerned followed by the men's highly entertaining but hopeless efforts to disguise their feelings. (imdb)

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Hamlet (2000)

Summary: William Shakespeare's immortal classic of revenge, murder -- and family. This version is set in turn-of-the-century America, infusing the play with compelling scenic and costumes design. (Hallmark Entertainment)

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A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999)

Summary: A fairy queen falls for a craftsman cursed with donkey's ears. (imdb)

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10 Things I Hate About You (1999)

Summary: A remake of the classic Shakespare play "The Taming of the Shrew.", set in a modern day highschool. (imdb)

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A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999)

Summary: Shakespeare's comedy about two couples in love with the wrong partners, and how they are finally brought together rightly, thanks in part to the bungling work of Puck.

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Titus (1999)

Summary: War begets revenge. Victorious general, Titus Andronicus, returns to Rome with hostages: Tamora queen of the Goths and her sons. He orders the eldest hewn to appease the Roman dead. He declines the proffered emperor's crown, nominating Saturninus, the last ruler's venal elder son. Saturninus, to spite his brother Bassianus, demands the hand of Lavinia, Titus's daughter. When Bassianus, Lavinia, and Titus's sons flee in protest, Titus stands against them and slays one of his own... (imdb)

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Looking for Richard (1996)

Summary: Director Al Pacino juxtaposes scene's from Richard III, scenes of rehearsals for Richard III, and sessions where parties involved discuss the play, the times that shaped the play and the events that happened at the time the play is set. Interviews with mostly British actors are also included, attempting to explain why American actors have more problems performing Shakespearean plays than they do. (imdb)

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Romeo + Juliet (1996)

Summary: Shakespeare's famous play is updated to the hip modern suburb of Verona still retaining its original dialogue. (imdb)

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Hamlet (1996)

Summary: Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, returns home to find his father murdered and his mother remarrying the murderer, his uncle. Meanwhile, war is brewing. (imdb)

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Twelfth Night (1996)

Summary: Brother and sister Viola and Sebastian, who are not only very close but look a great deal alike, are in a shipwreck, and both think the other dead. When she lands in a foreign country, Viola dresses as her brother and adopts the name Cesario, becoming a trusted friend and confidante to the Count Orsino. Orsino is madly in love with the lady Olivia, who is in mourning due to her brother's recent death, which she uses as an excuse to avoid seeing the count, whom she does not love.

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Tromeo and Juliet (1996)

Summary: A modern, punk adaptation of Shakespeare's classic. Told irreverently, this film attempts to impact the viewer in the same way theatre-goers were effected in Shakespeare's time (imdb)

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Othello (1995)

Summary: The evil Iago pretends to be friend of Othello in order to manipulate him to serve his own end in the film version of this Shakespeare classic. (imdb)

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Richard III (1995)

Summary: The classic Shakespearan play about a murderously scheming king staged in a alternative fascist England setting. (imdb)

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Much Ado About Nothing (1993)

Summary: Young lovers Hero and Claudio, soon to wed, conspire to get verbal sparring partners and confirmed singles Benedick and Beatrice to wed as well. (imdb)

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Prospero's Books (1991)

Summary: An exiled magician finds an opportunity for revenge against his enemies muted when his daughter and the son of his chief enemy fall in love in this uniquely structured retelling of the 'The Tempest'. Intricate staging, graphic nudity, and lavish art production are part of this lurid spectacle. Shakespeare has never seemed quite the same. (imdb)

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My Own Private Idaho (1991)

Summary: Surreal character study focusing on the friendship between two male hustlers, Mike and Scott, in Portland, Oregon. They live on the streets, do drugs, and sell themselves to men and women. Mike (River Phoenix) is quiet, gay and suffers from narcolepsy. Abandoned as a child, he is obsessed with finding his long-lost mother. Scott (Keanu Reeves) is the rebellious son of a high-ranking family, who lives this life mostly to embarrass his father... (imdb)

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Hamlet (1990)

Summary: Zefferelli does yet another Shakespeare, with less success than he had with Taming of the Shrew or Romeo and Juliet. Hamlet returns to Denmark when his father, the King, dies. His mother Gertrude has already married Hamlet's uncle Claudius, the new King... (imdb)

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Men of Respect (1990)

Summary: MacBeth-as-mafioso.

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Henry V (1989)

Summary: The gritty adaption of William Shakespeare's play about the English King's bloody conquest of France. (imdb)

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Resan till Melonia (1989)

Summary: The beautiful paradise island Melonia is inhabited by the wizard Prospero, his daughter Miranda and all their friends. The island is under threat from the coal black industry island Plutonia, governed by two profit hungry managers who keeps small children as their slaves in the factories. (imdb)

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King Lear (1987)

Summary: Everything returns to normal after Chernobyl. That is, everything but art. Most of the great works are lost, and it is up to people like William Shakespeare Junior the Fifth to restore the lost artwork of the human race. (imdb)

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The Angelic Conversation (1985)

Summary: An unseen woman recites Shakespeare's sonnets - fourteen in all - as a man wordlessly seeks his heart's desire. (imdb)

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Love's Labour's Lost (1985)

Summary: When the King of Navarre and three of his cronies swear to spend all their days in study and not to look at any girls... (imdb)

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Ran (1985)

Summary: An elderly lord abdicates to his three sons, and the two corrupt ones turn against him. (imdb)

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Titus Andronicus (1985)

Summary: Having subdued the Goths, warrior Titus Andronicus returns to Rome to bury his sons, with Gothic Queen Tamora and her retinue as captives. The newly-dead Roman Emperor's two sons, Saturninus and Bassianus, are competing for their father's title. According to Roman custom, Titus sacrifices Tamora's eldest son to the Gods; having the deciding vote, he also chooses Saturninus as Emperor. Both acts have tragic consequences. (imdb)

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The Life and Death of King John (1984)

Summary: The Life and Death of King John, a history play by William Shakespeare, dramatises the reign of John, King of England (ruled 1199–1216), son of Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine and father of Henry III of England. (wikipedia)

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Much Ado About Nothing (1984)

Summary: Benedick and Beatrice fight their merry war of words. But when Beatrice's friend, Hero, is humiliatingly jilted by Benedick's best friend... (imdb)

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Coriolanus (1984)

Summary: Coriolanus is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1605 and 1608. The play is based on the life of the legendary Roman leader, Gaius Marcius Coriolanus. (wikipedia)

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Pericles, Prince of Tyre (1984)

Summary: When Pericles discovers the dread answer to Antioch's riddle, he flees for his life straight into famine... (imdb)

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Henry VI Part Three (1983)

Summary: 3 Henry VI deals primarily with the horrors of that conflict, as the once ordered nation is thrown into chaos and barbarism as families break down and moral codes are subverted in the pursuit of revenge and power. (wikipedia)

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King Lear (1983)

Summary: A made for TV version of the classic Shakespeare play about an elder king who must choose which of her daughters will inherit the throne, with disastrous consequences.

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Macbeth (1983)

Summary: Macbeth and his wife murder Duncan in order to gain his crown, but the bloodbath doesn't stop there, and things supernatural combine to bring the Macbeths down. (imdb)

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Richard III (1983)

Summary: Richard Duke of Gloucester, youngest brother of King Edward IV, will stop at nothing to get the crown... (imdb)

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Henry VI Part Two (1983)

Summary: 2 Henry VI focuses on the King's inability to quell the bickering of his nobles, the death of his trusted adviser Duke Humphrey of Gloucester, the rise of the Duke of York and the inevitability of armed conflict. As such, the play culminates with the opening battle of the War, the First Battle of St Albans. (wikipedia)

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The Two Gentlemen of Verona (1983)

Summary: In the beginning of the play, Valentine is getting ready to leave Verona to visit Milan so as to broaden his horizons. He begs his best friend, Proteus, to come with him, but Proteus is in love with a girl named Julia, and refuses to leave. As such, after bidding Proteus farewell, Valentine goes on alone. (wikipedia)

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Henry VI Part One (1983)

Summary: Henry VI deals with the loss of England's French territories and the political machinations leading up to the Wars of the Roses, as the English political system is torn apart by personal squabbles and petty jealousy. (wikipedia)

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The Comedy of Errors (1983)

Summary: Aegeon of Syracuse has come to Ephesus to seek his son, who went in search of his missing twin and mother months ago... (imdb)

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The Black Adder (1983)

Summary: Set in England at the end of the War of the Roses, we soon find out that the history we know is a Tudor fiction. In fact, Henry VII did not actually win the battle of Bosworth Field; he lost and though Richard III died in the battle, his nephew King Richard IV (who certainly was not smothered while still a boy in the Tower of London) reigned on for some years. The story focuses on Richard IV's younger son Prince Edmund, a sniveling coward who calls himself the 'Black Adder'. (imdb)

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The Merry Wives of Windsor (1982)

Summary: When Sir John Falstaff decides that he wants to have a little fun he writes two letters to a pair of Window wives: Mistress Ford and Mistress Page... (imdb)

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Macbeth (1982)

Summary: The film is comprised of two uninterrupted shots, the first a 5-minute segment preceding the credits and the remainder a 67-minute segment shot largely in close-ups. (iMDB)

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Cymbeline (1982)

Summary: Cymbeline, the King of Britain, is angry that his daughter Imogen has chosen a poor (but worthy) man for her husband... (imdb)

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King Lear (1982)

Summary: King Lear, old and tired, divides his kingdom among his daughters, giving great importance to their protestations of love for him... (imdb)

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A Midsummer Night's Dream (1981)

Summary: This play gets its title from the name of a British holiday called Midsummer Day, the feast of John the Baptist, celebrated on June 24 with merrymaking. On Midsummer Night, witches, goblins, and fairies materialized to hold a festival of their own. Shakespeare's play capitalizes on the magic of the occasion. Set in Athens, it begins when Duke Theseus orders gala ceremonies for his coming marriage to Hippolyta, Queen of the Amazons. (allrovi.com)

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All's Well That Ends Well (1981)

Summary: Helena loves Bertram, but he's of noble birth, while she's just a doctor's daughter. But Bertram is at the court of the King of France... (imdb)

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The Winter's Tale (1981)

Summary: King Leontes of Bohemia suspects his wife, Hermione, and his friend, Polixenes, of betraying him. When he forces Polixenes to flee for his life, Leontes sets in motion a chain of events that lead to death, a ferocious bear, an infant left in the snow, young love, and a statue coming to life. (imdb)

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Antony & Cleopatra (1981)

Summary: Octavius Caesar (later renamed Augustus Caesar, son of the murdered Julius Caesar), Marc Antony, and Lepidus form the triumvirate... (imdb)

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Othello (1981)

Summary: Iago and a comrade-in-arms are outside the Venice home of Desdemona's father, who does not yet know that she has eloped with Othello... (imdb)

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Timon of Athens (1981)

Summary: Timon loves to give parties and objects to friends, but when he cannot pay his creditors, his "friends" refuse to help him, and he becomes a misanthropic hermit. (imdb)

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Troilus & Cressida (1981)

Summary: Troilus and Cressida is set during the later years of the Trojan War, faithfully following the plotline of the Iliad from Achilles' refusal to participate in battle to Hector's death. (wikipedia)

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The Taming of the Shrew (1980)

Summary: The swaggering Petruchio, eager to wive it wealthily in Padua, agrees to marry the spitting hellcat, Katherine. (imdb)

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The Merchant of Venice (1980)

Summary: A rich merchant, Antonio is depressed for no good reason, until his good friend Bassanio comes to tell him how he's in love with Portia... (imdb)

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The Tempest (1980)

Summary: It is set on a remote island, where Prospero, the exiled Duke of Milan, plots to restore his daughter Miranda to her rightful place, using illusion and skillful manipulation. He conjures up a storm, the eponymous tempest, to lure to the island his usurping brother Antonio and the complicit Alonso, King of Naples. There, his machinations bring about the revelation of Antonio's low nature, the redemption of Alonso, and the marriage of Miranda to Alonso's son, Ferdinand. (wikipedia)

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Twelfth Night (1980)

Summary: Viola and Sebastian are lookalike twins, separated by a shipwreck. Viola lands in Illyria, where she disguises herself like her brother and goes into the service of the Duke Orsino... (imdb)

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Hamlet (1980)

Summary: Hamlet comes home from university to find his uncle married to his mother, and his father's ghost haunting the battlements and scaring the watch. Then his father's ghost directs him to seek revenge. (imdb)

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Henry VIII (1979)

Summary: The play opens with a Prologue, (a figure otherwise unidentified), who stresses that the audience will see a serious play, and appeals to the audience members, "The first and happiest hearers of the town," to "Be sad, as we would make ye." (wikipedia)

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Julius Caesar (1979)

Summary: The assassination of the would be ruler of Rome at the hands of Brutus and company has tragic consequences for Brutus and the republic. (imdb)

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The Tempest (1979)

Summary: Prospero, a potent magician, lives on a desolate isle with his virginal daughter, Miranda. He's in exile, banished from his duchy by his usurping brother and the King of Naples. Providence brings these enemies near; aided by his vassal the spirit Ariel, Prospero conjures a tempest to wreck the Italian ship. The king's son, thinking all others lost, becomes Prospero's prisoner, falling in love with Miranda and she with him. (imdb)

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Henry V (1979)

Summary: Henry V is a history play by William Shakespeare, believed to be written in approximately 1599. Its full titles are The Cronicle History of Henry the Fifth (in the First Quarto text) and The Life of Henry the Fifth (in the First Folio text). It tells the story of King Henry V of England, focusing on events immediately before and after the Battle of Agincourt (1415) during the Hundred Years' War. (wikipedia)

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Henry IV Part II (1979)

Summary: Henry IV, Part 2 is a history play by William Shakespeare, believed written between 1596 and 1599. It is the third part of a tetralogy, preceded by Richard II and Henry IV, Part 1 and succeeded by Henry V. (wikipedia)

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Measure for Measure (1979)

Summary: When the Duke of Vienna takes a mysterious leave of absence and leaves the strict Angelo in charge, things couldn't be worse for Claudio... (imdb)

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Henry IV Part I (1979)

Summary: Henry IV is facing revolt even as his son, Prince Hal, dallies in the tavern with the incorrigible rogue Sir John Falstaff. Will Prince Hal see the duty inherent in his birthright and privilege, or will he remain tainted by his self-made disrepute, unable to regain the honour that he secretly nourishes within himself?

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As You Like It (1978)

Summary: Orlando, a younger brother, is forced to work like a servant for his brother Oliver, so he goes to win his fortune in a wrestling contest, where he meets a lady of the court, Rosalind... (imdb)

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Richard II (1978)

Summary: A clash of wills arises as the Duke of Hereford, Henry Bolingbroke, goes up against King Richard II for the English throne in this retelling of Shakespeare's play.

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Romeo & Juliet (1978)

Summary: Two households, both alike in dignity, in fair Verona where we lay our scene, from ancient grudge break to new mutiny where civil blood makes civil hands unclean... (imdb)

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Antony and Cleopatra (1974)

Summary: Another take on the famous Shakespeare play, made for British television

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Un Amleto di meno (1973)

Summary: A parody of Shakespeare with Hamlet as a frustrated playwright, Polonius as a bumbling Freudian psychologist, Ophelia and Gertrude as half-naked fantasy figures.

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The Merchant of Venice (1973)

Summary: Antonio's friend Bassanio is in love and needs money to go courting. Using Antonio as his collateral, he borrows money from Shylock. But when the debt comes due, Shylock demands repayment in the form of a pound of Antonio's flesh. This is a video of the 1970 National Theatre stage production with most of the same cast. (imdb)

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Theater of Blood (1973)

Summary: A Shakespearean actor takes poetic revenge on the critics who denied him recognition. (imdb)

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Antony and Cleopatra (1972)

Summary: The film stars Charlton Heston and Hildegarde Neil in the title roles, with Eric Porter, John Castle, Fernando Rey, Carmen Sevilla, Freddie Jones and Douglas Wilmer. The film received poor reviews and, as a consequence, a very limited release in the USA. (wikipedia.org)

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King Lear (1971)

Summary: An aging king mistakenly exiles the one daughter who loves him and divides his kingdom between the other two. (TCM.com)

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Macbeth (1971)

Summary: A ruthlessly ambitious Scottish lord siezes the throne with the help of his scheming wife and a trio of witches. (imdb)

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A Herança (1970)

Summary: Transposition of the classical play "Hamlet" to the Brazilian rural scenery. Farmer's son returns home after his father's death and can't stand the thought of his mother marrying his uncle. (imdb)

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Julius Caesar (1970)

Summary: All star cast heads up this 1970 remake of the William Shakespeare classic tale of the betrayal of the the Roman senate against their emperor, the plotting and scheming that led up to the assassination of the title charecter, and all of Romes' fickleness towards the events. (imdb)

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The Merchant of Venice (1969)

Summary: The film is missing only a small portion of the end and a soundtrack reel. It now exists in a 40 minute print in possession of the Munich Filmuseum. (imdb)

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Hamlet (1969)

Summary: The first Hamlet filmed in color. The film, a departure from big-budget Hollywood renditions of classics, was made with a small budget and a very minimalist set, consisting of Renaissance fixtures and costumes in a dark, shadowed space. A brick tunnel is used for the scenes on the battlements. The Ghost of Hamlet's father is represented only by a light shining on the observers. (wikipedia)

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A Midsummer Night's Dream (1968)

Summary: British director Peter Hall's 1968 filmization of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, starring the Royal Shakespeare Company, is faithful to the text and to the main plot, which involves the "bewitching" of several groups of mortals by a covey of mischievous invisible fairies. So why did critics complain? Hall's handling of Shakespeare's prose and iambic pentameter didn't bother the purists as much as the director's visual choices. (allrovi.com)

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Romeo and Juliet (1968)

Summary: When the now famous "star crossed lovers" of two enemy families meet, forbidden love ensues. (imdb)

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The Taming of the Shrew (1967)

Summary: Brutish, fortune-hunting scoundrel Pertuchio tames his wealthy shrewish wife, Katharina. (imdb)

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Teenage Gang Debs (1966)

Summary: A no-good Manhattan girl moves in on a Brooklyn gang. Using her obvious charms she gets the leader killed in a fight over her and then takes up with the victor and new head man. Then she starts pushing him to get out onto the streets to mix it with rival gangs. (imdb)

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Chimes at Midnight (1965)

Summary: The career of Shakespeare's Sir John Falstaff as roistering companion to young Prince Hal, circa 1400-1413. (imdb)

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Othello (1965)

Summary: Desdemona defies her father to marry the Moor of Venice, the mighty warrior, Othello. But Othello's old lieutenant, Iago, doesn't like Othello, and is determined to bring about the downfall of Othello's new favorite, Cassio, and destroy Othello in the process, by casting aspersions on Othello's new bride. (imdb)

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Hamlet (1964)

Summary: The highly successful 1964 Richard Burton Broadway production of "Hamlet", deliberately staged in the style of a "dress rehearsal", but performed in front of a live audience. (imdb)

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Carry on Cleo (1964)

Summary: Two Britons are captured and enslaved by invading Romans and taken to Rome. Hengist Pod creates useless inventions, while Horsa is a brave and cunning fighter. One of their first encounters in Rome leaves Hengist being mistaken for a fighter, and gets drafted into the Royal Guard to protect Cleopatra. Cleo doesn't want him around and plots for his sudden demise... (imdb)

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All Night Long (1962)

Summary: Over the course of one eventful evening, during the anniversary celebration of the musical and romantic partners Aurelius Rex (Paul Harris), a bandleader, and Delia Lane (Marti Stevens), a singer, Johnny Cousin (Patrick McGoohan), racked by ambition and jealousy, attempts to tear the interracial couple apart. (criterion.com)

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Hamlet, Prinz von Dänemark (1961)

Summary: Hamlet returns to his remarkably minimalistic palace in Denmark and finds out his father is dead and his uncle Claudius has married his mother Gertrude. His father's ghost appears, and tells Hamlet to avenge him forthwith. (imdb)

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Der Rest ist Schweigen (1959)

Summary: The heir to a German factory has been living in the US for many years. When he returns home, though, he has doubts about the way in which his father has died.

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Throne of Blood (1957)

Summary: A ruthlessly ambitious lord, egged on by his wife, works to fulfill a prophesy that he would become Emperor. (imdb)

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Forbidden Planet (1956)

Summary: A starship crew goes to investigate the silence of a planet's colony only to find two survivors and a deadly secret that one of them has. (imdb)

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Joe MacBeth (1955)

Summary: Shakespeare (more-or-less) in modern gangster setting. Lily MacBeth pushes her husband Joe to rub out the reigning crime boss and become the new "kingpin" himself. Success is short- lived, however, as he confronts Lennie, a mobster whose father and wife are Joe's murder victims. (imdb)

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Richard III (1955)

Summary: Richard's military skills have helped to put his older brother Edward on the throne of England. (imdb)

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Romeo and Juliet (1954)

Summary: In Shakespeare's classic play, the Montagues and Capulets, two families of Renaissance Italy, have hated each other for years, but the son of one family and the daughter of the other fall desperately in love and secretly marry. (imdb)

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Julius Caesar (1953)

Summary: Brutus, Cassius, and other high-ranking Romans murder Caesar, because they believe his ambition will lead to tyranny. The people of Rome are on their side until Antony, Caesar's right-hand man, makes a moving speech. The conspirators are driven from Rome, and two armies are formed: one side following the conspirators; the other, Antony. Antony has the superior force, and surrounds Brutus and Cassius, but they kill themselves to avoid capture. (imdb)

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King Lear (1953)

Summary: Orson Welles stars in the 1953 Omnibus version of Shakespeare's classic tragedy, originally broadcast on CBS using a shortened version of the play, which was staged by Peter Brook and filmed by director Andrew McCullough. Welles's energetic portrayal fully captures the dramatic force of Lear's epic denial, madness and loss. The first-rate cast also features Alan Badel as the Fool and Natasha Parry as Cordelia.

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Othello (1952)

Summary: Desdemona, daughter of a Venetian aristocrat, elopes with Moorish military hero Othello, to the great resentment of Othello's envious underling Iago (imdb)

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The Lovers of Verona (1949)

Summary: Angelo, a glass-blower from Murano, and Georgia Maglia, the pretty daughter of a fascist magistrate, are chosen to be the stand-ins for the stars of a film version of "Romeo and Juliet" being shot on location in Venice. It is not long before they fall in love and their romance parallels that of Shakespeare's timeless heroes. Indeed their union is threatened by the schemings of Angelo, the Magia family's dubious tout... (imdb)

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Hamlet (1948)

Summary: In this film of the classic Shakespearean play, a Danish prince seeks to avenge his father's death when his uncle murders his father... (imdb)

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Macbeth (1948)

Summary: In fog-dripping, barren and sometimes macabre settings, 11th-century Scottish nobleman Macbeth is led by an evil prophecy and his ruthless yet desirable wife to the treasonous act that makes him king. But he does not enjoy his newfound, dearly-won kingship... Restructured, but all the dialogue is Shakespeare's. (imdb)

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Henry V (1944)

Summary: Based on one the most popular historical plays by Shakespeare and made in order to boost moral of British troops during WW2... (imdb)

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The Boys from Syracuse (1940)

Summary: A musical based on Shakespeare's "Comedy of Errors", but set in ancient Greece. (Leonard Maltin's Movie & Video Guide)

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Romeo and Juliet (1936)

Summary: Shakespeare's classic tale of young lovers from feuding families. (TCM.com)

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A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935)

Summary: Theseus, Duke of Athens, is going to marry Hyppolyta, Queen of the Amazons. Demetrius is engaged with Hermia, but Hermia loves Lysander. Helena loves Demetrius. Oberon and Titania, of the kingdom of fairies have a slight quarrel about whether or not the boy Titania is raising will join Titania's band or Oberon's, so Oberon tries to get him from her by using some magic... (imdb)

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The Taming of the Shrew (1929)

Summary: Baptista Minola, a wealthy resident of Padua, is the father of Katherine and Bianca. The younger daughter, Bianca, is charming and has many suitors. But her father will not allow Bianca to be married until her older sister, who is notoriously quarrelsome and bad-tempered, is married first. When Petruchio comes from Verona to Padua in search of a wife, he hears of this situation, and he accepts the challenge of trying to woo and marry the ill-natured Katherine. (imdb)

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Hamlet (1921)

Summary: Danish silent movie-star Asta Nielsen formed her own production company to make this film, in which new elements are combined with features familiar from Shakespeare's version of the legend. The most important of these changes sees Hamlet made into a female character - a princess forced to masquerade as a man by her scheming mother; from this follows Hamlet's secret passion for Horatio and rivalry with Ophelia for his love. (imdb)

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For Åbent Tæppe (1912)

Summary: A husband and wife are preparing to act the roles of Othello and Desdemona in a play. While the wife is in her dressing room, she has to fight off unwelcome advances from one of the other actors. She also receives flowers from another admirer, and after rehearsal, she meets this man for a romantic interlude. The rejected actor follows her, and then proceeds to tell the already anxious husband what he has seen.

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Richard III (1911)

Summary: Although several others are ahead of him in the line of succession, Richard of Gloucester is determined to gain the throne. Through deceit, manipulation, and murder, he does become King Richard III of England. But once he becomes king, he soon finds out that the many enemies he has made will make it very difficult for him to remain on the throne for long. (imdb)

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Twelfth Night (1910)

Summary: When Viola and her twin brother Sebastian are shipwrecked and separated, Viola dresses in her brother's clothes and becomes a page in the palace of the Duke of Orsino. Thinking Viola is a boy, the Duke sends her with a message to Olivia, whom he loves. A series of complications begins when Olivia falls in love with the page 'boy' (imdb)

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Re Lear (1910)

Summary: Hand-tinted Italian verison of the Shakespeare Classic

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Il Mercante di Venezia (1910)

Summary: With a friend desperate for money, a merchant takes out a loan from a ruthless money-lender. Confident that his ships will soon be bringing him great wealth, the merchant willingly agrees to conditions of the loan that put him at great personal risk (imdb)

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A Midsummer Night's Dream (1909)

Summary: In ancient Athens, four young lovers escape into the woods. Meanwhile, tradesmen rehearse a play. All of them suffer from the shenanigans of mischievous fairies. (imdb)

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Romeo and Juliet (1908)

Summary: Two feuding houses are united with the marriage and eventual death of their children. (imdb)

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Macbeth (1908)

Summary: Macbeth usurps the Scottish throne by murdering his predecessor. (imdb)

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The Taming of the Shrew (1908)

Summary: Based on Shakespeare's play: Petruchio courts the bad-tempered Katharina, and tries to change her aggressive behavior. (imdb)

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King John (1899)

Summary: This short film recreates King John's death scene at the end of the play (imdb.com)

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