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English poet and playwright William Shakespeare is believed born 23 April 1564 (based on a baptismal record of 26 April) in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire. His father John was a successful local tradesman; his mother Mary Arden was of the gentry. Will married Anne Hathaway on 28 November 1582 – he was 18, she was 26 and 3 months pregnant. His first child, Susanna, was baptised at Stratford on 26 May 1583; twin children – son Hamnet & daughter Judith – were baptised on 2 February 1585; Hamnet died in 1596.
Will's early writing career is undocumented, but his first authenticated plays are dated to 1590. Scholars argue over the details, but Will wrote about thirty-eight plays, about 154 sonnets, and a variety of other poems. Will was a popular actor and playwright (then often a collaborative job) in London, known to have moved to Bishopsgate area of London in 1598. He was member and part-owner of the theater company The Lord Chamberlain's Men (named for its patron), which evolved after the death of Elizabeth I into The King's Men (named for patron King James I). (The theater company owned the Globe Theater: built in 1599, destroyed by fire in 1613 (ignited from a cannon-blast during a play), rebuilt in 1614, closed by edict in 1642, torn down in 1644.)
Success in the theater provided funds enough for Will to own a house in Blackfriars, London and the second-largest house in Stratford. He seems to have retired to Stratford in 1613, where he died on 23 April 1616. He was buried in the chancel of Holy Trinity Church in Stratford-upon-Avon; his widow died in 1623.
William Shakespeare was popular and successful in his lifetime, but the closing of all theaters in Britain in 1642 left playwrights & actors of the time in obscurity. But Will's reputation was restored in the XIXth Century, largely by touring acting companies & actors such as Thomas Keene, so that Will is now generally considered the greatest writer in the English language. He is also considered the English national poet, often referred to as the 'Bard of Avon'.
While a few of Shakespeare's plays were published earlier, the basis for most texts is the posthumous First Folio of 1623. (The precise wording and spelling and punctuation of works of the time are often uncertain.) All but two of his sonnets were published in 1609.
In modern times, Shakespeare's plays remain the most-often produced stage works around the world. Projects exist to re-publish complete [perhaps definitive] texts – Arden, Oxford, Folger Library editions, and the Arkangel audio recordings – and to film all the plays – a joint effort of A.B.C. & the B.B.C. Most of Shakespeare's works are available as online etexts, of varying quality.
Shakespeare On Film – Books
Wm. Shakespeare's movie & tv credits {over 600 listings} at Internet Movie Database
'Shakespeare on screen' entry at Wikipedia
Shakespeare On Film
Sections below include films based on
"A Midsummer Night's Dream"
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"Hamlet"
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"Julius Caesar"
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"King Lear"
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"Macbeth"
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"Merchant of Venice"
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"Othello"
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"Romeo & Juliet"
Non-Play Films & Film Collections
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"Shakespeare Collection DVD Box Set" [2007 compilation]
Warner Home Video b&w/color DVD set [8/2007] 5 disks for $53.99 includes "A Midsummer Night's Dream" [1935] with James Cagney; 2-disk "Romeo and Juliet" [1936] starring Norma Shearer; "Othello" [1965] starring Laurence Olivier; and "Hamlet" [1996] by Kenneth Branagh |
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"Olivier's Shakespeare" [2006 compilation]
Criterion DVD [8/2006] 3 disks for $71.99 includes "Henry V" [1944], "Hamlet" [1948] & "Richard III" [1955] |
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"In Search of Shakespeare" [P.B.S. miniseries Feb 2004]
Written by Michael Wood; directed by David Wallace P.B.S. color DVD [2/2004] for $35.99 P.B.S. color VHS [2/2004] 2 tapes out of stock/used full credits at IMDb • P.B.S. official website |
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"William Shakespeare: A Life of Drama" [A&E Biography 2004]
A&E color DVD [8/2004] for $21.99 not listed at IMDb |
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"The Reduced Shakespeare Company: The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)" [P.B.S. 2000]
The Reduced Shakespeare Company is comprised of three actors – Adam Long, Reed Martin & Austin Tichenor – who perform 37 of Shakespeare's works in under two hours. Produced & directed by Paul Kafno Acorn Media color DVD [5/2003] for $19.99 Acorn Media color VHS [7/2001] out of prodn/used full credits at IMDb • official website |
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"Silent Shakespeare" [2000 compilation]
Image Ent. silent tinted & b&w DVD [6/2000] for $26.99 Image Ent. silent tinted & b&w VHS [1/2002] out of stock/rare includes digital restorations by the British Film Institute of "King John" [Britain 1899 fragment] starring Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree; "The Tempest" [Britain 1908 short]; "A Midsummer Night's Dream" [USA 1909]; "King Lear" [Italy 1910], "Twelfth Night" [USA 1910 short]; "The Merchant of Venice" [Italy 1910 short]; & "Richard III" [Britain 1911] starring Sir Frank Benson |
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"Shakespeare: The Animated Tales" [BBC2-TV 1992-94]
Twelve half-hour episodes, in many styles: "A Midsummer Night's Dream", "As You Like It", "Hamlet", "Julius Caesar", "Macbeth", "Othello", "Richard III", "Romeo & Juliet", "Taming of The Shrew", "The Tempest", "Twelfth Night" & "The Winter's Tale" Ambrose color DVD [7/2004] 4 discs for $71.99 full credits at IMDb |
"Chimes At Midnight"
aka "Campanadas a Medianoche" [Spain 1965]
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"Chimes at Midnight: Orson Welles, Director" [1989] critical text by Bridget Gellert Lyons Rutgers Univ Press 9x6 pb [2/89] for $22.00 Rutgers Univ Press 8½x6¼ hardcover [2/89] out of print/used |
"The Complete Dramatic Works
of William Shakespeare" [B.B.C./Time-Life 2002-2005]
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The Histories: includes "Henry IV, Part I", "Henry IV, Part II", "Henry V", "Richard II" & "Richard III" Ambrose color DVD giftbox [8/2004] 5 disks for $134.99 The Comedies: includes "A Midsummer Night's Dream", "As You Like It", "The Merchant of Venice", "The Taming of The Shrew" & "The Tempest" B.B.C. color DVD giftbox [8/2003] 5 disks for $134.99 The Tragedies - set 1: includes "Hamlet", "Julius Caesar", "Macbeth", "Othello" & "Romeo and Juliet" Ambrose color DVD giftbox [7/2002] 5 disks for $134.99 The Tragedies - set 2: includes "Anthony and Cleopatra", "Coriolanus", "King Lear", "Timon of Athens" & "Titus Andronicus" Ambrose color DVD giftbox [10/2005] 5 disks for $134.99 |
The Tragedy of Macbeth [1606]
An 11th-century Scottish nobleman, under pressure by his ruthless wife, murders his soveriegn,
is proclaimed king in his stead, then is undone by his own character flaws.
'Macbeth' entry at Wikipedia
Polanski's "Macbeth"
Wajda's "Siberian Lady Macbeth" 1961
Macbeth" 1963 by GSchaefer
"Macbeth" [2007] by Aussie director Geoffrey Wright
http://www.trulyindie.com/ti/macbethcs.html
"Macbeth"
b&w feature film [Mercury/Republic Oct 1948]
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Produced, adapted & directed by & starring Orson Welles [1915-85]; co-starring Jeanette Nolan, Dan O'Herlihy, Roddy McDowall, Edgar Barrier & Erskine Sanford
Republic b&w DVD [1/98] out of prodn/used Republic b&w VHS [1/98] out of prodn/used full credits at IMDb |
"Throne of Blood" aka 'Kumonosu jo'
[Jan 1957; US release Nov 1961]
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Based on Shakespeare's 'Macbeth': After a great military victory, two noble warriors are promoted by the emperor; Washizu's wife plots with him to take over the throne. Co-written & directed by Akira Kurosawa [1910-98]; starring Toshirô Mifune, Isuzu Yamada, Minoru Chiaki & Takashi Shimura
Home Vision b&w DVD [5/2003] for $29.66 Home Vision b&w VHS [2/99] for $29.95 full credits at IMDb |
Othello, The Moor of Venice [circa 1603]
The villain manipulates the newly-married 'noble Moor' commander of the Venetian forces in Cyprus by convincing him
that his bride is having an affair with the second-in-command. Othello smothers his innocent bride, and when the villain's wife
later proves her innocence, the villain kills her and then the grief-stricken tragic hero commits suicide.
'Othello' entry at Wikipedia
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"Othello, The Moor of Venice" play text [circa 1603] Washington Square Press {Folger Library] mass pb [7/2004] for $5.99 Washington Square Press {Folger Library] 8¼x5½ pb [7/2004] for $7.95 Oxford Univ Press 7¾x5 pb [6/2006] for $8.95 Arden 3rd edition 8x6½ pb [10/96] for $13.99 |
"The Tragedy of Othello: The Moor of Venice"
[France 1952; U.S.A. 1955; restored in 1991]
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Filmed over four years, using Welles' own money, on location in Morocco & Italy. Co-written & directed by & starring Orson Welles; also starring Micheál MacLiammóir, Robert Coote & Suzanne Cloutier; tied for Palme D'Or Prize at the 1952 Cannes Film Festival
Image Ent. b&w DVD [8/99] out of stock/used Kino Video b&w VHS [yr=?] out of stock/used Academy b&w VHS [yr=?] out of stock/used full credits at IMDb |
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"Put Money in Thy Purse" by Micheál MacLiammóir, Foreword by Orson Welles Details of the lengthy and complicated filming of Welles' 1952 "Othello" by the actor who portrayed Iago. Virgin Books pb [4/94] out of print/rare |
"Othello" [B.H.E./Warner Bros. Dec 1965]
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National Theatre of Great Britain's 1965 production starring Laurence Olivier recorded on film. Directed by Stuart Burge; co-starring Maggie Smith, Frank Finlay, Joyce Redman, Derek Jacobi & Robert Lang; nominated for 4 acting Oscars
Warner color VHS [9/98] out of stock/used full credits at IMDb |
"Othello" [B.B.C.-TimeLife tv movie Oct 1981]
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Directed by Jonathan Miller; starring Anthony Hopkins, Anthony Pedley, Bob Hoskins, Penelope Wilton & Rosemary Leach
available only as part of B.B.C. Complete Tragedies Gift Box Set full credits at IMDb |
"Otello" [Cannon/MGM-UA Dec 1986]
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Giuseppe Verdi's 1881 Italian-language opera, based on Shakespeare's play.
Adapted & directed by Franco Zeffirelli; starring Plácido Domingo, Katia Ricciarelli, Justino Díaz & Petra Malakova M.G.M. color DVD [4/2003] for $12.99 Kultur color VHS [8/91] for $23.70 full credits at IMDb |
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"Wm. Shakespeare's Othello" [South Africa Dec 1989]
1988 performance in post-apartheid Johannesburg, South Africa. Directed by Janet Suzman; starring John Kani, Richard Haddon Haines, Joanna Weinberg & Dorothy Gould ArtHaus color DVD [9/2005] for $29.99 full credits at IMDb |
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"Othello" [Royal National Theater filmed play June 1990] Set during the American Civil War. Directed by Trevor Nunn; starring Willard White, Ian McKellen (as Iago), Imogen Stubbs & Zoë Wanamaker Image Ent. color DVD [11/2004] for $22.99 color VHS [yr=?] out of stock/rare full credits at IMDb |
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"Othello" [Castle Rock/Columbia Dec 1995]
Truncated version, not recommended. Adapted & directed by Oliver Parker; starring Laurence Fishburne, Irène Jacob, Kenneth Branagh, Nathaniel Parker, Michael Maloney & Anna Patrick Turner widescreen DVD [1/2000] for $14.99 Sony color VHS [2/94] out of stock/used full credits at IMDb |
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"Omkara" [Shemaroo/Eros India July 2006]
An updated, uniquely Indian musical version of Shakespeare's Othello, set in modern rural Uttar Pradesh. Co-written, directed & original music by Vishal Bharadwaj; starring Ajay Devgan, Saif Ali Khan, Kareena Kapoor, Bipasha Basu, Vivek Oberoi, Naseeruddin Shah & Konkona Sen Sharma Eros Ent. color DVD [4/2007] 2 disks for $17.99 full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia |
King Lear [1605]
The king decides to abdicate the throne and divide the kingdom between his three daughters,
which sets off bickering and madness and murder.
'King Lear' entry at Wikipedia
"King Lear" aka 'Korol Lir'
[Russia Feb 1971, USA Aug 1975]
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Superb Russian-language film, based on the 1941 translation by Boris Pasternak
Written & directed by Grigori Kozintsev [1905-73], co-directed by Iosif Shapiro; starring Jüri Järvet {as Lear}, Galina Volchek, Elza Radzina, Valentina Shendrikova, Regimantas Adomaitis, Donatas Banionis, Karl Sebris, Juozas Budraitis, Oleg Dal, Roman Gromadsky & Nikolai Kuzmin Facets subtitled widescreen b&w DVD [1/2007] for $26.99 full credits at IMDb |
"King Lear" [1971] by Peter Brook, with Paul Scofield as Lear
"King Lear" [1984]
Directed by Michael Elliott, with Laurence Olivier as Lear
Kurosawa's "Ran" (Chaos) [Japan 1985]
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Based on Wm. Shakespeare's 'King Lear': An aging warlord of Japan decides to split his kingdom between his three sons, who will live in three separate castles.
The title means 'chaos'; co-written & directed by Akira Kurosawa [1910-98]; starring Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Terao, Jinpachi Nezu, Daisuke Ryu, Mieko Harada & Yoshiko Miyazaki; nominated for Best Director, Best Cinematography & Best Art Direction Oscars, won Oscar for Best Costumes; won BAFTA for Best Foreign Language Film
Criterion color DVD w/subtitles [11/2005] 2 discs for $29.99 Fox Lorber color DVD w/subtitles [4/2003] for $21.99 Fox Lorber color DVD w/subtitles [8/98] for $21.99 Fox Lorber letterbox VHS w/subtitles [3/98] out of stock/used full credits at IMDb "Ran" art book [1986] by Akira Kurosawa |
Godard's "King Lear"
[Cannon France 1987, USA Jan 1988]
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Godard's intellectually-challenging Lear takes place in a post-Chernobyl parallel universe, more gonzo cinema than Shakespearean drama.
Written & directed by and starring Jean-Luc Godard; also starring Peter Sellars, Burgess Meredith, Molly Ringwald, Woody Allen, Norman Mailer, Kate Mailer, Julie Delpy, Freddy Buache, Leos Carax, Suzanne Lanza & Michèle Pétin
not available on DVD; Cinematheque Collection color VHS [10/92] out of prodn/used full credits at IMDb 11"x17" poster from Amazon for $9.99 |
The Merchant of Venice [circa 1594-97]
A young Venetian asks a merchant friend for a loan to seek the hand of a beautiful & wealthy heiress. The merchant's money
is tied up in his shipping business, so he obtains the cash from a Jewish moneylender, and the young man marries the heiress.
When the merchant's ships are lost, the matter is taken to court, where the disguised bride finds a loophole in the contract,
and the moneylender is required to forfeit his wealth - his life is ruined.
'Merchant of Venice' entry at Wikipedia
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"Merchant of Venice" play text [circa 1594-97] Washington Square Press {Folger Library] mass pb [7/2004] for $5.99 Oxford Univ Press 8½x6¾ pb [5/2006] for $8.95 Arden edition 7¾x5¼ pb [11/2001] for $25.99 |
"The Merchant of Venice"
[Sony Classics feature film 2004]
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Adapted & directed by Michael Radford; starring Al Pacino, Jeremy Irons, Joseph Fiennes, Lynn Collins & Zuleikha Robinson
Sony widescreen color DVD [5/2005] for $13.99 full credits at IMDb official movie site |
"The Merchant of Venice"
[A.B.C/I.T.V. tv movie 1973]
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Set in Victorian England. Adapted & directed by John Sichel; starring Laurence Olivier, Anthony Nicholls, Jeremy Brett, Joan Plowright, Louise Purnell & Michael Jayston
Live-Artisan color VHS [5/96] out of stock/used full credits at IMDb "The Merchant of Venice" [Royal National Theater filmed play 2001]
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A Midsummer Night's Dream [circa 1595]
'Midsummer Night's Dream' entry at Wikipedia
"A Midsummer Night's Dream" [1968]
"A Midsummer Night's Dream"
[Warner Bros. Oct 1935]
Co-directed by William Dieterle & Max Reinhardt; starring James Cagney, Joe E. Brown, Dick Powell,
Mickey Rooney, Victor Jory, Ian Hunter, Verree Teasdale, Olivia de Havilland, Frank McHugh,
Arthur Treacher, Billy Barty & Anita Louise; Oscar nominations for Best Picture & Best Assistant Director,
won Oscars for Best Cinematography & Best Editing
full credits at IMDb
The Life and Death of King John [1598]
'King John' stageplay entry at Wikipedia
G.E. Nordell's 'King John Project'
"The Life and Death of King John" [BBC-TV Nov 1984]
| A performance of the 1598 stageplay by Wm. Shakespeare; directed by David Giles; starring Leonard Rossiter, Mary Morris, George Costigan, Charles Kay, Jonathan Coy, Luc Owen, Gorden Kaye & Claire Bloom not available on DVD; full credits at IMDb |
The Tragedy of Julius Caesar [1599]
'Julius Caesar' stageplay entry at Wikipedia
"Me and Orson Welles" [set for 2009 release]
 | New York City in 1937: A teenager bluffs his way into the role of Lucius in a production of Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar" at the off-Broadway Mercury Theater, directed by the dynamic young genius Orson Welles.
Co-produced & directed by Richard Linklater; co-produced & adapted by Holly Gent Palmo & Vincent Palmo Jr., based on the novel by Robert Kaplow; starring Zac Efron, Claire Danes, Christian McKay {as Orson Welles}, Eddie Marsan, Kelly Reilly & James Tupper
DVD/Blu-ray not yet available; full credits at IMDb based on the New York Times bestselling 2003 novel by Robert Kaplow Penguin movie tie-in mass pb [8/2009] for $11.20 Penguin 7x5 pb [6/2005] for $11.20 MacAdam/Cage 7¼x5½ hardcover [10/2003] for $18.50 |
The Taming of The Shrew [1594]
'Taming of The Shrew' stageplay entry at Wikipedia
"Taming The Shrew" starring Mary Pickford & Douglas Fairbanks
"Kate" musical 1953
Zefferelli's "Taming of The Shrew" 1967
The Tempest [1611]
'The Tempest' stageplay entry at Wikipedia
“The Tempest” [Touchstone Pictures Dec 2010] 
Co-produced, written & directed by Julie Taymor; based on the play by Wm. Shakespeare; starring Helen Mirren
{as Prospera}, Russell Brand, Alfred Molina, Djimon Hounsou, Alan Cumming, Chris Cooper, Ben Whishaw,
David Strathairn, Felicity Jones & Tom Conti • DVD/Blu-ray not yet available •
full credits at IMDb
Romeo and Juliet [circa 1597]
'Romeo & Juliet' stageplay entry at Wikipedia
"Romeo and Juliet" [M.G.M. Sept 1936]
Directed by George Cukor; starring Norma Shearer, Leslie Howard, John Barrymore, Edna May Oliver,
Basil Rathbone, C. Aubrey Smith, Andy Devine, Henry Kolker, Robert Warwick & Reginald Denny;
Oscar nominations for Best Picture, Best Actress (NS), Best Supporting Actor (BR), Best Art Direction
full credits at IMDb
"Romeo & Juliet" ballet movie 1954
"Romeo & Juliet" by Castellani
Hamlet: Prince of Denmark [circa 1600-02]
The brother of the king of Denmark murders him, succeeds him, and then marries the queen.
The son of the dead king seeks revenge, triggering murder by mistake, poisonings, madness & suicide.
'Hamlet' entry at Wikipedia
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"Sweet Prince: The Passion of Hamlet - A Novel" [2004] by Douglas Brode Florida Academic Press 8¼x5½ pb [5/2004] for $34.95 |
"Rosencrantz and Guildenstern" [1874 stageplay]
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British playwright W.S. Gilbert [1836-1911] of the comic operetta team of Gilbert & Sullivan, wrote this comic play as a parody of Shakespeare's "Hamlet"; it was first published in 1874 (after many rejections for production). The first performance was in 1891 in London; first performed on Broadway in 1900; performed on live television in U.K. in 1938; stageplay entry at Wikipedia
Kessinger Publng 9x7¼ pb playscript [6/2004] for $12.44 1938 television performance starring Erik Chitty, Leonard Sachs, Peter Ridgeway, Alexis France, Grahame Clifford & Madge Brindley; DVD not available; full credits from IMDb |
"Olivier's Hamlet"
[Rank/Universal May/Sept 1948]
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Co-produced, adapted & directed by and starring {Sir} Laurence Olivier; also starring Anthony Quayle, Peter Cushing, Stanley Holloway, Basil Sydney, Eileen Herlie, Norman Wooland, Felix Aylmer, Terence Morgan & Jean Simmons; won Oscars for Best Picture, Best Actor (Olivier), Best B&W Set Decoration, Best B&W Costume Design, nominations for Best Director, Best Supporting Actress (JS) & Best Music Score; won BAFTA for Best Film
Criterion b&w DVD [9/2000] for $26.99 3-disk set: Criterion DVD [8/2006] for $71.99, includes "Henry V" & "Richard III" Paramount b&w VHS [undated] out of prodn/used full credits from IMDb |
"Hamlet" [Russia June 1964, USA March 1966]
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Superb Russian-language film, based on the 1941 translation by Boris Pasternak
Written & directed by Grigori Kozintsev [1905-73]; starring Innokenti Smoktunovsky {as Hamlet}, Anastasiya Vertinskaya, Yuri Tolubeyev, Vladimir Erenberg, Stepan Oleksenko, Mikhail Nazvanov, Elza Radzina, Vadim Medvedev & Igor Dmitriyev Facets subtitled widescreen b&w DVD [10/2006] for $26.99 full credits at IMDb |
"Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead"
[P.B.S./WNET-TV Feb 1991]
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An examination of fate and destiny by way of two minor characters from Shakespeare's stageplay "Hamlet". Already killed (without their knowing), the pair meet a traveling troupe of actors and are transported to Elsinore Castle, where the troupe appears as part of Shakespeare's play, insisting that the pair must watch their performance, since nothing exists without an audience.
Filmed in Yugoslavia; written & directed by Tom Stoppard; starring Gary Oldman, Tim Roth, Richard Dreyfuss, Joanna Roth, Iain Glen, Donald Sumpter, Joanna Miles & Ian Richardson; won a Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival
Image Ent. color DVD [3/2005] 2 disks for $10.99 Buena Vista Home Video color VHS [9/96] out of prodn/many used 27"x40" poster from Amazon for $19.99 11"x17" poster from Amazon for $14.99 full credits from IMDb |
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based on the Tony Award-winning 1967 stageplay by Tom Stoppard Grove Press 8x5¼ pb playscript [1/94] for $10.98 Grove Press 7x4 hardcover [3/71] out of print/used Broadway credits from IBDb stageplay entry at Wikipedia |
"Ye Yan: The Night Banquet"
aka "The Banquet" [Media Asia Aug 2006]
 | Loosely based on Shakespeare's "Hamlet": When the emperor dies suddenly, the beautiful queen agrees to marry his younger brother, the new emperor; the prince survives an attack and, believing that his uncle murdered his father and ordered the assasination attempt, returns to the imperial castle for revenge; forces converge at an important banquet held on an inauspicious night. Directed by Feng Xiaogeng; starring Ziyi Zhang, Daniel Wu, Xun Zhou, You Ge, Jingwu Ma & Xiaoming Huang
Mega Star widescreen color DVD [undated] 2 disks - out of prodn/used Bonzai Media widescreen subtitled color DVD [undated] out of prodn/used full credits at IMDb producer's official movie page |
"Hamlet 2" [Focus Features Aug 2008]
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"The comedy hit of the 2008 Sundance Film Festival". A failed actor turned inept high school drama teacher rallies his Tucson, Arizona students in staging a politically-incorrect musical sequel to Shake- speare's Hamlet. {Actually mostly filmed in Albuquerque, New Mexico.}
Co-written & directed by Andrew Fleming; starring Steve Coogan, Catherine Keener, David Arquette, Elisabeth Shue & Amy Poehler
Universal Studios widescreen color DVD [12/2008] for $20.99 full credits at IMDb • official movie site {requires Flash} |
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