List of William Shakespeare screen adaptations - wikipedia List of William Shakespeare screen adaptations The Guinness Book of Records lists 410 feature - length film and TV versions of William Shakespeare 's plays as having been produced, making Shakespeare the most filmed author ever in any language. As of August 2016, the Internet Movie Database lists Shakespeare as having writing credit on 1,292 films, including those under production but not yet released. The earliest known production is King John from 1899. Contents 1 Comedies 1.1 All 's Well That Ends Well 1.2 As You Like It 1.3 The Comedy of Errors 1.4 Love 's Labour 's Lost 1.5 Measure For Measure 1.6 The Merchant of Venice 1.7 The Merry Wives of Windsor 1.8 A Midsummer Night 's Dream 1.9 Much Ado About Nothing 1.10 The Taming of the Shrew 1.11 Twelfth Night 1.12 The Two Gentlemen of Verona 2 Tragedies 2.1 Antony and Cleopatra 2.2 Coriolanus 2.3 Hamlet 2.4 Julius Caesar 2.5 King Lear 2.6 Macbeth 2.7 Othello 2.8 Romeo and Juliet 2.9 Timon of Athens 2.10 Titus Andronicus 2.11 Troilus and Cressida 3 Histories 3.1 Henry IV, Part 1 3.2 Henry IV, Part 2 3.3 Henry V 3.4 Henry VI, Part 1 3.5 Henry VI, Part 2 3.6 Henry VI, Part 3 3.7 Henry VIII 3.8 King John 3.9 Richard II 3.10 Richard III 4 Romances 4.1 Pericles 4.2 Cymbeline 4.3 The Winter 's Tale 4.4 The Tempest 5 Other 5.1 Shakespeare as a character 5.2 Acting Shakespeare 5.3 Television series 5.4 Academic 5.5 Miscellaneous 6 See also 7 Notes and references 7.1 Notes 7.2 References 8 Sources 9 Further reading 10 External links Comedies All 's Well that Ends Well Main article : All 's Well That Ends Well Title Y Directors Starring Description All 's Well That Ends Well TV 1968 John Barton ( stage ) Claude Whatham ( screen ) Lynn Farleigh ( Helena ) Ian Richardson ( Count Bertram ) Catherine Lacey ( The Countess of Rousillon ) Sebastian Shaw ( The King of France ) Clive Swift ( Parolles ) Caroline Hunt ( Diana ) Elizabeth Spriggs ( A Widow of Florence ) Brewster Mason ( Lafew ) Ian Hogg ( Lavatch ) Originally a Royal Shakespeare Company stage production, this was the first Shakespeare play broadcast in color by the BBC. The second, of two, reels is believed to be lost. All 's Well That Ends Well Video 1978 Wilford Leach Pamela Reed ( Helena ) Marc Linn ( Count Bertram ) Elizabeth Wilson ( The Countess of Rousillon ) Larry Pines ( Parolles ) Frances Conroy ( Diana ) Barbara Williams ( A Widow of Florence ) John Ferraro ( Lavatch ) A video recording of a 1978 New York Shakespeare Festival performance at the Delacorte Theatre, made by Jaime Caro for Theatre on Film and Tape. `` All 's Well That Ends Well '' ( BBC Television Shakespeare ) TV 1981 Elijah Moshinsky Angela Down ( Helena ) Ian Charleson ( Count Bertram ) Celia Johnson ( The Countess of Rousillon ) Donald Sinden ( The King of France ) Peter Jeffrey ( Parolles ) Pippa Guard ( Diana ) Rosemary Leach ( A Widow of Florence ) Michael Hordern ( Lafew ) Paul Brooke ( Lavatch ) All 's Well That Ends Well ( National Theatre Live ) TV 2009 Marianne Elliott Michelle Terry ( Helena ) George Rainsford ( Count Bertram ) Claire Higgins ( The Countess of Rousillon ) Oliver Ford Davies ( The King of France ) Conleth Hill ( Parolles ) Live performance broadcast from the National Theatre in London 's West End. As You Like it Main article : As You Like It Title Y Directors Starring Description As You Like It Silent 1912 J. Stuart Blackton Charles Kent James Young Rose Coghlan ( Rosalind ) Maurice Costello ( Orlando ) Rosemary Theby ( Celia ) Charles Kent ( Jaques ) Robert McWade Sr ( Touchstone ) Harry T. Morey ( Duke Frederick ) Tefft Johnson ( Duke Senior ) Robert Gaillard ( Oliver ) Charles Eldridge ( Corin ) George Ober ( Adam ) Rose Tapley ( Phebe ) James W. Morrison ( Silvius ) Kate Price ( Audrey ) The film brings stage star Rose Coghlan to the screen for her motion picture debut. At 61 or 62 Coghlan is an older Rosalind than usual. Filmed mainly outdoors. Love in a Wood Silent 1915 Maurice Elvey Elisabeth Risdon ( Rosalind ) Gerald Ames ( Orlando ) Vera Cunningham ( Celia ) Frank Stanmore ( Touch - stone ) Kenelm Foss ( Oliver ) A silent comedy film in a contemporary setting of the play. As You Like It Film 1936 Paul Czinner Elisabeth Bergner ( Rosalind ) Laurence Olivier ( Orlando ) Sophie Stewart ( Celia ) Leon Quartermaine ( Jaques ) Mackenzie Ward ( Touchstone ) Felix Aylmer ( Duke Frederick ) Henry Ainley ( Duke Senior ) John Laurie ( Oliver ) Aubrey Mather ( Corin ) J. Fisher White ( Adam ) Joan White ( Phebe ) Richard Ainley ( Silvius ) Dorice Fordred ( Audrey ) Olivier 's first performance of Shakespeare on screen. It was also the final film of stage actors Leon Quartermaine and Henry Ainley, and featured an early screen role for Ainley 's son Richard as Sylvius, as well as for John Laurie, who played Orlando 's brother Oliver. Laurie would go on to co-star with Olivier in the three Shakespearean films that Olivier directed. As You Like It TV 1963 Michael Elliott ( stage ) Ronald Eyre ( TV ) Vanessa Redgrave ( Rosalind ) Patrick Allen ( Orlando ) Rosalind Knight ( Celia ) Max Adrian ( Jaques ) Patrick Wymark ( Touchstone ) Tony Church ( Duke Frederick ) Paul Hardwick ( Duke Senior ) David Buck ( Oliver ) Russell Hunter ( Corin ) Clifford Rose ( Adam ) Jeanne Hepple ( Phebe ) Peter Gill ( Silvius ) Patsy Byrne ( Audrey ) A recording of the Royal Shakespeare Company 's 1961 performance for the BBC. In a 2015 retrospective for The Guardian, theatre critic Michael Billington praised Redgrave as having `` the ability to give a performance ( as Rosalind ) that becomes a gold - standard for future generations ''. `` As You Like It '' ( BBC Television Shakespeare ) TV 1978 Basil Coleman Helen Mirren ( Rosalind ) Brian Stirner ( Orlando ) Angharad Rees ( Celia ) Richard Pasco ( Jaques ) James Bolam ( Touchstone ) Richard Easton ( Duke Frederick ) Tony Church ( Duke Senior ) Clive Francis ( Oliver ) David Lloyd Meredith ( Corin ) Arthur Hewlett ( Adam ) Victoria Plucknett ( Phebe ) Maynard Williams ( Silvius ) Marilyn Le Conte ( Audrey ) Recorded at Glamis Castle in Scotland, this was one of only two productions shot on location, the other being The Famous History of the Life of Henry the Eight. However, the location shooting received a lukewarm response from both critics and the BBC 's own people, with the general consensus being that the natural world in the episode overwhelmed the actors and the story. Director Basil Coleman initially felt that the play should be filmed over the course of a year, with the change in seasons from winter to summer marking the ideological change in the characters, but he was forced to shoot entirely in May, even though the play begins in winter. This, in turn, meant the harshness of the forest described in the text was replaced by lush greenery, which was distinctly unthreatening, with the characters ' `` time in the forest appear ( ing ) to be more an upscale camping expedition rather than exile. '' As You Like It TV Herb Roland Roberta Maxwell ( Rosalind ) Andrew Gillies ( Orlando ) Rosemary Dunsmore ( Celia ) Christopher Gibson ( Jaques ) Lewis Gordon ( Touchstone ) Graeme Campbell ( Duke Frederick ) William Needles ( Duke Senior ) Stephen Russell ( Oliver ) Mervyn Blake ( Adam ) Mary Haney ( Phebe ) John Jarvis ( Silvius ) Elizabeth Leigh - Milne ( Audrey ) As You Like It Film 1992 Christine Edzard Emma Croft ( Rosalind ) Andrew Tiernan ( Orlando / Oliver ) Celia Bannerman ( Celia ) James Fox ( Jaques ) Griff Rhys Jones ( Touchstone ) Don Henderson ( Duke Frederick / Duke Senior ) Roger Hammond ( Corin ) Cyril Cusack ( Adam ) Valerie Gogan ( Phebe ) Ewen Bremmer ( Silvius ) Miriam Margolyes ( Audrey ) Set in a modern, urban, environment. The film received mostly negative reviews. Time Out thought that the ``... wonder is that they bothered to put film in the camera, for sadly this is Shakespeare sans teeth, eyes, taste, sans everything. '' Derek Elley in Variety characterised it as a `` British low - budgeter, mostly shot on drab exteriors, ( that ) will be limited to literary students and the very dedicated, given careful nursing. '' `` As You Like It '' ( Shakespeare : The Animated Tales ) TV 1994 Alexei Karaev Sylvestra Le Touzel ( Rosalind ) John McAndrew ( Orlando ) Maria Miles ( Celia / Audrey ) Nathaniel Parker ( Jaques / Oliver ) Peter Gunn ( Touchstone ) Christopher Benjamin ( Duke Frederick / Corin ) Garard Green ( Duke Senior / Adam ) Eiry Thomas ( Phebe ) David Holt ( Silvius ) Animated with paint on glass using watercolors. As You Like It Film 2006 Kenneth Branagh Bryce Dallas Howard ( Rosalind ) David Oyelowo ( Orlando ) Romola Garai ( Celia ) Kevin Kline ( Jaques ) Alfred Molina ( Touchstone ) Brian Blessed ( Duke Frederick / Duke Senior ) Adrian Lester ( Oliver ) Jimmy Yuill ( Corin ) Richard Briers ( Adam ) Jade Jefferies ( Phebe ) Alex Wyndham ( Silvius ) Janet McTeer ( Audrey ) Branagh moved the play 's setting from medieval France to a late 19th century European colony in Japan after the Meiji Restoration. It is filmed at Shepperton Film Studios and at the never - before - filmed gardens of Wakehurst Place. As You Like It TV Robert Budreau Des McAnuff Andrea Runge ( Rosalind ) Paul Nolan ( Orlando ) Brent Carver ( Jaques ) Ben Carlson ( Touchstone ) Tom Rooney ( Duke Frederick / Duke Senior ) As You Like It Video Thea Sharrock Naomi Frederick ( Rosalind ) Jack Laskey ( Orlando ) Laura Rogers ( Celia ) Tim McMullan ( Jaques ) Dominic Rowan ( Touchstone ) Brendan Hughes ( Duke Frederick ) Philip Bird ( Duke Senior ) Jamie Parker ( Oliver ) Trevor Martin ( Adam ) Sophie Duval ( Audrey ) Recording of a performance at Shakespeare 's Globe. The comedy of Errors Main article : The Comedy of Errors Title Y Directors Starring Description The Boys from Syracuse Film 1940 A. Edward Sutherland Allan Jones ( Antipholus of Ephesus / Syracuse ) Joe Penner ( Dromio of Ephesus / Syracuse ) A musical film based on a stage musical by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart, which in turn was based on the play. It was nominated for two Academy Awards : one for Best Visual Effects ( John P. Fulton, Bernard B. Brown, Joe Lapis ) and one for Best Art Direction ( Jack Otterson ). Bhranti Bilas ( Bengali : ভ্রান্তি বিলাস, lit. ' Illusion of illusion ' ) Film 1963 Manu Sen Uttam Kumar ( Chiranjib Chowdhury and Chiranjit Chowdhury ) Bhanu Bandopadhyay ( Bhakti Kinkar and Shakti Kinkar ) Sabitri Chatterjee ( Chiranjib 's Wife ) Sandhya Roy ( Bilashini ) The film relocates the story to modern day India. The film tells the story of a Bengali merchant from Kolkata and his servant who visit a small town for a business appointment, but, whilst there, are mistaken for a pair of locals, leading to much confusion. It is based on a 1869 play by Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, which is itself based on The Comedy of Errors. Bhranti Bilas was remade in 1968 as the musical comedy Do Dooni Char, which in turn was later remade as Angoor. `` The Comedy of Errors '' ( Festival ) TV 1967 Peter Duguid Clifford Williams Alec McCowen ( Antipholus of Syracuse ) Ian Richardson ( Antipholus of Ephesus ) Barry MacGregor ( Dromio of Syracuse ) Clifford Rose ( Dromio of Ephesus ) Do Dooni Char Film 1968 Debu Sen Kishore Kumar ( Sandeep ) Tanuja ( Anju ) Asit Sen ( Sevak ) Rashid Khan Sudha Rani ( Pyari ) A musical comedy Bollywood adaptation based on the 1963 film Bhranti Bilas, which in turn was based on a 1869 play by Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, which is itself based on The Comedy of Errors. Do Dooni Char was later remade as Angoor. The Comedy of Errors TV 1978 Philip Casson Roger Rees ( Antipholus of Syracuse ) Mike Gwilym ( Antipholus of Ephesus ) Michael Williams ( Dromio of Syracuse ) Nickolas Grace ( Dromio of Ephesus ) Judi Dench ( Adriana ) Francesca Annis ( Luciana ) A TV adaptation of a musical based on the play, with a book and lyrics by Trevor Nunn and music by Guy Woolfenden. Angoor ( Hindi : अंगूर, lit. ' Grape ' ) Film 1982 Gulzar Sanjeev Kumar ( the two Ashoks ) Deven Verman ( the two Bahadurs ) A musical comedy Bollywood adaptation, based on the 1968 film Do Dooni Char, which was based on the 1963 film Bhranti Bilas, which in turn was based on a 1869 play by Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, which is itself based on The Comedy of Errors. `` The Comedy of Errors '' ( BBC Television Shakespeare ) TV James Cellan Jones Michael Kitchen ( Antipholus of Syracuse / Ephesus ) Roger Daltrey ( Dromio of Syracuse / Ephesus ) The Comedy of Errors TV Robert Woodruff Paul David Magid ( Antipholus of Syracuse ) Howard Jay Patterson ( Antipholus of Ephesus ) Samuel Ross Williams ( Dromio of Syracuse ) Randy Nelson ( Dromio of Ephesus ) Karla Burns ( Duke of Ephesus / Luce ) Sophie Hayden ( Adriana ) Gina Leishman ( Luciana ) Ethyl Eichelberger ( Courtesan / Emilia ) Timothy Daniel Furst ( William Shakespeare ) Videotaped as part of PBS 's Great Performances series at Lincoln Center, New York City, this production starring The Flying Karamazov Brothers combined Shakespeare with slapstick comedy, acrobatics and juggling on the basis that `` in Ephesus, you juggle or die ! '' with Shakespeare himself taking part in the action. The Comedy of Errors TV 1989 Richard Monette Geordie Johnson ( Antipholus of Syracuse / Ephesus ) Keith Dinicol ( Dromio of Syracuse / Ephesus ) Nicholos Pennell ( Egeon ) James Blendick ( The Duke of Ephesus ) Goldie Semple ( Adriana ) Kate Hennig ( Luciana ) Douglas Chamberlain ( Angelo ) Wenna Shaw ( Emilia ) Love 's Labour 's lost Main article : Love 's Labour 's Lost Title Y Directors Starring Description Love 's Labor Lost Animation 1920 Vernon Stallings `` Love 's Labour 's Lost '' ( Play of the Month ) TV Basil Coleman Martin Shaw ( Ferdinand ) Lorna Heilbron ( Princess of France ) `` Love 's Labour 's Lost '' ( BBC Television Shakespeare ) TV 1985 Elijah Moshinsky Jonathan Kent ( Ferdinand ) Maureen Lipman ( Princess of France ) Love 's Labour 's Lost Film 2000 Kenneth Branagh Alessandro Nivola ( Ferdinand ) Alicia Silverstone ( Princess of France ) Branagh 's film turns Love 's Labour 's Lost into a romantic Hollywood musical. Set and costume design evoke the Europe of 1939 ; the music ( classic Broadway songs of the 1930s ) and newsreel - style footage are also chief period details. Measure for measure Main article : Measure for Measure Title Y Directors Starring Description Measure for Measure ( Italian : Dente per dente, lit. ' A tooth for a tooth ' ) Film 1943 Marco Elter Carlo Tamberlani ( Angelo ) Caterina Boratto ( Isabella ) Nelly Corradi ( Marianna ) Loredana ( Giulietta ) Memo Benassi ( Lucio ) Osvaldo Genazzani ( Claudio ) Alfredo Varelli ( Vincenzo ) `` Measure For Measure '' ( BBC Television Shakespeare ) TV 1979 Desmond Davis Kenneth Colley ( Duke Vincentio ) Kate Nelligan ( Isabella ) Tim Pigott - Smith ( Angelo ) John McEnery ( Lucio ) Jacqueline Pearce ( Mariana ) Frank Middlemass ( Pompey ) Alun Armstrong ( Provost ) Adrienne Corri ( Mistress Overdone ) Measure for Measure TV 1994 David Thacker Tom Wilkinson ( Duke Vincentio ) Juliet Aubrey ( Isabella ) Corin Redgrave ( Angelo ) Modern dress version of Shakespeare 's `` problem comedy '' emphasizing the darker elements of the play and eliminating most of the humor. Measure for Measure Film 2006 Bob Komar Simon Phillips ( Duke Vincentio ) Josephine Rogers ( Isabella ) Daniel Roberts ( Angelo ) Simon Nuckley ( Claudio ) Dawn Murphy ( Escalus ) Luke Leeves ( Lucio ) Contemporary re-working of Shakespeare 's problem play set in the British army. M4M : Measure for Measure Film 2015 Gabriel Manwaring Jim Kennedy ( Duke ) Jamison Challeen ( Angelo ) Vinnie Duyck ( Escalus ) Noah Mickens ( Lucio ) All - male cast version The Merchant of Venice Main article : The Merchant of Venice Title Y Directors Starring Description The Merchant of Venice Silent 1914 Phillips Smalley Lois Weber Phillips Smalley ( Shylock ) Lois Weber ( Portia ) Douglas Gerrard ( Bassanio ) Rupert Julian ( Antonio ) Jeanie Macpherson ( Nerissa ) Edna Maison ( Jessica ) An early film of the play, now assumed to be lost. The Merchant of Venice Silent 1916 Walter West Matheson Lang ( Shylock ) Hutin Britton ( Portia ) George Skillan ( Antonio ) Joseph Tozer ( Bassanio ) The film was made by Broadwest. The company hired the complete stage cast of the play and filmed at Walthamstow Studios using largely natural light. The film marked the screen debut of Matheson Lang who went on to become one of the leading British actors of the 1920s. The Merchant of Venice Film 1922 Challis Sanderson Ivan Berlyn ( Shylock ) Sybil Thorndike ( Portia ) The Merchant of Venice TV 1947 George More O'Ferrall Abraham Sofaer ( Shylock ) Margaretta Scott ( Portia ) `` The Merchant of Venice '' ( Sunday Night Theatre ) TV 1955 Hal Burton Michael Hordern ( Shylock ) Rachel Gurney ( Portia ) `` The Merchant of Venice '' ( Play of the Month ) TV 1972 Cedric Messina Frank Finlay ( Shylock ) Maggie Smith ( Portia ) The Merchant of Venice TV 1973 John Sichel Laurence Olivier ( Shylock ) Joan Plowright ( Portia ) Jeremy Brett ( Bassanio ) An adaptation from Jonathan Miller 's acclaimed 1970 Royal National Theatre staging. The Merchant of Venice TV 1976 John Sichel Antony Holland ( Shylock ) Trish Grange ( Portia ) `` The Merchant of Venice '' ( BBC Television Shakespeare ) TV 1980 Jack Gold Warren Mitchell ( Shylock ) Gemma Jones ( Portia ) The Merchant of Venice TV Alan Horrox Bob Peck ( Shylock ) Haydn Gwynne ( Portia ) The Merchant of Venice TV 2001 Chris Hunt Trevor Nunn Henry Goodman ( Shylock ) Derbhle Crotty ( Portia ) The Maori Merchant of Venice ( Māori : Te Tangata Whai Rawa o Weniti ) Film 2002 Don Selwyn Waihoroi Shortland ( Hairoka ) Ngarimu Daniels ( Pohia ) The play was translated into Māori in 1945 by Pei Te Hurinui Jones, and his translation is used for the film. It is the first Māori - language film adaptation of any of Shakespeare 's plays, and the first feature length Māori film. The film was shot in Auckland, but `` recreates 16th century Venice, with costumes and surroundings to fit the original setting ''. The Merchant of Venice Film Michael Radford Al Pacino ( Shylock ) Jeremy Irons ( Antonio ) Joseph Fiennes ( Bassanio ) Lynn Collins ( Portia ) The Merry Wives of Windsor Main article : The Merry Wives of Windsor Title Y Directors Starring Description The Merry Wives of Windsor ( German : Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor ) Film 1950 Georg Wildhagen Sonja Ziemann ( Mrs. Fluth ) Camilla Spira ( Mrs. Gretchen Reich ) Paul Esser ( Sir John Falstaff ) Ina Halley ( Anna Reich ) Eckart Dux ( Fenton ) Alexander Engel ( Innkeeper Reich ) Claus Holm ( Mr. Fluth ) `` The Merry Wives of Windsor '' ( Sunday Night Theatre ) TV 1952 Julian Amyes Robert Atkins ( Falstaff ) Betty Huntley - Wright ( Mistress Ford ) Chimes at Midnight Film 1966 Orson Welles Orson Welles ( Falstaff ) Ralph Richardson ( Narrator ) John Gielgud ( King Henry IV ) Keith Baxter ( Hal ) Margaret Rutherford ( Mistress Quickly ) Welles said that the core of the film 's story was `` the betrayal of friendship. '' The script contains text from five of Shakespeare 's plays : primarily Henry IV, Part 1 and Henry IV, Part 2, but also Richard II and Henry V, as well as some dialogue from The Merry Wives of Windsor. Ralph Richardson 's narration is taken from the works of chronicler Raphael Holinshed. Welles had previously produced a Broadway stage adaptation of nine Shakespeare plays called Five Kings in 1939. In 1960, he revived this project in Ireland as Chimes at Midnight, which was his final on - stage performance. Neither of these plays was successful, but Welles considered portraying Falstaff to be his life 's ambition and turned the project into a film. In order to get initial financing, Welles lied to producer Emiliano Piedra about intending to make a version of Treasure Island, and keeping the film funded during its production was a constant struggle. Welles shot Chimes at Midnight throughout Spain between 1964 and 1965 ; it premiered at the 1966 Cannes Film Festival, winning two awards there. The Merry Wives of Windsor TV 1970 Jack Manning Leon Charles ( Falstaff ) Valerine Seelie - Snyder ( Mistress Ford ) `` The Merry Wives of Windsor '' ( BBC Television Shakespeare ) TV 1982 David Jones Alan Bennett ( Justice Shallow ) Richard O'Callaghan ( Slender ) Tenniel Evans ( Sir Hugh Evans ) Richard Griffiths ( Sir John Falstaff ) Judy Davis ( Mistress Ford ) Elizabeth Spriggs ( Mistress Quickly ) Jones originally wanted to shoot the episode in Stratford - upon - Avon but was restricted to a studio setting. Determined that the production be as realistic as possible, he had designer Dom Homfray base the set on real Tudor houses associated with Shakespeare : Falstaff 's room is based on the home of Mary Arden ( Shakespeare 's mother ) in Wilmcote, and the wives ' houses are based on the house of Shakespeare 's daughter Susanna, and her husband, John Hall. For the background of exterior shots, he used a miniature Tudor village built of plasticine. A Midsummer Night 's Dream Main article : A Midsummer Night 's Dream Title Y Directors Starring Description A Midsummer Night 's Dream Silent 1909 Charles Kent J. Stuart Blackton Maurice Costello ( Lysander ) Rose Tapley ( Hermia ) Julia Swayne Gordon ( Helena ) Florence Turner ( Queen of Fairies ) Gladys Hulette ( Puck ) Elita Proctor Otis ( Hippolyta ) The first film adaptation of the play. Wood Love ( German : Ein Sommernachtstraum ) Silent 1925 Hans Neumann Werner Krauss ( Bottom ) Valeska Gert ( Puck ) Alexander Granach ( Waldschrat ) A Midsummer Night 's Dream Film 1935 Max Reinhardt William Dieterle Anita Louise ( Titania ) Victor Jory ( Oberon ) James Cagney ( Bottom ) Mickey Rooney ( Puck ) Dick Powell ( Lysander ) Joe E. Brown ( Flute ) Ian Hunter ( Theseus ) Austrian - born director Max Reinhardt did not speak English at the time of the film 's production. He gave orders to the actors and crew in German with William Dieterle acting as his interpreter. The film was banned in Nazi Germany because of the Jewish backgrounds of Reinhardt and composer Felix Mendelssohn. The shooting schedule had to be rearranged after Mickey Rooney broke his leg while skiing. According to Rooney 's memoirs, Jack L. Warner was furious and threatened to kill him and then break his other leg. This was the film debut of Olivia de Havilland. A Midsummer Night 's Dream ( Czech : Sen noci svatojánské ) Film 1959 Jiří Trnka An animated puppet film directed by Jiří Trnka. It was an Official Selection as a Feature Film at the 1959 Cannes Film Festival, and won special distinction. An English - language dubbed version was made with narration by Richard Burton. A Midsummer Night 's Dream Film 1968 Peter Hall Judi Dench ( Titania ) Ian Richardson ( Oberon ) Paul Rogers ( Bottom ) Ian Holm ( Puck ) Diana Rigg ( Helena ) Helen Mirren ( Hermia ) David Warner ( Lysander ) Michael Jayston ( Demetrius ) The film premiered in theatres in Europe in September 1968. In the U.S., it was sold directly to television rather than playing in theatres, and premiered as a Sunday evening special, on the night of 9 February 1969. It was shown on CBS ( with commercials ). A Midsummer Night 's Dream ( French : Le Songe d'une nuit d'été ) TV 1969 Jean - Christophe Averty Claude Jade ( Helena ) Christine Delaroche ( Hermia ) Jean - Claude Drouot ( Oberon ) Christiane Minazzoli ( Titania ) `` A Midsummer Night 's Dream '' ( BBC Television Shakespeare ) TV 1980 Elijah Moshinsky Pippa Guard ( Hermia ) Nicky Henson ( Demetrius ) Robert Lindsay ( Lysander ) Cherith Mellor ( Helena ) Helen Mirren ( Titania ) Peter McEnery ( Oberon ) Released in the USA as part of the Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare series. Dream of a Summer Night ( Italian : Sogno di una Notte d'Estate ) Film Gabriele Salvatores Alberto Lionello ( Theseus ) Erika Blanc ( Hippolyta ) Luca Barbareschi ( Lysander ) Based on a rock musical directed by Salvatores, it is a musical adaptation of the play. It was screened in the `` De Sica '' section at the 40th edition of the Venice International Film Festival. `` A Midsummer Night 's Dream '' ( Shakespeare : The Animated Tales ) TV 1992 Robert Saakiants Daniel Massey ( Oberon ) Suzanne Bertish ( Titania ) A Midsummer Night 's Dream Film 1999 Michael Hoffman Michelle Pfeiffer ( Titania ) Rupert Everett ( Oberon ) Kevin Kline ( Bottom ) Stanley Tucci ( Puck ) Calista Flockhart ( Helena ) Christian Bale ( Demetrius ) Sophie Marceau ( Hippolyta ) Roger Rees ( Peter Quince ) A Midsummer Night 's Dream was filmed on location in Lazio and Tuscany, and at Cinecittà Studios, Rome, Italy. The action of the play was transported from Athens, Greece, to a fictional Monte Athena, located in the Tuscan region of Italy, although all textual mentions of Athens were retained. The film made use of Felix Mendelssohn 's incidental music for an 1843 stage production ( including the famous Wedding March ), alongside operatic works from Giuseppe Verdi, Gaetano Donizetti, Vincenzo Bellini, Gioacchino Rossini and Pietro Mascagni. The Children 's Midsummer Night 's Dream Film 2001 Christine Edzard Derek Jacobi ( voice of Theseus ) Samantha Bond ( voice of Hippolyta ) Dominic Haywood - Benge ( Oberon ) Rajouana Zalal ( Titania ) Leane Lyson ( Puck ) Danny Bishop ( Lysander ) Jamie Peachey ( Hermia ) Jessica Fowler ( Helena ) John Heyfron ( Demetrius ) Oliver Szczypka ( Bottom ) Daniel Rouse ( Peter Quince ) In this version, a group of school children are attending a puppet performance of A Midsummer Night 's Dream when they are drawn into the story and become the characters, dressed in Elizabethan costumes. Get Over It Film 2001 Tommy O'Haver Kirsten Dunst ( Kelly Woods ) Ben Foster ( Berke Landers ) Melissa Sagemiller ( Allison McAllister ) Sisqó ( Dennis Wallace ) Shane West ( Bentley ' Striker ' Scrumfeld ) Colin Hanks ( Felix Woods ) a modern musical adaptation set at a high school which includes another version of the play performed as a show - within - a-show, much like the Pyramus and Thisbe subplay in the original Shakespeare. A Midsummer Night 's Rave Film 2002 Gil Cates Jr. Corey Pearson ( Damon ) Lauren German ( Elena ) Andrew Keegan ( Xander ) Chad Lindberg ( Nick ) Sunny Mabrey ( Mia ) Jason Carter ( OB John ) Nichole Hiltz ( Britt ) Glen Badyna ( Puck ) Olivia Rosewood ( Tami ) Chris Owen ( Frankie ) Will McCormack ( Greg ) Greg Zola ( Snout ) Keri Lynn Pratt ( Debbie ) a modern adaptation set at a warehouse party Midsummer Dream ( Spanish : El Sueño de una Noche de San Juan ) Film 2005 Ángel de la Cruz Manolo Gómez Romola Garai ( Helena ) Bernard Hill ( Theseus ) Billy Boyd ( Puck ) Rhys Ifans ( Lysander ) Miranda Richardson ( Titania ) An animated adaptation of the Cream story. `` A Midsummer Night 's Dream '' ( ShakespeaRe - Told ) TV 2005 Peter Bowker Sharon Small ( Titania ) Lennie James ( Oberon ) Johnny Vegas ( Bottom ) a modern adaptation Were the World Mine Film 2008 Tom Gustafson Tanner Cohen ( Timothy ) Wendy Robie ( Ms. Tebbit ) Judy McLane ( Donna ) Zelda Williams ( Frankie ) Jill Larson ( Nora Bellinger ) Ricky Goldman ( Max ) Nathaniel David Becker ( Jonathon ) Christian Stolte ( Coach Driskill ) David Darlow ( Dr. Lawrence Bellinger ) Parker Croft ( Cooper ) The film, inspired by the play, prominently features a modern interpretation of the play put on in a private high school in a small town. Additionally, this musical 's lyrics are largely based on Shakespeare 's original text. For example, the title comes from a line in a song, drawn from a line in a play, `` Were the world mine, Demetrius being bated / The rest I 'd give to be to you translated. '' 10ml LOVE Film Sharat Katariya Neil Bhoopalam ( Peter Perreira ) Anusha Bose ( Sabrina ) Manu Rishi Chadha ( Chand ) Tisca Chopra ( Roshni ) Sarita Joshi ( Galib 's Mother ) Rajat Kapoor ( Ghalib ) Purab Kohli ( Neel Bhatia ) Koel Purie ( Minnie Mehta ) Tara Sharma ( Shweta Rai ) a romantic comedy in Hindi concerning the tribulations of a love quadrangle during a night of magic and madness and a contemporary adaptation of A Midsummer Night 's Dream. A Midsummer Night 's Dream Film 2015 Julie Taymor Kathryn Hunter ( Puck ) Dorian Harewood ( Oberon ) Tina Benko ( Titania ) Max Cassella ( Nick Bottom ) Zach Appelman ( Demetrius ) Roger Clark ( Duke Theseus ) Lilly Englert ( Hermia ) Joe Grifasi ( Peter Quince ) Jake Horowitz ( Lysander ) Zachary Infante ( Francis Flute ) Mandi Masden ( Helena ) Okwui Okpokwasili ( Queen Hippolyta ) film of Polonsky Shakespeare Center, Brooklyn, NY stage production Strange Magic Film 2015 Gary Rydstrom Alan Cumming ( Bog King ) Evan Rachel Wood ( Marianne ) Kristin Chenoweth ( Sugar Plum Fairy ) Maya Rudolph ( Griselda ) Alfred Molina ( Fairy King ) Elijah Kelley ( Sunny ) A computer - animated musical fantasy romantic comedy film with feature animation by Lucasfilm Animation and Industrial Light & Magic. A Midsummer Night 's Dream TV 2016 David Kerr Maxine Peake ( Titania ) Matt Lucas ( Bottom ) John Hannah ( Theseus ) Nonso Anozie ( Oberon ) Much ado about nothing Main article : Much Ado About Nothing Title Y Directors Starring Description Much Ado About Nothing TV 1973 Nick Havinga A.J. Antoon Sam Waterston ( Benedick ) Kathleen Widdoes ( Beatrice ) Barnard Hughes ( Dogberry ) Douglass Watson ( Don Pedro ) A CBS Television presentation of Joseph Papp 's New York Shakespeare Festival Production. `` Much Ado About Nothing '' ( BBC Television Shakespeare ) TV 1984 Stuart Burge Lee Montague ( Leonato ) Tim Faulkner ( Messenger ) Cherie Lunghi ( Beatrice ) Katharine Levy ( Hero ) Jon Finch ( Don Pedro ) ) ) Robert Lindsay ( Benedick ) Robert Reynolds ( Claudio ) Gordon Whiting ( Antonio ) Vernon Dobtcheff ( Don John ) Released in the USA as part of the Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare series. Much Ado About Nothing Film Kenneth Branagh Kenneth Branagh ( Benedick ) Emma Thompson ( Beatrice ) Denzel Washington ( Don Pedro ) Robert Sean Leonard ( Claudio ) Kate Beckinsale ( Hero ) Michael Keaton ( Dogberry ) Keanu Reeves ( Don John ) `` Much Ado About Nothing '' ( ShakespeaRe - Told ) TV 2005 Brian Percival Sarah Parish ( Beatrice ) Damian Lewis ( Benedick ) Billie Piper ( Hero ) Martin Jarvis ( Leonard ) A modern adaptation by David Nicholls. Much Ado About Nothing Film 2012 Joss Whedon Amy Acker ( Beatrice ) Alexis Denisof ( Benedick ) Fran Kranz ( Claudio ) Jillian Morgese ( Hero ) Nathan Fillion ( Dogberry ) Clark Gregg ( Leonato ) The Taming of the Shrew Main article : The Taming of the Shrew on screen Further information : The Taming of the Shrew Title Y Directors Starring Description The Taming of the Shrew Silent 1908 D.W. Griffith Florence Lawrence ( Katharina ) Arthur V. Johnson ( Petruchio ) Linda Arvidson ( Bianca ) Harry Solter ( Katharina 's Father ) Daring Youth Silent 1924 William Beaudine Bebe Daniels ( Alita Allen ) Norman Kerry ( John J. Campbell ) Lee Moran ( Arthur James ) Arthur Hoyt ( Winston Howell ) Lillian Langdon ( Mrs. Allen ) George C. Pearce ( Mr. Allen ) The Taming of the Shrew Film 1929 Sam Taylor Mary Pickford ( Katherine ) Douglas Fairbanks ( Petruchio ) The first sound film adaptation of The Taming of the Shrew. You Made Me Love You Film 1933 Monty Banks Stanley Lupino ( Tom Daly ) Thelma Todd ( Pamela Berne ) John Loder ( Harry Berne ) Gerald Rawlinson ( Jerry ) James Carew ( Oliver Berne ) Kiss Me, Kate Film 1953 George Sidney Howard Keel ( Petruchio ) Kathryn Grayson ( Katerina ) Ann Miller ( Bianca ) An adaptation of the Broadway musical of the same name, it tells the tale of musical theater actors, Fred Graham and Lilli Vanessi, who were once married and are now performing opposite each other in the roles of Petruchio and Katherine in a Broadway - bound musical version of the play. Already on poor terms, the pair begin an all - out emotional war mid-performance that threatens the production 's success. The Taming of the Shrew TV 1962 Alan Burke Ron Haddrick ( Petruchio ) Brigid Lenihan ( Katherina ) The play was performed live but included some filmed sequences shot in Centennial Park. Arivaali ( Tamil : அறிவாளி ) Film 1963 A.T. Krishnaswami Sivaji Ganesan ( Aalavanthan ) P. Bhanumathi ( Manorama ) T.S. Balaiah ( Nallamuthu Naicker ) K.A. Thangavelu ( Muthuvel ) K. Sarangkapani ( Thandapani Pillai ) T.R. Ramachandran ( Tom Kumar ) The Taming of the Shrew ( Italian : La Bisbetica domata ) Film 1967 Franco Zeffirelli Elizabeth Taylor ( Katharina ) Richard Burton ( Petruchio ) Michael York ( Lucentio ) Michael Hordern ( Baptista Minola ) Natasha Pyne ( Bianca ) Alan Webb ( Gremio ) Victor Spinetti ( Hortensio ) `` A bawdy and boisterous production which reduces the play to the Katharina / Petruccio romance. '' The Taming of the Shrew TV 1973 Robin Lovejoy John Bell ( Petruchio ) Carol MacReady ( Katherina ) Kirrily Nolan ( Bianca ) Melissa Jaffer ( Widow ) Robyn Nevin ( Barmaid ) Shane Porteous ( Tranio ) Martin Vaughan ( Christopher Sly ) The Taming of the Shrew TV 1973 Kirk Browning Marc Singer ( Petruchio ) Fredi Olster ( Katherina ) Sandra Shotwell ( Bianca ) Ron Boussom ( Grumio ) Rick Hamilton ( Tranio ) William Paterson ( Baptista ) Stephen Schnetzer ( Lucentio ) James Winkler ( Hortensio ) Raye Birk ( Gremio ) Videotaped broadcast of San Francisco ACT company presenting Shakespeare 's classic take with a Commedia dell'arte flair, as if it were an inn yard performance by a traveling company. The Taming of the Scoundrel ( Italian : Il Bisbetico Domato ) Film 1980 Franco Castellano Giuseppe Moccia Adriano Celentano ( Elia Codogno ) Ornella Muti ( Lisa Silvestri ) Edith Peters ( Mamie ) Pippo Santonastaso ( Don Cirillo ) Milly Carlucci ( Renata ) Marco Columbro ( chauffeur ) Sandro Ghiani ( gas station attendant ) `` The Taming of the Shrew '' ( BBC Television Shakespeare ) TV 1980 Jonathan Miller John Cleese ( Petruchio ) Sarah Badel ( Katherine ) Susan Penhaligon ( Bianca ) John Franklyn - Robbins ( Baptista ) Jonathan Cecil ( Hortensio ) Simon Chandler ( Lucentio ) Anthony Pedley ( Tranio ) Frank Thornton ( Gremio ) Released in the USA as part of the Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare series. Kiss Me, Petruchio TV 1981 Christopher Dixon Raul Julia ( Petruchio ) Meryl Streep ( Katherina ) Joel Brooks ( Grumio ) Max Gulak ( Baptista ) Deborah Rush ( Bianca ) Larry Pine ( Hortensio ) Joseph Papp ( himself ) Documentary following actress Meryl Streep and actor Raul Julia as they prepare to perform and actually perform Shakespeare 's comedy `` The Taming of the Shrew '' for the `` Shakespeare in the Park '' theater festival in Central Park, NY. The Taming of the Shrew ( The Shakespeare Collection ) Video John Allinson Karen Austin ( Katherine ) Franklyn Seales ( Petruchio ) Larry Drake ( Baptista ) Bruce Davison ( Tranio ) `` Atomic Shakespeare '' ( Moonlighting ) TV 1986 Will Mackenzie Cybill Shepherd ( Katerina ) Bruce Willis ( Petruchio ) First aired on 25 November 1986, the episode presented the play through multiple fourth - wall layers with a self - referential frame tale, in which a young fan of the TV show has a Shakespeare reading assignment and imagines it as presented by the show 's regular cast. Nanjundi Kalyana ( Kannada : ನಂಜುಂಡಿ ಕಲ್ಯಾಣ, lit. ' Nanjundi 's marriage ' ) Film 1989 M.S. Rajashekar Raghavendra Rajkumar ( Raghuchandra ) Malashri ( Devi ) An adaptation based on Parvathavani 's Kannada drama which was a translation of the play. The film was among the biggest grossing Kannada films of 1989, and was remade in Telugu as Mahajananiki Maradalu Pilla ( 1990 ). Mahajananiki Maradalu Pilla ( Telugu : మహాజనానికి మరదలు పిల్ల, lit. ' A child of neglect ' ) Film 1990 Vallabhaneni Janardhan Vijaya Bapineedu Rajendra Prasad ( Ravi / Kishtaiah ) Nirosha ( Devi ) Satyanarayana ( Dr. Rama Murthy ) Rallapalli ( Nakkapalli Narayana Swamy ) Brahmanandam ( Dr. Vyayam Vyagreswara Rao ) A remake of the Kannada film Nanjundi Kalyana ( 1989 ). `` The Taming of the Shrew '' ( Shakespeare : The Animated Tales ) TV 1994 Aida Ziablikova Amanda Root ( Katherine ) Nigel Le Vaillant ( Petruchio ) 10 Things I Hate About You Film 1999 Gil Junger Julia Stiles ( Kat Stratford ) Heath Ledger ( Patrick Verona ) Joseph Gordon - Levitt ( Cameron James ) Larisa Oleynik ( Bianca Stratford ) A modernization of the play, retold in a late - 1990s American high school setting. New student Cameron is smitten with Bianca and, in order to get around her father 's strict rules on dating, attempts to get bad boy Patrick to date Bianca 's ill - tempered sister, Kat. The Carnation and the Rose ( Portuguese : O Cravo ea Rosa ) Telenovela 2000 -- 1 Adriana Esteves ( Catarina Batista ) Eduardo Moscovis ( Julião Petruchio ) Drica Moraes ( Marcela Almeida / Muriel ) Leandra Leal ( Bianca Batista ) Ângelo Antônio ( Edmundo das Neves ) Deliver Us from Eva Film 2003 Gary Hardwick LL Cool J ( Petruchio ) Gabrielle Union ( Katerina ) `` The Taming of The Shrew '' ( ShakespeaRe - Told ) TV 2005 David Richards Shirley Henderson ( Katherine ) Rufus Sewell ( Petruchio ) A modern adaptation by Sally Wainwright. Frivolous Wife ( Korean : 날나리 종 부전 ) Film 2008 Lim Won - kook Park Jung - ah ( Cheon Yeon - soo ) Park Jin - woo ( Lee Jeong - do ) Lee Won - jong ( Yeon - soo 's father ) Yang Geum - seok ( Aunt - in - law ) Lee Il - hwa ( Aunt - in - law ) Twelfth Night Main article : Twelfth Night Title Y Directors Starring Description Twelfth Night Film 1910 Eugene Mullin Charles Kent Julia Swayne Gordon ( Olivia ) Charles Kent ( Malvolio ) Florence Turner ( Viola ) William Humphrey ( Sir Toby Belch ) Twelfth Night Film 1933 Orson Welles Hascy Tarbox ( Sir Andrew Aguecheek ) Joanne Hill ( Viola ) Notable as the very earliest surviving film directed by Orson Welles, then aged 17. It is a recording of the dress rehearsal of Welles 's own abridged production at his alma mater, the Todd School for Boys, where he had returned to direct this adaptation for the Chicago Drama Festival in 1933. Twelfth Night ( Russian : Двенадцатая ночь ) Film 1955 Yan Frid Klara Luchko ( Viola / Sebastian ) Alla Larionova ( Olivia ) Vadim Medvedev ( Duke Orsino ) Mikhail Yanshin ( Sir Toby Belch ) Georgi Vitsin ( Sir Andrew Aguecheek ) Vasili Merkuryev ( Malvolio ) Bruno Freindlich ( Feste ) Twelfth Night TV 1966 Ken Hannam Judith Fisher ( Viola ) Mark McManus ( Sebastian ) Helen Morse ( Olivia ) Roger Climpson ( Orsino ) Twelfth Night TV 1969 John Sichel John Dexter Joan Plowright ( Viola and Sebastian ) Alec Guinness ( Malvolio ) Ralph Richardson ( Sir Toby Belch ) Tommy Steele ( Feste ) `` Twelfth Night '' ( BBC Television Shakespeare ) TV 1980 John Gorrie Alec McCowen ( Malvolio ) Robert Hardy ( Sir Toby Belch ) Felicity Kendal ( Viola ) Annette Crosbie ( Maria ) Sinéad Cusack ( Olivia ) Trevor Peacock ( Feste ) Clive Arrindell ( Orsino ) Ronnie Stevens ( Sir Andrew Aguecheek ) Released in the US as part of the Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare series. Twelfth Night Film 1986 Neil Armfield Gillian Jones ( Viola / Sebastian ) Geoffrey Rush ( Sir Andrew Aguecheek ) Ivar Kants ( Orsino ) John Wood ( Sir Toby Belch ) Twelfth Night TV 1988 Kenneth Branagh Richard Briers ( Malvolio ) Caroline Langrishe ( Olivia ) music by Patrick Doyle and Paul McCartney `` Twelfth Night '' ( Shakespeare : The Animated Tales ) TV 1992 Maria Muat Rosemary Leach ( Narrator ) Fiona Shaw ( Viola ) Roger Allam ( Duke Orsino ) Suzanne Burden ( Olivia ) Gerald James ( Malvolio ) William Rushton ( Toby Belch ) Stephen Tompkinson ( Sir Andrew ) Alice Arnold ( Maria ) Stefan Bednarczyk ( Feste ) Hugh Grant ( Sebastian ) Twelfth Night Film Trevor Nunn Ben Kingsley ( Feste ) Imogen Stubbs ( Viola ) Helena Bonham Carter ( Olivia ) Toby Stephens ( Orsino ) Nigel Hawthorne ( Malvolio ) Mel Smith ( Sir Toby Belch ) Imelda Staunton ( Maria ) Richard E. Grant ( Sir Andrew Aguecheek ) Twelfth Night, or What You Will TV 2003 Tim Supple Parminder Nagra ( Viola ) Ronny Jhutti ( Sebastian ) Chiwetel Ejiofor ( Orsino ) Claire Price ( Olivia ) David Troughton ( Sir Toby Belch ) She 's the Man Film 2006 Andy Fickman Amanda Bynes ( Viola ) Channing Tatum ( Duke Orsino ) Laura Ramsey ( Olivia ) Adapts the story to a high - school setting. The two Gentlemen of Verona Main article : The Two Gentlemen of Verona Title Y Directors Starring Description A Spray of Plum Blossoms ( Chinese : 剪 梅 ; pinyin : Yī jiǎn méi ) Silent film 1931 Bu Wancang Ruan Lingyu ( Hu Zhilu ) Jin Yan ( Hu Luting ) Wang Cilong ( Bai Lede ) Cho - Cho Lam ( Shi Luohua ) Gao Zhanfei ( Liao Di'ao ) Chen Yen - yen ( A Qiao ) The film is noted for its attempted `` Westernized stylings '' including its surreal use of decor, women - soldiers with long hair, etc. The film also had English - subtitles, but as some scholars have noted, since few foreigners watched these films, the subtitles were more to give off an air of the West rather than to serve any real purpose. `` The Two Gentlemen of Verona '' ( BBC Television Shakespeare ) TV Don Taylor Frank Barrie ( Sir Eglamour ) Tessa Peake - Jones ( Julia ) Hetta Charnley ( Lucetta ) Tyler Butterworth ( Proteus ) John Hudson ( Valentine ) Released in the USA as part of the Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare series. Tragedies Antony and Cleopatra Main article : Antony and Cleopatra Title Y Directors Starring Description Antony and Cleopatra Film 1908 J. Stuart Blackton Charles Kent Florence Lawrence ( Cleopatra ) William V. Ranous ( Octavius Caesar ) Betty Kent ( Cleopatra ) William Phillips ( Octavius Caesar ) Charles Chapman ( Mark Antony ) Antony and Cleopatra ( Italian : Marcantonio e Cleopatra ) Silent film 1913 Enrico Guazzoni Gianna Terribili - Gonzales ( Cleopatra ) Amleto Novelli ( Marcantonio ) Ignazio Lupi ( Augustus Caesar Ottaviano ) Matilde Di Marzio ( La schiava Agar aka Charmian ) Ida Carloni Talli ( La strega ) Antony and Cleopatra TV 1959 Christopher Muir Bettie Kauffman ( Cleopatra ) Keith Eden ( Antony ) Kevin Miles ( Caesar ) Antony and Cleopatra Film 1972 Charlton Heston Charlton Heston ( Antony ) Hildegarde Neil ( Cleopatra ) Eric Porter ( Enobarbus ) Antony and Cleopatra TV Jon Scoffield Janet Suzman ( Cleopatra ) Richard Johnson ( Antony ) Patrick Stewart ( Enobarbus ) An adaptation of Trevor Nunn 's Royal Shakespeare Company production of the play. `` Antony & Cleopatra '' ( BBC Television Shakespeare ) TV 1981 Jonathan Miller John Paul ( Canidius ) Jonathan Adams ( Ventidius ) Jane Lapotaire ( Cleopatra ) Colin Blakely ( Antony ) Darien Angadi ( Alexas ) Released in the USA as part of the Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare series. Kannaki Film 2002 Jayaraaj Lal ( Manikyan ) Siddique ( Choman ) Coriolanus Main article : Coriolanus Title Y Directors Starring Description `` The Tragedy of Coriolanus '' ( BBC Television Shakespeare ) TV 1984 Elijah Moshinsky Alan Howard ( Caius Marcius ) Joss Ackland ( Menenius ) Patrick Godfrey ( Cominius ) Peter Sands ( Titus Lartius ) Irene Worth ( Volumnia ) Joanna McCallum ( Virgilia ) Released in the USA as part of the Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare series. Coriolanus Film 2012 Ralph Fiennes Ralph Fiennes ( Coriolanus ) Gerard Butler ( Tullus Aufidius ) Vanessa Redgrave ( Volumnia ) Brian Cox ( Menenius ) Hamlet Main article : Hamlet on screen Further information : Hamlet Title Y Directors Starring Description Hamlet ( French : Le Duel d'Hamlet ) Film 1900 Clément Maurice Sarah Bernhardt ( Hamlet ) Believed to have been the earliest film adaptation of the play. The film is two minutes in length. It also was one of the first films to employ the newly discovered art of pre-recording the actors ' voices, then playing the recording simultaneous to the playing of the film. So, while produced during the silent film era, the film is technically not a silent film. Hamlet Silent 1907 Georges Méliès Georges Méliès ( Hamlet ) The first multi-scene cinematic adaptation of any work by Shakespeare. Hamlet Silent 1908 Henri Desfontaines Jacques Grétillat ( Hamlet ) Colanna Romano ( Gertrude ) One of twelve renditions of the play produced during the silent film era. Hamlet Silent 1912 Charles Raymond Charles Raymond ( Hamlet ) Dorothy Foster ( Ophelia ) Constance Backner ( Gertrude ) Hamlet Silent 1913 Hay Plumb Johnston Forbes - Robertson ( Hamlet ) Gertrude Elliot ( Ophelia ) Walter Ringham ( Claudius ) Adeleine Bourne ( Gertrude ) J.H. Barnes ( Polonius ) J.H. Ryley ( A Gravedigger ) Robert Atkins ( Marcellus ) George Hayes ( Osric ) Made by the Hepworth Company and based on the Drury Lane Theatre 's 1913 staging of the work. Hamlet ( Italian : Amleto ) Silent 1917 Eleuterio Rodolfi Ruggero Ruggeri ( Hamlet ) Helena Makowska ( Ophelia ) Mercedes Brignone ( Gertrude ) Hamlet Silent 1921 Svend Gade Heinz Schall Asta Nielsen ( Hamlet ) Paul Conradi ( King Hamlet ) Mathilde Brandt ( Queen Gertrude ) Eduard von Winterstein ( King Claudius ) Blood for Blood ( Urdu : Khoon Ka Khoon ‎ ) Film 1935 Sohrab Modi Sohrab Modi ( Hamlet ) Naseem Banu ( Ophelia ) Shamshadbai ( Gertrude ) Cited as one of the earliest talkie versions of this play. Credited as `` the man who brought Shakespeare to the Indian screen '', it was Modi 's debut feature film as a director. The story and script were by Mehdi Hassan Ahsan from his Urdu adaptation of Hamlet. Khoon Ka Khoon was the debut in films of Naseem Banu. Khoon Ka Khoon was a `` filmed version of a stage performance of the play ''. The film has been cited by National Film Archive of India founder P K. Nair, as one of `` most wanted '' missing Indian cinema treasures. Hamlet Film 1948 Laurence Olivier Basil Sydney ( Claudius ) Eileen Herlie ( Gertrude ) Laurence Olivier ( Hamlet ) Norman Wooland ( Horatio ) Felix Aylmer ( Polonius ) Terence Morgan ( Laertes ) Jean Simmons ( Ophelia ) Olivier 's second film as director, and also the second of the three Shakespeare films that he directed. Hamlet was the first British film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture. It is also the first sound film of the play in English. Olivier 's Hamlet is the Shakespeare film that has received the most prestigious accolades, winning the Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Actor and the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival. I, Hamlet ( Italian : Io, Amleto ) Film 1952 Giorgio Simonelli Erminio Macario ( Hamlet ) Franca Marzi ( Valchiria ) Rossana Podestà ( Ophelia ) Adriano Rimoldi ( Laertes ) Luigi Pavese ( King Claudius ) Marisa Merlini ( Queen Gertrude ) Giuseppe Porelli ( Polonius ) Hamlet ( Urdu : हेमलेट ‎ ) Film 1954 Kishore Sahu Kishore Sahu ( Hamlet ) Mala Sinha ( Ophelia ) Sahu was influenced by `` classic European sources ''. Though termed a `` free adaptation '' in the credit roll of the film, Sahu stayed true to the title, its setting, and the original names in the play, remaining as close as possible to Olivier 's 1948 film. Hamlet TV 1959 Royston Morley William Job ( Hamlet ) Henry Gilbert ( Claudius ) Georgie Sterling ( Gertrude ) Owen Weingott ( Laertes ) Delia William ( Ophelia ) The Bad Sleep Well ( Japanese : 悪い 奴 ほど よく 眠る, translit. Warui yatsu hodo yoku nemuru ) Film 1960 Akira Kurosawa Toshiro Mifune ( Kōichi Nishi ) Masayuki Mori ( Iwabuchi ) Kyōko Kagawa ( Yoshiko Nishi ) Tatsuya Mihashi ( Tatsuo Iwabuchi ) Takashi Shimura ( Moriyama ) Hamlet ( German : Hamlet, Prinz von Dänemark ) TV 1961 Franz Peter Wirth Maximilian Schell ( Hamlet ) Hans Caninenberg ( Claudius ) Wanda Rotha ( Gertrude ) Franz Schafheitlin ( Polonius ) Paul Verhoeven ( Erster Totengräber ) Ophelia Film 1963 Claude Chabrol Alida Valli ( Claudia Lesurf ) Claude Cerval ( Adrien Lesurf ) André Jocelyn ( Yvan Lesurf ) Juliette Mayniel ( Lucie ) Robert Burnier ( Andre Lagrange ) Hamlet ( Russian : Гамлет, tr. Gamlet ) Film 1964 Grigori Kozintsev Iosif Shapiro Innokenty Smoktunovsky ( Hamlet ) Mikhail Nazvanov ( Claudius ) Elza Radziņa ( Gertrude ) Yuri Tolubeyev ( Polonius ) Anastasiya Vertinskaya ( Ophelia ) Based on a translation by Boris Pasternak, and with a score by Dmitri Shostakovich. Both Kozintsev and the film itself gained prominence among adaptations of the play, and Smoktunovsky is considered one of the great film Hamlets. Hamlet Film 1964 Bill Colleran ( film ) John Gielgud ( stage ) Richard Burton ( Hamlet ) Hume Cronyn ( Polonius ) Alfred Drake ( Claudius ) Eileen Herlie ( Gertrude ) Linda Marsh ( Ophelia ) John Gielgud ( Ghost ) Hamlet at Elsinore TV 1964 Philip Saville Christopher Plummer ( Hamlet ) Robert Shaw ( Claudius ) Donald Sutherland ( Fortinbras ) Roy Kinnear ( Gravedigger ) Michael Caine ( Horatio ) Johnny Hamlet ( Italian : Quella sporca storia nel West, lit. ' That Dirty Story in the West ' ) Film 1968 Enzo G. Castellari Chip Corman ( Johnny Hamilton ) Gilbert Roland ( Horace ) Françoise Prévost ( Gertry ) Horst Frank ( Claude Hamilton ) Stefania Careddu ( Eugenia ) A Spaghetti Western version. Hamlet Film 1969 Tony Richardson Nicol Williamson ( Hamlet ) Anthony Hopkins ( Claudius ) Judy Parfitt ( Gertrude ) Marianne Faithfull ( Ophelia ) Mark Dignam ( Polonius ) Gordon Jackson ( Horatio ) Michael Pennington ( Laertes ) One Hamlet Less ( Italian : Un Amleto di meno ) Film 1973 Carmelo Bene Carmelo Bene ( Hamlet ) Luciana Cante ( Gertrude ) Isabella Russo ( Ophelia ) Giuseppe Tuminelli ( Polonius ) Alfiero Vincenti ( Claudius ) Hamlet TV Julian Pringle Jeff Ashby John Bell Max Cullen Ken Lawrence Roger Newcombe John Paramor Anna Volska The Angel of Vengeance -- The Female Hamlet ( Turkish : İntikam Meleği -- Kadın Hamlet ) Film 1977 Metin Erksan Fatma Girik ( Hamlet ) Sevda Ferdag ( Her Mother ) Reha Yurdakul ( Her Uncle ) Ahmet Sezerel ( Orhan ) `` Hamlet, Prince of Denmark '' ( BBC Television Shakespeare ) TV 1980 Rodney Bennett Derek Jacobi ( Hamlet ) Claire Bloom ( Gertrude ) Patrick Stewart ( Claudius ) Eric Porter ( Polonius ) Lalla Ward ( Ophelia ) Strange Brew Film Dave Thomas Rick Moranis Dave Thomas ( Doug McKenzie ) Rick Moranis ( Bob McKenzie ) Max von Sydow ( Brewmeister Smith ) Lynne Griffin ( Pam Elsinore ) Angus MacInnes ( Jean LeRose ) Hamlet Goes Business ( Finnish : Hamlet liikemaailmassa ) Film Aki Kaurismäki Pirkka - Pekka Petelius ( Hamlet ) Esko Salminen ( Klaus ) Kati Outinen ( Ofelia ) Elina Salo ( Gertrud ) Esko Nikkari ( Polonius ) Hamlet Film 1990 Franco Zeffirelli Mel Gibson ( Hamlet ) Glenn Close ( Gertrude ) Alan Bates ( Claudius ) Paul Scofield ( Ghost ) Ian Holm ( Polonius ) Helena Bonham Carter ( Ophelia ) The movie received two Academy Awards nominations, for Best Art Direction and Best Costume Design ( Dante Ferretti, Francesca Lo Schiavo ). Bates received a BAFTA nomination as Best Supporting Actor for playing Claudius. Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead Film 1990 Tom Stoppard Tim Roth ( Guildenstern ) Gary Oldman ( Rosencrantz ) Richard Dreyfuss ( The Lead Player ) Iain Glen ( Hamlet ) Ian Richardson ( Polonius ) Joanna Miles ( Gertrude ) Donald Sumpter ( Claudius ) Based on Stoppard 's play of the same name, the film depicts two minor characters from Hamlet, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, who find themselves on the road to Elsinore Castle at the behest of the King of Denmark. They encounter a band of players before arriving to find that they are needed to try to discern what troubles the prince Hamlet. Meanwhile, they ponder the meaning of their existence. The movie won the Golden Lion at the 47th Venice International Film Festival. `` Hamlet '' ( Shakespeare : The Animated Tales ) TV 1992 Natalia Orlova Michael Kitchen ( Narrator ) Nicholas Farrell ( Hamlet ) John Shrapnel ( Claudius ) John Shrapnel ( Ghost ) Susan Fleetwood ( Gertrude ) Tilda Swinton ( Ophelia ) John Warner ( Polonius ) Renaissance Man Film 1994 Penny Marshall Danny DeVito ( Bill Rago ) Gregory Hines ( Cass ) James Remar ( Tom Murdoch ) Cliff Robertson ( James ) Ed Begley, Jr. ( Jack Markin ) The Lion King Film 1994 Roger Allers Rob Minkoff Matthew Broderick ( Simba ) Jeremy Irons ( Scar ) James Earl Jones ( Mufasa ) Moira Kelly ( Nala ) An animated epic musical film, produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures. It is the 32nd Disney animated feature film. The story takes place in a kingdom of lions in Africa. In the Bleak Midwinter Film 1995 Kenneth Branagh Michael Maloney ( Joe Harper ) Richard Briers ( Henry Wakefield ) Joan Collins ( Margaretta D'Arcy ) Nicholas Farrell ( Tom Newman ) Mark Hadfield ( Vernon Spatch ) Hamlet Film Kenneth Branagh Kenneth Branagh ( Hamlet ) Derek Jacobi ( Claudius ) Julie Christie ( Gertrude ) Kate Winslet ( Ophelia ) Michael Maloney ( Laertes ) Richard Briers ( Polonius ) Nicholas Farrell ( Horatio ) The film is notable as the first unabridged theatrical film version of the play, running just over four hours. The play 's setting is updated to the 19th century, but its Elizabethan English remains the same. Hamlet was also the last major dramatic motion picture to be filmed entirely on 70 mm film until the release of The Master ( 2012 ). Hamlet was highly acclaimed by the majority of critics and has been regarded as one of the best Shakespeare film adaptations ever made. Let the Devil Wear Black Film 1999 Stacy Title Jonathan Penner ( Jack Lyne ) Norman Reedus ( Brautigan ) Jacqueline Bisset ( Helen Lyne ) Mary - Louise Parker ( Julia Hirsch ) Jamey Sheridan ( Carl Lyne ) A modern - day version set in Los Angeles. All of the language is modern. Hamlet Film 2000 Michael Almereyda Ethan Hawke ( Hamlet ) Kyle MacLachlan ( Claudius ) Diane Venora ( Gertrude ) Sam Shepard ( Ghost ) Liev Schreiber ( Laertes ) Julia Stiles ( Ophelia ) Bill Murray ( Polonius ) In this version, Claudius becomes King and CEO of `` Denmark Corporation '', having taken over the firm by killing his brother, Hamlet 's father. This adaptation keeps the Shakespearean dialogue but presents a modern setting, with technology such as video cameras, Polaroid cameras, and surveillance bugs. For example, the ghost of Hamlet 's murdered father first appears on closed - circuit TV. The Banquet ( Chinese : 夜宴 ; pinyin : Yè Yàn ) Film 2006 Feng Xiaogang Zhang Ziyi ( Empress Wan ) Ge You ( Emperor Li ) Daniel Wu ( Crown Prince Wu Luan ) Zhou Xun ( Qing ) Huang Xiaoming ( General Yin Sun ) A loose adaption of Hamlet and Ibsen 's Ghosts, set in the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period in 10th century China. Hamlet TV 2009 Gregory Doran David Tennant ( Hamlet ) Patrick Stewart ( Claudius ) Penny Downie ( Gertrude ) Mariah Gale ( Ophelia ) Oliver Ford Davies ( Polonius ) An adaptation of the Royal Shakespeare Company 's 2008 modern - dress stage production. Tardid ( Persian : تردید ‎, lit. ' Doubt ' ‎ ) Film 2009 Varuzh Karim - Masihi ( Persian : واروژ کریم مسیحی ‎ ‎ ) Bahram Radan ( Siavash Roozbehan ) Taraneh Alidoosti ( Mahtab ) Alireza Shoja Noori ( Siavashs uncle ) Mohammad Moti ( Anvari ) Atash Garakani ( Mah Talat ) Hamlet Film 2011 Bruce Ramsay Bruce Ramsay ( Hamlet ) Lara Gilchrist ( Ophelia ) Peter Wingfield ( Claudius ) Gillian Barber Gertude ) Duncan Fraser ( Polonius ) A condensed retelling of the play set in 1940s England. Karmayogi Film 2012 V.K. Prakash Indrajith ( Rudran Gurukkal ) Nithya Menon Padmini Kolhapure ( Mankamma ) Saiju Kurup Ashokan Haider Film Vishal Bhardwaj Tabu ( Ghazala Meer ) Shahid Kapoor ( Haider Meer ) Shraddha Kapoor ( Arshia Lone ) Narendra Jha ( Dr. Hilal Meer ) Irrfan Khan ( Roohdaar ) Battle For Denmark Web Series 2017 Hailey Buck Hailey Buck ( Horatio ), John Scott Massey ( Hamlet ), Samantha Buck ( Ophelia ), Amber Bonasso ( Gertrude ), Floyd Harden ( Claudius ) Battle For Denmark is a web series based on Hamlet set in modern - day mayoral campaign documented by Horatio. Julius Caesar Main article : Julius Caesar ( play ) Title Y Directors Starring Description Julius Caesar Film 1950 David Bradley David Bradley ( Brutus ) Harold Tasker ( Caesar ) Charlton Heston ( Mark Antony ) The first film version of the play with sound. It was produced using actors from the Chicago area. Heston, who had known Bradley since his youth, was the only paid cast member. Bradley recruited drama students from his alma mater Northwestern University for bit parts and extras, one of whom was future star Jeffrey Hunter, who studied alongside Heston at Northwestern. The 16 mm film was shot in 1949 on locations in the Chicago area, including Soldier Field, the Museum of Science and Industry, the Elks National Veterans Memorial, and the Field Museum. The Indiana sand dunes on Lake Michigan were used for the Battle of Philippi. One indoor set was built in the Chicago suburb of Evanston. To save money, about 80 % of the film was shot silently, with the dialogue dubbed in later by the actors. Julius Caesar Film 1953 Joseph L. Mankiewicz James Mason ( Brutus ) John Gielgud ( Cassius ) Marlon Brando ( Mark Antony ) Louis Calhern ( Julius Caesar ) Brando 's casting was met with some skepticism when it was announced, as he had acquired the nickname of `` The Mumbler '' following his performance in A Streetcar Named Desire ( 1951 ). Mankiewicz even considered Paul Scofield for the role of Mark Antony if Brando 's screen test was unsuccessful. Brando asked John Gielgud for advice in declaiming Shakespeare, and adopted all of Gielgud 's recommendations. Brando 's performance turned out so well that the New York Times stated in its review of the film : `` Happily, Mr. Brando 's diction, which has been guttural and slurred in previous films, is clear and precise in this instance. In him a major talent has emerged. '' Brando was so dedicated in his performance during shooting that Gielgud offered to direct him in a stage production of Hamlet, a proposition that Brando seriously considered but ultimately turned down. Julius Caesar Film 1970 Stuart Burge Charlton Heston ( Mark Antony ) Jason Robards ( Brutus ) John Gielgud ( Caesar ) Richard Johnson ( Cassius ) The first film version of the play made in colour. `` Julius Caesar '' ( BBC Television Shakespeare ) TV 1979 Herbert Wise Richard Pasco ( Marcus Brutus ) Charles Gray ( Julius Caesar ) Keith Michell ( Marcus Antonius ) David Collings ( Cassius ) Virginia McKenna ( Portia ) Released in the USA as part of the Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare series. `` Julius Caesar '' ( Shakespeare : The Animated Tales ) TV 1994 Yuri Kulakov Joss Ackland ( Caesar ) Frances Tomelty ( Calphurnia ) David Robb ( Brutus ) Hugh Quarshie ( Cassius ) Jim Carter ( Mark Antony ) Judith Sharp ( Portia ) Cel animation Julius Caesar TV 2012 Gregory Doran Paterson Joseph ( Brutus ) Ray Fearon ( Mark Antony ) Jeffery Kissoon ( Julius Caesar ) Cyril Nri ( Cassius ) Adjoa Andoh ( Portia ) Royal Shakespeare Company stage production, filmed for BBC Television. King Lear Main article : King Lear Title Y Directors Starring Description King Lear ( Italian : Re Lear ) Silent 1910 Gerolamo Lo Savio Ermete Novelli ( King Lear ) Francesca Bertini ( Cordelia ) Olga Giannini Novelli ( Lear 's Daughter ) Giannina Chiantoni ( Lear 's Daughter ) King Lear Silent 1916 Ernest C. Warde Frederick Warde ( King Lear ) Ernest C. Warde ( The King 's Fool ) Lorraine Huling ( Cordelia ) Ina Hammer ( Goneril ) Edith Diestal ( Regan ) Hector Dion ( Edmund ) Boyd Marshall ( The King of France ) Gunasundari Katha ( Telugu : గుణసుందరి కథ ) Film 1949 Kadiri Venkata Reddy Govindarajula Subba Rao ( King Ugrasena ) Sriranjani ( Gunasundari ) Santha Kumari ( Rupasundari ) King Lear TV 1953 Peter Brook Andrew McCullough Orson Welles ( King Lear ) Natasha Parry ( Cordelia ) Margaret Phillips ( Regan ) Beatrice Straight ( Goneril ) Originally presented live, now survives on kinescope. King Lear Film 1971 Peter Brook Paul Scofield ( King Lear ) Cyril Cusack ( Albany ) Irene Worth ( Goneril ) Susan Engel ( Regan ) Tom Fleming ( Kent ) Jack MacGowran ( Fool ) Patrick Magee ( Cornwall ) Anne - Lise Gabold ( Cordelia ) Ian Hogg ( Edmund ) King Lear ( Russian : Король Лир, translit. Korol Lir ) Film 1971 Grigori Kozintsev Jüri Järvet ( King Lear ) Elza Radzina ( Goneril ) Galina Volchek ( Regan ) Valentina Shendrikova ( Cordelia ) The Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich composed the score. `` King Lear '' ( Great Performances ) TV Edwin Sherin James Earl Jones ( Lear ) Raul Julia ( Edmund ) Rene Auberjonois ( Edgar ) Rosalind Cash ( Goneril ) Douglass Watson ( Kent ) Recording of a New York Shakespeare Festival production. King Lear TV Tony Davenall Patrick Magee ( Lear ) Beth Harris ( Goneril ) Ann Lynn ( Regan ) Wendy Alnutt ( Cordelia ) Patrick Mower ( Edmund ) Robert Coleby ( Edgar ) `` King Lear '' ( BBC Television Shakespeare ) TV 1982 Jonathan Miller Michael Hordern ( Lear ) Frank Middlemass ( the Fool ) Brenda Blethyn ( Cordelia ) Anton Lesser ( Edgar ) Released in the US as part of the Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare series. King Lear TV Michael Elliot Laurence Olivier ( Lear ) Leo McKern ( Gloucester ) Diana Rigg ( Regan ) Dorothy Tutin ( Goneril ) Robert Lang ( Albany ) Robert Lindsay ( Edmund ) John Hurt ( The Fool ) David Threlfall ( Edgar ) Elliott set his Lear in an environment resembling Stonehenge, although the production was entirely shot in a studio. In keeping with the primitive backdrop, this production emphasizes the primitive over the sophisticated. Shakespeare 's characters use the clothing, weapons, and technology of the early Bronze Age rather than the Elizabethan era. Olivier 's Lear in this production garnered great acclaim, winning him an Emmy for the performance. It was the last of Olivier 's appearances in a Shakespeare play. At 75, he was one of the oldest actors to take on this enormously demanding role. ( He had previously played it in 1946 at the Old Vic, without much success. ) Ran ( Japanese : 乱, lit. ' Chaos ' ) Film 1985 Akira Kurosawa ( Japanese : 黒澤 明 ) Tatsuya Nakadai ( Great Lord Hidetora Ichimonji ) Jinpachi Nezu ( Lord Jiro ) Daisuke Ryu ( Lord Saburo ) Masayuki Yui ( Tango ) Peter ( Kyoami ) Mieko Harada ( Lady Kaede ) An adaptation of the story in a Japanese setting, Ran was Kurosawa 's last epic, and has often been cited as amongst his finest achievements. With a budget of $11 million, it was the most expensive Japanese film ever produced up to that time. King Lear Film Jean - Luc Godard Jean - Luc Godard ( Professor Pluggy ) Burgess Meredith ( Don Learo ) Molly Ringwald ( Cordelia ) Peter Sellars ( William Shakespeare Junior the Fifth ) Woody Allen ( Mr. Alien ) Adapted as post-Chernobyl disaster science fiction. Rather than reproducing a performance of Shakespeare 's play, the film is more concerned with the issues raised by the text, and symbolically explores the relationships between power and virtue, between fathers and daughters, words and images. The film deliberately does not use conventional Hollywood film - making techniques which make a film ' watchable ', but instead seeks to alienate and baffle its audience in the manner of Berthold Brecht. Gypsy Lore ( Hungarian : Romani kris - Cigánytörvény ) Film 1997 Bence Gyöngyössy Đoko Rosić ( Lovér ) Mihály Szabados ( Tamáska ) Silvia Pincu ( Ilka ) Diliana Dimitrova ( Kukunda ) Violetta Koleva ( Sarolta ) A Thousand Acres Film 1997 Jocelyn Moorhouse Jason Robards ( Larry Cook ) Jessica Lange ( Ginny ) Michelle Pfeiffer ( Rose ) Jennifer Jason Leigh ( Caroline ) A modern retelling of the Lear story, from the perspective of the Goneril character ( Ginny ). King Lear TV 1997 Richard Eyre Ian Holm ( Lear ) Barbara Flynn ( Goneril ) Amanda Redman ( Regan ) Victoria Hamilton ( Cordelia ) Timothy West ( Gloucester ) Finbar Lynch ( Edmund ) Paul Rhys ( Edgar ) BBC film of the Royal National Theatre 's stage version. It was televised with an accompanying documentary, including interviews with the director and cast. King Lear Film 1999 Brian Blessed Brian Blessed ( King Lear ) Hildegarde Neil ( the Fool ) Jason Riddington ( Cordelia ) Claire Laurie ( Regan ) Caroline Lennon ( Goneril ) Apart from Peter Brook 's King Lear in 1971, it is the only other feature - length film adaptation to preserve Shakespeare 's verse. Yvonne Griggs, in Shakespeare 's King Lear : A close study of the relationship between text and film ( 2009 ), characterised it as `` a very stilted costume drama ''. The Tragedy of King Lear Screenplay 2000 An unfilmed screenplay written by Harold Pinter on a commission from Tim Roth. King of Texas TV 2002 Uli Edel Patrick Stewart ( John Lear ) Marcia Gay Harden ( Mrs. Susannah Lear Tumlinson ) Lauren Holly ( Mrs. Rebecca Lear Highsmith ) Roy Scheider ( Henry Westover ) David Alan Grier ( Rip ) A Western adaptation of King Lear, the film takes the plot of the play and places it in the Republic of Texas during the 19th century. King Lear TV 2008 Trevor Nunn Ian McKellen ( King Lear ) Romola Garai ( Cordelia ) Frances Barber ( Goneril ) Monica Dolan ( Regan ) It features the same cast and director as the 2007 RSC production, and started filming only a few days after the final performance at the New London Theatre, at Pinewood Studios in Buckinghamshire. Macbeth Main article : Macbeth on screen See also : Macbeth Title Y Directors Starring Description Macbeth Silent 1908 J. Stuart Blackton William Ranous ( Macbeth ) Paul Panzer ( Macduff ) Charles Kent ( Duncan ) Louise Carver ( Lady Macbeth ) The earliest known film version of that play. It was a black and white silent film with English intertitles. It is currently unknown if any print of the film still exists. Macbeth Silent 1909 André Calmettes Paul Mounet ( Macbeth ) Jeanne Delvair ( Lady Macbeth ) A silent black - and - white film with French intertitles. Macbeth Silent 1909 Mario Caserini Dante Cappelli ( Macbeth ) Maria Caserini ( Lady Macbeth ) Amleto Palormi Ettore Pesci The second Macbeth film released that year ( released on November 27 ), and is the third film version of the play. The running time is 16 minutes and it is a black - and - white film. Macbeth Silent 1911 Will Barker Frank Benson ( Macbeth ) Constance Benson ( Lady Macbeth ) Like all films of the time, it is silent with English intertitles, black - and - white, and ran for 14 minutes. No prints are known to exist. Macbeth Silent 1913 Arthur Bourchier Arthur Bourchier ( Macbeth ) Violet Vanbrugh ( Lady Macbeth ) 47 - minute - long silent adaptation. It is considered to be a lost film, but according to Carl Bennett in The Progressive Silent Film List, a print may exist at the George Eastman Museum 's International Museum of Photography and Film. Macbeth Silent 1915 Charles le Bargy Séverin - Mars ( Macbeth ) Georgette Leblanc ( Lady Macbeth ) A silent black - and - white film with French intertitles. Macbeth Silent 1916 John Emerson Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree ( Macbeth ) Constance Collier ( Lady Macbeth ) Wilfred Lucas ( Macduff ) Spottiswoode Aitken ( Duncan ) Ralph Lewis ( Banquo ) Mary Alden ( Lady Macduff ) Olga Grey ( Lady Agnes ) The film stars Herbert Beerbohm Tree and Constance Collier, both famous from the stage and for playing Shakespearean parts. Although released during the first decade of feature filmmaking, it was already the seventh version of Macbeth to be produced, one of eight of the silent film era. It is considered to be a lost film. The running time is 80 minutes. In the companion book to his Hollywood television series, Kevin Brownlow states that Sir Herbert Tree failed to understand that the production was a silent film and that speech was not needed so much as pantomime. Tree, who had performed the play numerous times on the stage, kept spouting reams of dialogue. So Emerson and Fleming simply removed the film and cranked an empty camera so as not to waste film when he did so. The Real Thing at Last Silent 1916 L.C. MacBean J.M. Barrie Edmund Gwenn ( Macbeth ) Nelson Keys ( Lady Macbeth ) Ernest Thesiger ( Witch ) Pauline Chase ( American Witch ) Marie Lohr ( Murdered ) Frederick Kerr ( Murdered ) A satirical silent movie based on the play Macbeth. It was written in 1916 by Peter Pan creator and playwright J.M. Barrie as a parody of the American entertainment industry. The film was made by the newly created British Actors Film Company in response to news that American filmmaker D.W. Griffith intended to honor the 300th anniversary of William Shakespeare 's death with the production of a film version. No copies of The Real Thing at Last are known to survive. It parodies the sensationalism of the American entertainment of the day, contrasting it with more reserved British sensibilities. It loosely follows the plot of the play, but two versions of each depicted scene are shown : In the British version, Lady Macbeth wiped a small amount of blood from her hands ; in the American she had to wash away gallons of the stuff. In the British, the witches danced around a small cauldron ; in the American the witches became dancing beauties cavorting around a huge cauldron. In the British, Macbeth and Macduff fought in a ditch ; in the American Macbeth falls to his death from a skyscraper. Macbeth Silent 1922 H.B. Parkinson Russell Thorndike ( Macbeth ) Sybil Thorndike ( Lady Macbeth ) The last silent film version, and the eighth film adaptation of the play. Macbeth Film 1948 Orson Welles Orson Welles ( Macbeth ) Jeanette Nolan ( Lady Macbeth ) Dan O'Herlihy ( Macduff ) Roddy McDowall ( Malcolm ) Edgar Barrier ( Banquo ) Macbeth Film 1950s Laurence Olivier A 1950s attempt by Laurence Olivier to film the play, cancelled before being produced. Marmayogi ( Tamil : மர்மயோகி, lit. ' The Mysterious Sage ', Hindi : एक था राजा, translit. Ek Tha Raja, lit. ' Once There Was A King ' ) Film 1951 K. Ramnoth Serukalathur Sama ( Marmayogi ) M.G. Ramachandran ( Karikalan ) S.V. Sahasranamam ( Veerangan ) S.A. Natarajan ( Urvasi 's Lover ) A film adaptation of the novel Vengeance by Marie Corelli and Macbeth. The film was shot simultaneously in Tamil and Hindi. `` Macbeth '' ( Hallmark Hall of Fame ) TV 1954 George Schaefer Maurice Evans ( Macbeth ) Judith Anderson ( Lady Macbeth ) House Jameson ( Duncan ) Staats Cotsworth ( Banquo ) Richard Waring ( Macduff ) A live television adaptation telecast in color, but has only been preserved on black - and - white kinescope. Joe MacBeth Film 1955 Ken Hughes Paul Douglas ( Joe MacBeth ) Ruth Roman ( Lily MacBeth ) Bonar Colleano ( Lennie ) Grégoire Aslan ( Duca ) Sid James ( Banky ) A modern retelling set in a 1930s American criminal underworld. The film 's plot closely follows the original. Throne of Blood ( Japanese : 蜘蛛 巣 城, translit. Kumonosu - jō, lit. ' Spider Web Castle ' ) Film 1957 Akira Kurosawa Toshiro Mifune ( Washizu Taketoki ) Isuzu Yamada ( Washizu Asaji ) Takashi Shimura ( Odakura Noriyasu ) Akira Kubo ( Miki Yoshiteru ) Minoru Chiaki ( Miki Yoshiaki ) The film transposes the plot from Medieval Scotland to feudal Japan, with stylistic elements drawn from Noh drama. As with the play, the film tells the story of a warrior who assassinates his sovereign at the urging of his ambitious wife. Despite the change in setting and language and numerous creative liberties, in the West Throne of Blood is often considered one of the best film adaptations of the play. Macbeth TV 1960 George Schaefer Maurice Evans ( Macbeth ) Judith Anderson ( Lady Macbeth ) Michael Hordern ( Banquo ) Ian Bannen ( Macduff ) Malcolm Keen ( King Duncan ) A filmed - on - location adaptation with the same two stars and director as the 1954 production. Shown on TV in the US and in theatres in Europe. Macbeth TV 1960 William Sterling Ken Goodlet ( Macbeth ) Dinah Shearing ( Lady Macbeth ) Keith Eden ( Macduff ) Douglas Kelly ( Duncan ) Wyn Roberts ( Banquo ) The Sydney Morning Herald wrote that the production as `` visually efficient '' but also `` a dreadful warning of what can happen when a producer becomes frightened of a great text... a torrent of gabble and shouting. Some of the most concise dramatic poetry in all Shakespeare received treatment worthy of the race results. '' Macbeth TV 1961 Paul Almond Sean Connery ( Macbeth ) Zoe Caldwell ( Lady Macbeth ) William Needles ( Banquo ) Ted Follows ( Macduff ) Robin Gammell ( Malcolm ) Powys Thomas ( King Duncan ) Macbeth TV 1965 Alan Burke Wyn Roberts ( Macbeth ) Terri Aldred ( Lady Macbeth ) Keith Eden ( Macduff ) Keith Lee ( Banquo ) Peter Hepworth ( Fleance ) `` Macbeth '' ( Play of the Month ) TV 1970 John Gorrie Eric Porter ( Macbeth ) Janet Suzman ( Lady Macbeth ) John Thaw ( Banquo ) John Woodvine ( MacDuff ) John Alderton ( Malcolm ) Michael Goodliffe ( Duncan ) Macbeth Film 1971 Roman Polanski Jon Finch ( Macbeth ) Francesca Annis ( Lady Macbeth ) Martin Shaw ( Banquo ) Terence Bayler ( Macduff ) Nicholas Selby ( King Duncan ) Macbeth TV 1978 Philip Casson ( TV ) Trevor Nunn ( stage ) Ian McKellen ( Macbeth ) Judi Dench ( Lady Macbeth ) Griffith Jones ( Duncan ) Ian McDiarmid ( Porter ) Bob Peck ( Macduff ) John Woodvine ( Banquo ) Videotaped version of Nunn 's Royal Shakespeare Company production produced by Thames Television. The original stage production was performed at The Other Place, the RSC 's small studio theatre in Stratford - upon - Avon. It had been performed in the round before small audiences, with a bare stage and simple costuming. The recording preserves this style : the actors perform on a circular set and with a mostly black background ; changes of setting are indicated only by lighting changes. Macbeth ( The Shakespeare Collection ) Video 1981 Arthur Allan Seidelman Jeremy Brett ( Macbeth ) Piper Laurie ( Lady Macbeth ) Simon MacCorkindale ( Macduff ) Richard Alfieri ( Malcolm ) Barry Primus ( Banquo ) Macbeth TV 1982 Béla Tarr György Cserhalmi ( Macbeth ) Erzsébet Kútvölgyi ( Lady Macbeth ) The film is composed of only two shots : The first shot ( before the main title ) is five minutes long, the second 57 minutes long. `` Macbeth '' ( BBC Television Shakespeare ) TV Jack Gold Nicol Williamson ( Macbeth ) Jane Lapotaire ( Lady Macbeth ) Mark Dignam ( Duncan ) Ian Hogg ( Banquo ) Alistair Henderson ( Fleance ) Macbeth Film Claude d'Anna Leo Nucci ( Macbeth ) Shirley Verrett ( Lady Macbeth ) Samuel Ramey ( Banco ( voice ) ) Johan Leysen ( Banco ) Veriano Luchetti ( Macduff ( voice ) ) Philippe Volter ( Macduff ) A film adaptation of Verdi 's opera Macbeth ( libretto by Francesco Maria Piave based on Shakespeare 's play ) It was screened out of competition at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival. Men of Respect Film 1990 William C. Reilly John Turturro ( Mike Battaglia ) Katherine Borowitz ( Ruthie Battaglia ) Dennis Farina ( Bankie Como ) Peter Boyle ( Matt Duffy ) Rod Steiger ( Charlie D'Amico ) `` Macbeth '' ( Shakespeare : The Animated Tales ) TV 1992 Nicolai Serebryakov Alec McCowen ( Narrator ) Brian Cox ( Macbeth ) Zoë Wanamaker ( Lady Macbeth ) Laurence Payne ( Duncan ) Patrick Brennan ( Banquo ) Macbeth TV 1997 Jeremy Freeston Jason Connery ( Macbeth ) Helen Baxendale ( Lady Macbeth ) Graham McTavish ( Banquo ) Macbeth on the Estate TV 1997 Penny Willcot James Frain ( Macbeth ) Susan Vidler ( Lady Macbeth ) Andrew Tiernan ( Banquo ) Ray Winstone ( Duncan ) David Harewood ( MacDuff ) ) Modern - setting version in a world of drugs and drug kingpins. Macbeth TV 1998 Michael Bogdanov Sean Pertwee ( Macbeth ) Greta Scacchi ( Lady Macbeth ) Philip Madoc ( Duncan ) Michael Maloney ( Banquo ) Shane Richie ( Porter ) Makibefo Film 1999 Alexander Abela Martin Zia ( Makibefo ) Neoliny Dety ( Valy Makibefo ) Jean - Félix ( Danikany ) Bien Rasoanan Tenaina ( Malikomy ) Jean - Noël ( Makidofy ) The director filmed the movie near the town of Faux Cap, Madagascar, with a single technical assistant. With the exception of an English - speaking narrator, all the roles are played by indigenous Antandroy people ( few of whom had ever seen a movie before ) who performed a largely improvised story based on Macbeth set in a remote fishing village. Macbeth TV 2001 Greg Doran Ken Bones ( Banquo ) Nigel Cooke ( Macduff ) Stephen Noonan ( Porter ) Antony Sher ( Macbeth ) Harriet Walter ( Lady Macbeth ) Royal Shakespeare Company Rave Macbeth Film 2001 Michael Rosenbaum Michael Rosenbaum ( Marcus ) Nicki Aycox ( Lidia ) Kirk Baltz ( Dean ) Jamie Elman ( Troy ) Marguerite Moreau ( Helena ) A loose adaptation set in rave culture. Scotland, PA Film 2001 William Morrissette James Le Gros ( Joe McBeth ) Maura Tierney ( Pat McBeth ) Christopher Walken ( Lieutenant McDuff ) Kevin Corrigan ( Anthony Banconi ) James Rebhorn ( Norm Duncan ) Maqbool ( Hindi : मक़बूल Urdu : مقبُول ‎ ) Film 2003 Vishal Bhardwaj Irrfan Khan ( Miyan Maqbool ) Tabu ( Nimmi ) Pankaj Kapoor ( Jahangir Khan ) Piyush Mishra ( Kaka ) Ankur Vikal ( Riyaz Boti ) `` Macbeth '' ( ShakespeaRe - Told ) TV 2005 Mark Brozel Vincent Regan ( Duncan Docherty ) James McAvoy ( Joe Macbeth ) Keeley Hawes ( Ella Macbeth ) Joseph Millson ( Billy Banquo ) Toby Kebbell ( Malcolm ) Richard Armitage ( Peter Macduff ) Set in a three Michelin star restaurant owned by celebrity chef Duncan Docherty, with Joe Macbeth as the sous chef and his wife Ella as the Maître d '. Joe and his fellow chef Billy Banquo are annoyed that Duncan takes the credit for Joe 's work, and that Duncan 's son Malcolm has no real flair for the business. Then they encounter three supernatural binmen who predict that Macbeth will get ownership of the restaurant, as will Billy 's children. Joe and Ella are inspired to kill Duncan, but the binmen subsequently warn that Macbeth should be wary of Peter Macduff, the head waiter. Macbeth Film 2006 Geoffrey Wright Sam Worthington ( Macbeth ) Victoria Hill ( Lady Macbeth ) Lachy Hulme ( Macduff ) Gary Sweet ( Duncan ) Steve Bastoni ( Banquo ) Sets the story in a modern - day Melbourne gangster setting, and the actors deliver the dialogue in Australian accents, largely maintains the language of the original play. Macbeth TV Rupert Goold Patrick Stewart ( Macbeth ) Kate Fleetwood ( Lady Macbeth ) Martin Turner ( Banquo ) Michael Feast ( Macduff ) Ben Carpenter ( Donalbain ) Paul Shelley ( Duncan ) Based Goold 's stage adaptation for the Chichester Festival Theatre in 2007. The film specifically evokes the atmosphere of the Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin, with subtle parallels between Stalin and Macbeth in their equally brutal quests for power. The three witches likewise receive an update in keeping with the 20th century aesthetics, appearing as hospital nurses. Their presence is pervasive throughout the film, punctuating the horror of Macbeth 's murderous reign. The film was filmed entirely on location at Welbeck Abbey. Shakespeare Must Die ( Thai : เช ค ส เปีย ร์ ต้อง ตาย ) Film 2012 Ing Kanjanavanit Pissara Umavijani ( Lady Macduff ) Pisarn Pattanapeeradej ( Mekhdeth ) Ajon Kibreab ( Lennox ) Pirun Anusuriya ( Angus ) Totrakul Jantima ( Bangkho ) Nam - ob Semsisom ( Macduff 's Daughter ) Fiona Tarini Graham ( Khunying Mekhdeth ) Thai - language film that tells the story of a theatre group in a fictional country resembling Thailand, that is staging a production of Macbeth. One of the film 's main characters is a dictator named Dear Leader, who bears a resemblance to former Thai leader Thaksin Shinawatra, who was ousted in a 2006 coup which sparked years of political turmoil between his supporters and critics. The Thai government banned the film fearing it would cause societal disunity. Macbeth Film 2015 Justin Kurzel Michael Fassbender ( Macbeth ) Marion Cotillard ( Lady Macbeth ) Paddy Considine ( Banquo ) Sean Harris ( Macduff ) Jack Reynor ( Malcolm ) Elizabeth Debicki ( Lady Macduff ) David Thewlis ( King Duncan ) Veeram ( Malayalam : വീരം, lit. ' Valour ' ) Film 2016 Jayaraj Kunal Kapoor ( Chandu Chekaver ) Shivajith Nambiar ( Aromal Chekaver ) Himarsha Venkatsamy ( Unniyarcha ) Satheesh Menon ( Raman Chekaver ) The film, which also takes inspirations from the Vadakkan Pattukal ( Northern Ballads ) of the North Malabar region in Kerala, tells the story of Chandu Chekavar, an infamous warrior in the 13th century. Veeram is simultaneously made in Malayalam, Hindi, and in English with the same title. Othello Main article : Othello Title Y Directors Starring Description Otello Silent 1906 Mario Caserini Gaston Velle Ubaldo Maria Del Colle ( Othello ) Mario Caserini ( Iago ) Maria Caserini ( Desdemona ) Fernanda Negri Pouget A silent film adaptation based on Giuseppe Verdi 's 1887 opera of the same name ( which in turn is based on Othello ). It is believed to be the earliest film adaptation of the play. Othello Silent 1922 Dimitri Buchowetzki Emil Jannings ( Othello ) Werner Krauss ( Iago ) Ica von Lenkeffy ( Desdemona ) Theodor Loos ( Cassio ) The first of six major film productions of the work. Othello Film 1946 David MacKane John Slater ( Othello ) Luanna Shaw ( Desdemona ) Sebastian Cabot ( Iago ) Sheila Raynor ( Emilia ) A Double Life Film 1947 George Cukor Ronald Colman ( Anthony John ) Signe Hasso ( Brita ) Edmond O'Brien ( Bill Friend ) Shelley Winters ( Pat Kroll ) Ray Collins ( Victor Donlan ) Philip Loeb ( Max Lasker ) Millard Mitchell ( Al Cooley ) A film noir adaptation in which an actor playing the moor takes on frightening aspects of his character 's personality. Celebrated stage actor Anthony John has driven away his actress wife Brita with his erratic temper. However, they star together in a staging of Othello. Gradually, his portrayal of a jealous murderer undermines his sanity, and he kills his mistress, Pat Kroll. Colman won the Academy Award as best actor for his performance in this film. Othello Film 1951 Orson Welles Orson Welles ( Othello ) Micheál MacLiammóir ( Iago ) Robert Coote ( Roderigo ) Suzanne Cloutier ( Desdemona ) Hilton Edwards ( Brabantio ) Welles trimmed the source material, which is generally around three hours when performed, down to a little over 90 minutes for the film. One of Welles 's more complicated shoots, Othello was filmed erratically over three years. Shooting began in 1949, but was forced to shut down when the film 's original Italian producer announced on one of the first days of shooting that he was bankrupt. Instead of abandoning filming altogether, Welles as director began pouring his own money into the project. When he ran out of money as well, he needed to stop filming for months at a time to raise money, mostly by taking part in other productions. Othello ( Russian : Отелло ) Film 1955 Sergei Yutkevich Sergei Bondarchuk ( Othello ) Irina Skobtseva ( Desdemona ) Andrei Popov ( Iago ) Jubal Film 1956 Delmer Daves Glenn Ford ( Jubal Troop ) Ernest Borgnine ( Shep Horgan ) Rod Steiger ( Pinkum ) Valerie French ( Mae Horgan ) Felicia Farr ( Naomi ) Charles Bronson ( Reb Haislipp ) A Western based on a 1939 novel by Paul Wellman, it was filmed in Technicolor and CinemaScope on location in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. The film is notable as a western reworking of Othello. All Night Long Film 1962 Basil Dearden Patrick McGoohan ( Johnnie Cousin ) Paul Harris ( Aurelius Rex ) Marti Stevens ( Delia Lane ) An adaptation set in the contemporary London jazz scene. Othello Film 1965 Stuart Burge Laurence Olivier ( Othello ) Frank Finlay ( Iago ) Maggie Smith ( Desdemona ) Derek Jacobi ( Cassio ) A film of the Royal National Theatre 's stage production. Olivier, Smith, Redman, and Finlay all received Academy Award nominations, and it was the film debuts for both Derek Jacobi and Michael Gambon. Othello TV 1965 Patrick Barton Raymond Westwell ( Othello ) Keirh Lee ( Iago ) Frances McDonald ( Desdemona ) Joan MacArthur ( Emilia ) An Australian TV play, it was broadcast on the ABC as part of Wednesday Theatre and filmed in the ABC 's Melbourne studios. Catch My Soul Film Patrick McGoohan Richie Havens ( Othello ) Lance LeGault ( Iago ) Season Hubley ( Desdemona ) Tony Joe White ( Cassio ) Adapted from the rock musical based on the play. `` Othello '' ( BBC Television Shakespeare ) TV 1981 Jonathan Miller Anthony Hopkins ( Othello ) Bob Hoskins ( Iago ) Penelope Wilton ( Desdemona ) Released in the USA as part of the Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare series. Othello TV 1990 Trevor Nunn Willard White ( Othello ) Imogen Stubbs ( Desdemona ) Ian McKellen ( Iago ) Zoë Wanamaker ( Emilia ) Based on a stage production directed by Trevor Nunn for the Royal Shakespeare Company, and later adapted for TV. It was shot in a studio with minimal props and scenery, and aired as en episode of Theatre Night. The sets, costumes, and props are from the American Civil War, but the dialogue remains tied to Venice and Cyprus. In contrast with Antony and Cleopatra ( 1974 ) and Macbeth ( 1979 ), Nunn preferred `` contemplative '' medium shots over extreme closeups. The film makes little attempt to hide that it is a filmed stage production, and Michael Brooke, writing about the film for BFI Screenonline, thinks this is because Nunn 's state purpose was to preserve the stage production for posterity. The film presents almost the complete text of the play, leaving out just one scene with Cassio and the clown. `` Othello '' ( Shakespeare : The Animated Tales ) TV 1994 Nicolai Serebryakov Colin McFarlane ( Othello ) Gerald McSorley ( Iago ) Sian Thomas ( Desdemona ) Othello Film 1995 Oliver Parker Laurence Fishburne ( Othello ) Kenneth Branagh ( Iago ) Irene Jacob ( Desdemona ) The first cinematic reproduction of the play released by a major studio that casts an African American actor to play the role of Othello, although low - budget independent films of the play starring Ted Lange and Yaphet Kotto predated it. Kaliyattam ( Malayalam : കളിയാട്ടം, lit. ' The Play of God ' ) Film 1997 Jayaraaj Suresh Gopi ( Kannan Perumalayan ) Lal ( Paniyan ) Manju Warrier ( Thamara ) Biju Menon ( Kanthan ) Bindu Panicker ( Cheerma ) Narendra Prasad ( Thamburan ) An adaptation of the play against the backdrop of the Hindu Theyyam performance. Gopi received the National Film Award for Best Actor, and Jayaraaj the award for Best Director for their work on the film. Film 2001 Tim Blake Nelson Mekhi Phifer ( Odin James ) Josh Hartnett ( Hugo Goulding ) Julia Stiles ( Desi Brable ) Elden Henson ( Roger Calhoun ) Andrew Keegan ( Michael Cassio ) Rain Phoenix ( Emily ) Martin Sheen ( Coach Duke Goulding ) A loose adaptation set in an American high school. Othello TV 2001 Geoffrey Sax Eamonn Walker ( John Othello ) Christopher Eccleston ( Ben Jago ) Keeley Hawes ( Dessie Brabant ) Richard Coyle ( Michael Cass ) Rachael Stirling ( Lulu ) Del Synnott ( PC Alan Roderick ) Bill Paterson ( Sinclair Carver ) Joss Ackland ( James Brabant ) An adaptation by Andrew Davies set in the police force in modern London. Souli Film Alexander Abela Eduardo Noriega ( Carlos ) Aurélien Recoing ( Yann ) Makena Diop ( Souli ) Fatou N'Diaye ( Abi ) Jeanne Antebi ( Mona ) A post-colonial take on the play, set in a remote fishing village. Omkara ( Hindi : ओमकारा, Urdu : امکارا ‎ ) Film 2006 Vishal Bhardwaj Ajay Devgan ( Omkara Shukla ) Saif Ali Khan ( Ishwar Tyagi ) Vivek Oberoi ( Keshav Upadhyaya ) Kareena Kapoor ( Dolly Mishra ) Bipasha Basu ( Billo Chamanbahar ) Konkona Sen Sharma ( Indu Tyagi ) Deepak Dobriyal ( Rajan Tiwari ) Naseeruddin Shah ( Bhaisaab ) Jarum Halus ( Malay : Jarum Halus, lit. ' Fine Needle ' ) Film 2008 Mark Tan Christien New ( Daniel Oh ) Juliana Ibrahim ( Mona ) Razif Hashim ( Iskandar ) Rahim Razali ( Datuk Kalel ) Justin Chan ( Michael ) Farah Putri ( Emilia ) Iago Film 2009 Volfango De Biasi Nicolas Vaporidis ( Iago ) Laura Chiatti ( Desdemona ) Gabriele Lavia ( Brabanzio ) Iago is an architecture school student about to graduate who falls in love with his fellow student Desdemona, the noble and beautiful daughter of the academic dean, professor Brabanzio. Hrid Majharey ( Bengali : হৃদ্‌ মাঝারে, lit. ' Live in my Heart ' ) Film 2014 Ranjan Ghosh Abir Chatterjee ( Abhijit Mukherjee ) Raima Sen ( Debjani ) Indrasish Roy ( Subhro Sarkar ) Barun Chanda ( Professor Sen ) A tragic love story loosely inspired by Othello, the film is a tribute to the Bard on his 450th Birth Anniversary. Elements of Shakespeare 's Macbeth and Julius Caesar are also found in this love tragedy. Romeo and Juliet Main articles : Romeo and Juliet on screen and Romeo and Juliet ( films ) Further information : Romeo and Juliet Title Y Directors Starring Description Romeo and Juliet ( French : Roméo et Juliette ) Film 1900 Clément Maurice Emilio Cossira ( Romeo ) Features Cossira singing a tenor aria from Charles Gounod 's Roméo et Juliette. It is believed to be the earliest film adaptation of Romeo and Juliet. The film was produced by `` Phono - Cinéma - Théâtre '', which premiered one of the first synchronized sound film systems at the Paris exhibition of 1900, with this film being one of the earliest to use the sound technique. The sound was recorded first using a Lioretograph onto a cellophane cylinder. This was then played back, and the actors filmed lip - syncing to the recording. To view the film, the sound was played back and the projectionist altered the speed of the hand - cranked projector to try to match the playback. Romeo and Juliet Silent 1908 J. Stuart Blackton Paul Panzer ( Romeo ) Florence Lawrence ( Juliet ) John G. Adolfi ( Tybalt ) Louise Carver ( Nurse ) William V. Ranous ( Friar Lawrence ) Now considered lost, this was the first American film version of Romeo and Juliet. It was a short made by Vitagraph Studios, and was filmed at Bethesda Terrace in Manhattan, New York. Romeo and Juliet Silent 1916 John W. Noble Francis X. Bushman Francis X. Bushman ( Romeo ) Beverly Bayne ( Juliet ) John Davidson ( Paris ) Fritz Leiber, Sr. ( Mercutio ) Olav Skavlan ( Benvolio ) Lawson Butt ( Tybalt ) Robert Cummings ( Friar Laurence ) This film was produced for the 300th anniversary of Shakespeare 's death, and was released amongst many other commemorations of the `` Bard ''. It was released in direct competition with another film, Romeo and Juliet produced by William Fox, starring Theda Bara, and released three days later. Bushman later claimed, in an interview, that he went to see the Theda Bara version and was shocked to see that Fox had added some intertitles from the Metro version. Romeo and Juliet Silent 1916 J. Gordon Edwards Theda Bara ( Juliet ) Harry Hilliard ( Romeo ) Glen White ( Mercutio ) Walter Law ( Friar Laurence ) John Webb Dillon ( Tybalt ) Alice Gale ( Nurse ) Victory Bateman ( Lady Montague ) The film was produced by the Fox Film Corporation, and was shot at the Fox Studio in Fort Lee, New Jersey. It was released in direct competition with another feature - length Romeo and Juliet film from Metro Pictures. In a recorded interview, Francis Bushman, who directed the competing film, claimed that William Fox had spies working for Metro, and stole some of the intertitles from the Metro version. Fox rushed his version into the theatres in order to capitalize on exhibiting his film first. Bushman recalled going to see Fox 's Romeo and Juliet and was startled to see the intertitles from his film flash on the screen. Romeo and Juliet Film 1936 George Cukor Norma Shearer ( Juliet ) Leslie Howard ( Romeo ) John Barrymore ( Mercutio ) Edna May Oliver ( the Nurse ) Basil Rathbone ( Tybalt ) Ralph Forbes ( Paris ) Henry Kolker ( Friar Laurence ) One of the three major film adaptations ( along with Franco Zeffirelli in 1968 and Baz Luhrmann in 1996 ) of Romeo and Juliet. The New York Times selected the film as one of the `` Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made '', calling it `` a lavish production '' and `` extremely well - produced and acted. '' Romeo and Juliet ( Spanish : Julieta y Romeo ) Film 1940 José María Castellví Juan Barajas Arturo Cámara Marta Flores Marta Grau Enrique Guitart The Lovers of Verona ( French : Les amants de Vérone ) Film 1949 André Cayatte Serge Reggiani ( Angelo ) Anouk Aimée ( Georgia ) Martine Carol ( Bettina Verdi ) Pierre Brasseur ( Rafaële ) Marcel Dalio ( Amedeo Maglia ) Romeo and Juliet ( Spanish : Romeo y Julita ) Film 1953 Enrique Carreras Alfredo Barbieri Amelia Vargas Esteban Serrador Susana Campos Tito Climent Guido Gorgatti Domingo Márquez Romeo and Juliet Film 1954 Renato Castellani John Gielgud ( Chorus ) Laurence Harvey ( Romeo ) Susan Shentall ( Juliet ) Flora Robson ( Nurse ) Mervyn Johns ( Friar Laurence ) Bill Travers ( Benvolio ) Sebastian Cabot ( Lord Capulet ) Ubaldo Zollo ( Mercutio ) Enzo Fiermonte ( Tybalt ) Romeo and Juliet ( Russian : Ромео и Джульетта, translit. Romeo i Dzhulyetta ) Film 1955 Lev Arnshtam Galina Ulanova ( Juliet ) Yuri Zhdanov ( Romeo ) Aleksandr Radunsky ( Lord Capulet ) Aleksey Yermolayev ( Tybalt ) Sergei Koren ( Mercutio ) Romeo, Juliet and Darkness ( Czech : Romeo, Julie a tma ) Film 1960 Jiří Weiss Ivan Mistrík ( Pavel ) Daniela Smutná ( Hanka ) Jirina Sejbalová ( Pavel 's mother ) František Smolík ( Grandfather ) Blanka Bohdanová ( Kubiasová ) West Side Story Film 1961 Robert Wise Jerome Robbins Natalie Wood ( Maria Nunez ) Richard Beymer ( Tony Wyzek ) Russ Tamblyn ( Riff Lorton ) Rita Moreno ( Anita ) George Chakiris ( Bernardo Nunez ) Simon Oakland ( Lieutenant Schrank ) Ned Glass ( Doc ) An adaptation of the 1957 Broadway musical, which in turn was inspired by Romeo and Juliet. The film received high praise from critics and the public, and became the second highest grossing film of the year in the United States. The film was nominated for 11 Academy Awards and won 10, including Best Picture ( as well as a special award for Robbins ), becoming the record holder for the most wins for a movie musical. Romanoff and Juliet Film 1961 Peter Ustinov Peter Ustinov ( The General ) Sandra Dee ( Juliet Moulsworth ) John Gavin ( Igor Romanoff ) Akim Tamiroff ( Vadim Romanoff ) Tamara Shayne ( Evdokia Romanoff ) An adaptation by way of Ustinov 's play that sets the love story amids the ideologically warring communist USSR and the capitalist USA, competing for influence in a fictional European country... Fury of Johnny Kid ( Italian : Dove si spara di più, Spanish : La furia de Johnny Kidd ) Film 1967 Gianni Puccini Arthur Grant ( Johnny Monter ) Cristina Galbó ( Jiulieta Campos ) María Cuadra ( Lezerind ) Andrés Mejuto ( Lefty ) Piero Lulli ( Sheriff ) Peter Martell ( Lodorigo Campos ) Luis Induni ( Father Monter ) Romeo and Juliet Film 1968 Franco Zeffirelli Leonard Whiting ( Romeo ) Olivia Hussey ( Juliet ) John McEnery ( Mercutio ) Milo O'Shea ( Friar Lawrence ) Pat Heywood ( The Nurse ) Robert Stephens ( The Prince ) Michael York ( Tybalt ) Laurence Olivier ( Chorus ) Ma che musica maestro ( Italian : Ma che musica maestro ) Film 1971 Mariano Laurenti Gianni Nazzaro ( Gianni ) Agostina Belli ( Giulietta Ciova ) Franco Scandurra ( Pompeo Ciova ) Franco Franchi ( Franco ) Ciccio Ingrassia ( Ciccio ) `` Romeo and Juliet '' ( BBC Television Shakespeare ) TV 1978 Alvin Rakoff John Gielgud ( Chorus ) Patrick Ryecart ( Romeo ) Rebecca Saire ( Juliet ) Celia Johnson ( Nurse ) Michael Hordern ( Capulet ) Joseph O'Conor ( Friar Laurence ) Anthony Andrews ( Mercutio ) Alan Rickman ( Tybalt ) Another History ( Telugu : మరో చరిత్ర, translit. Maro Charitra ) Film 1978 Ravi Yadav Kamal Haasan ( Balu ) Saritha ( Swapna ) Madhavi ( Sandhya ) Sarath Babu ) J.V. Ramana Murthi ) P.L. Narayana ( K. Venkateswara Rao ) S.K. Misro ( Pattabhi ) Romie - 0 and Julie - 8 TV 1979 Clive A. Smith Greg Swanson ( Romie - 0 ) Donann Cavin ( Julie - 8 ) Marie Aloma ( Ms. Passbinder ) Max Ferguson ( Mr. Thunderbottom ) Nick Nichols ( Gizmo ) Bill Osler ( Junk Monster ) Set in the future, the two romantic leads in this version are androids who fall in love. Monica and Jimmy Five : In the World of Romeo & Juliet ( Portuguese : Mônica e Cebolinha : No Mundo de Romeu e Julieta ) TV 1979 José Amâncio Made For Each Other ( Hindi : एक दूजे के लिये, translit. Ek Duuje Ke Liye ) Film 1981 K. Balachander Kamal Haasan ( S. Vasudevan ) Rati Agnihotri ( Sapna ) Madhavi ( Sandhya ) Rakesh Bedi ( Chakram ) Poornam Vishwanathan ( V. Sivaramakrishnan ) Satyen Kappu ( Jagannath ) Shubha Khote ( Mrs. Kundanlal ) The Sea Prince and the Fire Child ( Japanese : シリウス の 伝説, translit. Shiriusu no Densetsu ) Film 1981 Masami Hata Tōru Furuya ( Sirius ) Mami Koyama ( Malta ) Keiko Han ( Piale ) Michiko Nomura ( Ruu ) Ikue Sakakibara ( Walla ) The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet Film 1982 William Woodman Alex Hyde - White ( Romeo ) Blanche Baker ( Juliet ) Esther Rolle ( Nurse ) Norman Snow ( Tybalt ) China Girl Film Abel Ferrara Richard Panebianco ( Tony ) Sari Chang ( Tye ) James Russo ( Alby ) Russell Wong ( Yung Gan ) David Caruso ( Mercury ) A contemporary take on Romeo and Juliet set in 1980s Manhattan. The plot revolves around the intimate relationship developing between Tony, a teenage boy from Little Italy, and Tye, a teenage girl from Chinatown, while their older brothers are engaged in a heated gang war against each other. From Doom to Doom ( Hindi : क़यामत से क़यामत तक, translit. Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak ) Film 1988 Mansoor Khan Aamir Khan ( Raj ) Juhi Chawla ( Rashmi ) Goga Kapoor ( Randhir Singh ) Dalip Tahil ( Dhanraj Singh ) Alok Nath ( Jaswant Singh ) Rajendranath Zutshi ( Shyam ) Romeo. Juliet Film 1990 Armando Acosta John Hurt ( Mercutio ) Robert Powell ( Romeo ) Francesca Annis ( Juliet ) Vanessa Redgrave ( Mother Capulet ) Ben Kingsley ( Father Capulet ) Maggie Smith ( Rosaline ) Victor Spinetti ( Tybalt ) Adapted using the feral cats of Venice, New York City, and Ghent as actors, with the voices dubbed by some of the greats of the English theatre. The score of the film features music from Prokofiev 's Romeo and Juliet as performed by the London Symphony Orchestra, André Previn conducting, and an original theme composed by Armando Acosta and Emanuel Vardi, performed by the London Symphony Orchestra and conducted by Barry Wordsworth. `` Romeo and Juliet '' ( Shakespeare : The Animated Tales ) TV 1992 Efim Gamburg Felicity Kendal ( Narrator ) Linus Roache ( Romeo ) Clare Holman ( Juliet ) Jonathan Cullen ( Benvolio ) Greg Hicks ( Mercutio ) Brenda Bruce ( Nurse ) Garard Green ( Friar Laurence ) November 30 ( Swedish : 30 : e november ) Film 1995 Daniel Fridell Göran Gillinger ( Adam ) María Celedonio ( Julia ) Ray Jones IV ( Sasha ) Jonas Karlsson ( Tobbe ) Frida Hallgren ( Sirka ) Romeo + Juliet Film Baz Luhrmann Miriam Margolyes ( Nurse ) Leonardo DiCaprio ( Romeo Montague ) Claire Danes ( Juliet Capulet ) Brian Dennehy ( Ted Montague ) Paul Sorvino ( Fulgencio Capulet ) Harold Perrineau ( Mercutio ) John Leguizamo ( Tybalt Capulet ) Pete Postlethwaite ( Father Lawrence ) Paul Rudd ( Dave Paris ) Tromeo and Juliet Film Lloyd Kaufman Will Keenan ( Tromeo Que ) Jane Jensen ( Juliet Capulet ) Valentine Miele ( Murray Martini ) Stephen Blackehart ( Benny Que ) Patrick Connor ( Tyrone Capulet ) Debbie Rochon ( Ness ) Lemmy ( Narrator ) A more or less a faithful adaptation of the play except with the addition of extreme amounts of Troma-esque sexuality and violence, as well as a revised ending. Love Is All There Is Film Joseph Bologna Lainie Kazan ( Sadie Capomezzo ) Joseph Bologna ( Mike Capomezzo ) Barbara Carrera ( Maria Malacici ) Paul Sorvino ( Piero Malacici ) Angelina Jolie ( Gina Malacici ) Joy Behar ( Mary ) A modern retelling of the story set in the Bronx during the 1990s. Romeo Must Die Film 2000 Andrzej Bartkowiak Jet Li ( Han Sing ) Aaliyah ( Trish O'Day ) Isaiah Washington ( Mac ) Russell Wong ( Kai ) DMX ( Silk ) Loving Hurts You ( Spanish : Amar te duele ) Film 2002 Fernando Sariñana Luis Fernando Peña ( Ulises ) Martha Higareda ( Renata ) Ximena Sariñana ( Mariana ) Andrea Damian ( La Güera ) Alfonso Herrera ( Francisco ) Bollywood Queen Film 2003 Jeremy Wooding Preeya Kalidas ( Geena ) James McAvoy ( Jay ) Ray Panthaki ( Anil ) Ciarán McMenamin ( Dean ) Kat Bhathena ( Anjali ) Ian McShane ( Frank ) Romeo and Juliet Get Married ( Portuguese : O Casamento de Romeu e Julieta ) Film 2005 Bruno Barreto Luis Gustavo ( Alfredo Baragatti ) Luana Piovani ( Julieta Baragatti ) Marco Ricca ( Romeu ) Martha Mellinger ( Isabela Baragatti ) Berta Zemel ( Nenzica ) Leonardo Miggiorin ( Zilinho ) Romeo and Juliet ( French : Roméo et Juliette ) Film 2006 Yves Desgagnés Jeanne Moreau ( Laurence ) Thomas Lalonde ( Roméo Lamontagne ) Charlotte Aubin ( Juliette Véronneau ) Pierre Curzi ( Paul Véronneau ) Liliana Komorowska ( Mère de Juliette ) Romeo & Juliet : Sealed with a Kiss Animation 2006 Phil Nibbelink Daniel Trippett ( Romeo ) Patricia Trippett ( Juliet ) Chip Albers ( Mercutio ) Michael Toland ( Capulet ) Stephen Goldberg ( Montague ) Phil Nibbelink ( Prince ) Sam Gold ( Benvolio ) An animated adaptation featuring seals and other marine life. Rome & Jewel Film 2006 Charles T. Kanganis Neil Bagg Nate Parker ( Rome ) Lindsey Haun ( Jewel ) Allen Maldonado ( Mercury ) A hip - hop musical adaptation set in Los Angeles that deals with interracial love. Romeo × Juliet ( Japanese : ロミオ × ジュリエット, translit. Romio to Jurietto ) Anime 2007 Fumitoshi Oizaki Romeo and Juliet ( Japanese : ロミオ と ジュリエット ) TV 2007 Takizawa Hideaki ( Morita Hiromichi ) Nagasawa Masami ( Kihira Juri ) Tanaka Misako ( Morita Tokieda ) Yamashita Shinji ( Kihira Reizou ) Miura Tomokazu ( Morita Giichi ) Romeo and Juliet ( Spanish : Romeo y Julieta ) TV 2007 Raúl Lecouna Elías Viñoles ( Romeo Montero ) Brenda Gandini ( Julieta Caporale ) Magalí Moro ( Isabel Campos de Caporale ) César Vianco ( Vittorio Caporale ) Benjamín Amadeo ( Leo Caporale ) David & Fatima Film 2008 Alain Zaloum Cameron Van Hoy ( David Isaac ) Danielle Pollack ( Fatima Aziz ) Martin Landau ( Rabbi Schmulic ) Yareli Arizmendi ( Aiida Aziz ) Tony Curtis ( Mr. Schwartz ) Ben Kermode ( Avi Weinstein ) Another History ( Telugu : మరో చరిత్ర, translit. Maro Charitra ) Film Ravi Yadav Varun Sandesh ( Balu ) Anitha Galler ( Swapna ) Shraddha Das ( Sandhya ) Gnomeo & Juliet Animated film 2011 Kelly Asbury James McAvoy ( Gnomeo ) Emily Blunt ( Juliet ) Michael Caine ( Lord Redbrick ) Maggie Smith ( Lady Bluebury ) Jason Statham ( Tybalt ) Patrick Stewart ( statue of Shakespeare ) Ozzy Osbourne ( Fawn ) Hulk Hogan ( Terrafirminator Announcer ) Dolly Parton ( Dolly Gnome ) Private Romeo Film 2011 Alan Brown Seth Numrich ( Sam Singleton ) Matt Doyle ( Glenn Mangan ) Hale Appleman ( Josh Neff ) Charlie Barnett ( Ken Lee ) Romeo & Juliet Film 2013 Carlo Carlei Douglas Booth ( Romeo Montague ) Hailee Steinfeld ( Juliet Capulet ) Damian Lewis ( Lord Capulet ) Paul Giamatti ( Friar Lawrence ) Lesley Manville ( Nurse ) Christian Cooke ( Mercutio ) Stellan Skarsgård ( Prince Escalus ) Issaq ( Hindi : इसक ) Film 2013 Manish Tiwary Prateik Babbar ( Rahul Mishra ) Amyra Dastur ( Bachchi Kashyap ) Ravi Kishan ( Teeta Singh ) Makarand Deshpande ( Baba ) Neena Gupta ( Amma ) Amit Sial ( Murari ) Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram - Leela ( Hindi : गोलियों की रासलीला रामलीला, lit. ' A Play of Bullets Ram - Leela ' ) Film 2013 Sanjay Leela Bhansali Ranveer Singh ( Ram Rajadi ) Deepika Padukone ( Leela Sanera ) Supriya Pathak ( Dhankor Sanera ) Sharad Kelkar ( Kanji ) Abhimanyu Singh ( Meghji ) Raza Murad ( Sarpanch ) Jameel Khan ( Vanka ) Arshinagar ( Bengali : আরশিনগর ) Film 2015 Aparna Sen Dev ( Ranajit Mitra ) Rittika Sen ( Julekha Khan ) Jisshu Sengupta ( Tayyab ) Roopa Ganguly ( Tayyab 's Mother ) Waheeda Rehman ( Dadijaan Ji ) Kamaleshwar Mukherjee ( Khan Sahab ) Kaushik Sen ( Sabir Khan ) Timon of Athens Main article : Timon of Athens Title Y Directors Starring Description Timon Film 1973 Tomislav Radić Boris Buzančić Vanja Drach Kruno Valentic Zlatko Crnković Sasa Violic `` Timon of Athens '' ( BBC Television Shakespeare ) TV 1981 Jonathan Miller Jonathan Pryce ( Timon ) Norman Rodway ( Apemantus ) Released in the US as part of the Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare series. Titus Andronicus Main article : Titus Andronicus Title Y Directors Starring Description `` Titus Andronicus '' ( BBC Television Shakespeare ) TV 1985 Jane Howell Paul Davies Prowles ( Young Lucius ) Edward Hardwicke ( Marcus ) Walter Brown ( Aemilius ) Brian Protheroe ( Saturninus ) Nicholas Gecks ( Bassianus ) Released in the US as part of the Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare series. Titus Film 1999 Julie Taymor Anthony Hopkins ( Titus Andronicus ) Jessica Lange ( Tamora ) Alan Cumming ( Saturninus ) Troilus and Cressida Main article : Troilus and Cressida Title Y Directors Starring Description The Face of Love TV 1954 Alvin Rakoff Laurence Payne ( Troilus ) Mary Morris ( Cressida ) Peter Cushing ( Mardian Thersites ) Ronald Lewis ( Diomedes ) A modern - language and modern - dress adaptation of the play. `` Troilus & Cressida '' ( BBC Television Shakespeare ) TV 1981 Jonathan Miller Charles Gray ( Pandarus ) Anton Lesser ( Troilus ) Tony Steedman ( Aeneas ) Suzanne Burden ( Cressida ) Max Harvey ( Alexander ) Released in the US as part of the Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare series. Histories Henry IV, part 1 Main article : Henry IV, Part 1 Title Y Directors Starring Description `` Henry IV : Rebellion from the North '' ( An Age of Kings ) TV 1960 Michael Hayes Tom Fleming ( Henry IV ) Robert Hardy ( Hal ) Frank Pettingell ( Falstaff ) Sean Connery ( Hotspur ) Covers 1 Henry IV Acts 1 and 2 ( up to Prince Hal expressing his disdain for the war ). `` Henry IV : The Road to Shrewsbury '' ( An Age of Kings ) TV 1960 Michael Hayes Tom Fleming ( Henry IV ) Robert Hardy ( Hal ) Frank Pettingell ( Falstaff ) Sean Connery ( Hotspur ) Covers 1 Henry IV from Act 3, Scene 1 onwards ( beginning with the strategy meeting between Hotspur, Mortimer and Glendower ). Chimes at Midnight Film 1966 Orson Welles Orson Welles ( Falstaff ) Ralph Richardson ( Narrator ) Keith Baxter ( Hal ) John Gielgud ( Henry IV ) An amalgamation of scenes from Richard II, Henry IV part 1, Henry IV Part 2, Henry V and The Merry Wives of Windsor. `` The First Part of King Henry the Fourth, with the life and death of Henry surnamed Hotspur '' ( BBC Television Shakespeare ) TV 1979 David Giles Anthony Quayle ( Falstaff ) Jon Finch ( Henry IV ) David Gwillim ( Hal ) Tim Pigott - Smith ( Hotspur ) Released in the USA as part of the Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare series. `` Henry IV Part 1 '' ( The War of the Roses ) Direct - to - video 1990 Michael Bogdanov Michael Pennington Michael Pennington ( Hal ) Michael Cronin ( King Henry IV ) Andrew Jarvis ( Hotspur ) Barry Stanton ( Falstaff ) June Watson ( Mistress Quickly ) Philip Bowen ( Worcester ) Roger Booth ( Northumberland ) Charles Dale ( Poins ) Colin Farrell ( Bardolph ) A direct filming of the stage performance of Michael Bogdanov and Michael Pennington 's 7 - play sequence for the English Shakespeare Company based on Shakespeare 's history plays. My Own Private Idaho Film 1991 Gus Van Sant River Phoenix ( Mike Waters ) Keanu Reeves ( Scott Favor ) Loosely based on Henry IV, Part 1, with elements from the other plays. `` Henry IV, Part 1 '' ( The Hollow Crown ) TV 2012 Richard Eyre Jeremy Irons ( Henry IV ) Tom Hiddleston ( Hal ) Simon Russell Beale ( Falstaff ) Joe Armstrong ( Hotspur ) Henry IV, part 2 Main article : Henry IV, Part 2 Title Y Directors Starring Description `` Henry IV : The New Conspiracy '' ( An Age of Kings ) TV 1960 Michael Hayes Tom Fleming ( Henry IV ) Robert Hardy ( Hal ) Frank Pettingell ( Falstaff ) `` Henry IV : Uneasy Lies the Head '' ( An Age of Kings ) TV 1960 Michael Hayes Tom Fleming ( Henry IV ) Robert Hardy ( Hal ) Frank Pettingell ( Falstaff ) Chimes at Midnight Film 1966 Orson Welles Orson Welles ( Falstaff ) Ralph Richardson ( Narrator ) Keith Baxter ( Hal ) John Gielgud ( Henry IV ) An amalgamation of scenes from Richard II, Henry IV part 1, Henry IV part 2, Henry V and The Merry Wives of Windsor. `` The Second Part of King Henry the Fourth containing his Death : and the Coronation of King Henry the Fift '' ( BBC Television Shakespeare ) TV 1979 David Giles Anthony Quayle ( Falstaff ) Jon Finch ( Henry IV ) David Gwillim ( Hal ) Released in the USA as part of the Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare series. `` Henry IV Part 2 '' ( The War of the Roses ) Direct - to - video 1990 Michael Bogdanov Michael Pennington Michael Pennington ( Hal ) Michael Cronin ( King Henry IV ) Barry Stanton ( Falstaff ) June Watson ( Mistress Quickly ) Philip Bowen ( Worcester ) Roger Booth ( Northumberland ) Charles Dale ( Poins ) Colin Farrell ( Bardolph ) A direct filming of the stage performance of Michael Bogdanov and Michael Pennington 's 7 - play sequence for the English Shakespeare Company based on Shakespeare 's history plays. `` Henry IV, Part 2 '' ( The Hollow Crown ) TV 2012 Richard Eyre Jeremy Irons ( Henry IV ) Tom Hiddleston ( Hal ) Simon Russell Beale ( Falstaff ) Henry V Main article : Henry V ( play ) Title Y Directors Starring Description Henry V Film 1944 Laurence Olivier Laurence Olivier ( Henry V ) Renée Asherson ( Katherine ) Robert Newton ( Pistol ) Leslie Banks ( Chorus ) `` Henry V : Signs of War '' ( An Age of Kings ) TV 1960 Michael Hayes William Squire ( Chorus ) Robert Hardy ( Henry V ) George A. Cooper ( Pistol ) Angela Baddeley ( Mistress Quickly ) John Warner ( The Dauphin ) Judi Dench ( Katherine ) Kenneth Farrington ( Fluellen ) Henry V Acts 1, 2 and 3 ( up to the French yearning for what they feel will be an easy victory at Agincourt ). `` Henry V : The Band of Brothers '' ( An Age of Kings ) TV 1960 Michael Hayes William Squire ( Chorus ) Robert Hardy ( Henry V ) George A. Cooper ( Pistol ) Angela Baddeley ( Mistress Quickly ) John Warner ( The Dauphin ) Judi Dench ( Katherine ) Kenneth Farrington ( Fluellen ) Henry V from Act 4, Scene 0 onwards ( beginning with the Chorus describing Henry 's undercover surveillance of his camp ). Chimes at Midnight Film 1966 Orson Welles Orson Welles ( Falstaff ) Keith Baxter ( Hal ) John Gielgud ( Henry IV ) An amalgamation of scenes from Richard II, Henry IV part 1, Henry IV part 2, Henry V and The Merry Wives of Windsor. `` The Life of Henry the Fift '' ( BBC Television Shakespeare ) TV 1979 David Giles Alec McCowen ( Chorus ) David Gwillim ( Henry V ) David Buck ( Westmoreland ) Tim Wylton ( Fluellen ) Bryan Pringle ( Pistol ) Released in the USA as part of the Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare series. Henry V Film 1989 Kenneth Branagh Kenneth Branagh ( Henry V ) Derek Jacobi ( Chorus ) Emma Thompson ( Katherine ) Judi Dench ( Mistress Quickly ) `` Henry V '' ( The War of the Roses ) Video 1990 Michael Bogdanov Michael Pennington Michael Pennington ( King Henry V Barry Stanton ( Chorus ) Francesca Ryan ( Katherine of France ) Andrew Jarvis ( Dauphin ) Sion Probert ( Fluellen ) June Watson ( Mistress Quickly ) Philip Bowen ( Montjoy ) Paul Brennan ( Pistol ) Colin Farrell ( Bardolph ) A direct filming of the stage performance of Michael Bogdanov and Michael Pennington 's 7 - play sequence for the English Shakespeare Company based on Shakespeare 's history plays. `` Henry V '' ( The Hollow Crown ) TV 2012 Thea Sharrock Tom Hiddleston ( Henry V ) Julie Walters ( Mistress Quickly ) John Hurt ( the Chorus ) Paul Ritter ( Pistol ) Owen Teale ( Captain Fluellen ) Simon Russell Beale ( Falstaff ) Henry VI, part 1 Main article : Henry VI, Part 1 Title Y Directors Starring Description `` Henry VI : The Red Rose and the White '' ( An Age of Kings ) TV 1960 Michael Hayes Patrick Garland ( Duke of Bedford ) John Ringham ( Duke of Gloucester ) Noel Johnson ( Duke of Exeter ) John Warner ( Regnier ) Eileen Atkins ( Joan la Pucelle ) Terry Scully ( Henry VI ) `` Henry VI '' ( The Wars of the Roses ) TV 1965 John Barton Peter Hall John Normington ( Bedford ) Paul Hardwick ( Gloucester ) Donald Burton ( Exeter ) David Warner ( Henry VI ) Charles Kay ( The Dauphin ) Janet Suzman ( Joan la Pucelle ) Peggy Ashcroft ( Margaret ) Abridged versions of 1 Henry VI and 2 Henry VI up to Act 3, Scene 2 ( Winchester 's death ). `` The First Part of Henry the Sixt '' ( BBC Television Shakespeare ) TV Jane Howell Peter Benson ( Henry VI ) Brenda Blethyn ( Joan La Pucelle ) David Burke ( Gloucester ) Michael Byrne ( Duke of Alençon ) David Daker ( Anjou ) Released in the USA as part of the Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare series. `` Henry VI -- House of Lancaster '' ( The War of the Roses ) Video 1990 Michael Bogdanov Michael Pennington Paul Brennan ( King Henry VI ) Andrew Jarvis ( Charles the Dauphin ) Francesca Ryan ( Joan la Pucelle ) Barry Stanton ( Duke of York ) June Watson ( Queen Margaret ) Michael Pennington ( Duke of Suffolk ) Colin Farrell ( Duke of Gloucester ) Sion Probert ( Duke of Somerset ) A direct filming of the stage performance of Michael Bogdanov and Michael Pennington 's 7 - play sequence for the English Shakespeare Company based on Shakespeare 's history plays. This play is formed from Henry VI Part 1 and from the earlier scenes of Henry VI Part 2. `` Henry VI, Part I '' ( The Hollow Crown ) TV 2016 Dominic Cooke Tom Sturridge ( Henry VI ) Hugh Bonneville ( Gloucester ) Adrian Dunbar ( Richard of York ) Henry VI, part 2 Main article : Henry VI, Part 2 Title Y Directors Starring Description `` Henry VI : The Fall of a Protector '' ( An Age of Kings ) TV 1960 Michael Hayes Edgar Wreford ( Suffolk ) Terry Scully ( Henry VI ) Mary Morris ( Margaret ) John Ringham ( Gloucester ) Robert Lang ( Cardinal Beaufort ) Gordon Gostelow ( Salisbury ) Frank Windsor ( Warwick ) 2 Henry VI Acts 1, 2 and Act 3, Scene 1 ( up to York 's soliloquy regarding the fact that he now has troops at his disposal and his revelation of his plans to use Jack Cade to instigate a popular rebellion ). `` Henry VI : The Rabble from Kent '' ( An Age of Kings ) TV 1960 Michael Hayes Edgar Wreford ( Suffolk ) Terry Scully ( Henry VI ) Mary Morris ( Margaret ) John Ringham ( Gloucester ) Robert Lang ( Cardinal Beaufort ) Gordon Gostelow ( Salisbury ) Frank Windsor ( Warwick ) 2 Henry VI from Act 3, Scene 2 onwards ( beginning with the murder of the Duke of Gloucester ). `` Henry VI '' ( The Wars of the Roses ) TV 1965 John Barton Peter Hall David Warner ( Henry VI ) Donald Sinden ( Plantagenet ) Gareth Morgan ( Bolingbroke ) Charles Kay ( The Dauphin ) Donald Layne - Smith ( Reignier ) Peter Geddis ( Alençon ) Janet Suzman ( Joan la Pucelle ) Peggy Ashcroft ( Margaret ) Abridged versions of 1 Henry VI and 2 Henry VI up to Act 3, Scene 2 ( Winchester 's death ). `` Edward IV '' ( The Wars of the Roses ) TV 1965 John Barton Peter Hall David Warner ( Henry VI ) Peggy Ashcroft ( Margaret ) Roy Dotrice ( Edward IV ) ) ) Ian Holm ( Gloucester ) Susan Engel ( Elizabeth Grey ) Roy Dotrice ( Jack Cade ) Peter Geddis ( Alençon ) A newly written scene followed by 2 Henry VI from Act 4, Scene 1 ( the introduction of Jack Cade ) onwards, and an abridged version of 3 Henry VI. `` The Second Part of Henry the Sixt '' ( BBC Television Shakespeare ) TV Jane Howell Peter Benson ( Henry VI ) David Burke ( Gloucester ) Julia Foster ( Queen Margaret ) Trevor Peacock ( Jack Cade ) Brian Protheroe ( Edward Plantagenet ) Released in the USA as part of the Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare series. `` Henry VI : House of Lancaster '' ( The War of the Roses ) Video 1990 Michael Bogdanov Michael Pennington Paul Brennan ( King Henry VI ) Andrew Jarvis ( Charles the Dauphin ) Barry Stanton ( Duke of York ) June Watson ( Queen Margaret ) Michael Pennington ( Duke of Suffolk ) Sion Probert ( Duke of Somerset ) A direct filming of the stage performance of Michael Bogdanov and Michael Pennington 's 7 - play sequence for the English Shakespeare Company based on Shakespeare 's history plays. This play is formed from Henry VI Part 1 and the early scenes of Henry VI Part 2. `` Henry VI : House of York '' ( The War of the Roses ) Video 1990 Michael Bogdanov Michael Pennington Paul Brennan ( King Henry VI ) Andrew Jarvis ( Richard, Duke of Gloucester ) Barry Stanton ( Duke of York ) June Watson ( Queen Margaret ) Michael Pennington ( Jack Cade ) John Dougall ( George, Duke of Clarence ) Sion Probert ( Duke of Somerset ) A direct filming of the stage performance of Michael Bogdanov and Michael Pennington 's 7 - play sequence for the English Shakespeare Company based on Shakespeare 's history plays. This play is formed from the remaining scenes of Henry VI Part 2 and Henry VI Part 3 `` Henry VI, Part II '' ( The Hollow Crown ) TV 2016 Dominic Cooke Tom Sturridge ( Henry VI ) Benedict Cumberbatch ( Richard Plantagenet ) Keeley Hawes ( Queen Elizabeth ) Made up of scenes from Henry VI, Part 2 and an abridged version of Henry VI, Part 3. Henry VI, part 3 Main article : Henry VI, Part 3 Title Y Directors Starring Description `` Henry VI : The Morning 's War '' ( An Age of Kings ) TV 1960 Michael Hayes Terry Scully ( Henry VI ) Julian Glover ( Edward IV ) Paul Daneman ( Gloucester ) Mary Morris ( Margaret ) Jane Wenham ( Elizabeth Grey ) Leon Shepperdson ( Westmoreland ) Jack May ( York ) Henry VI, Part 3 Acts 1, 2 and Act 3, Scenes 1 and 2 ( up to Richard 's soliloquy wherein he vows to attain the crown ). `` Henry VI : The Sun in Splendour '' ( An Age of Kings ) TV 1960 Michael Hayes Terry Scully ( Henry VI ) Julian Glover ( Edward IV ) Gareth Tandy ( Richmond ) John Warner ( Lewis XI ) Mary Morris ( Margaret ) Jane Wenham ( Elizabeth ) Paul Daneman ( Gloucester ) Henry VI, Part 3 from Act 3, Scene 3 onwards ( beginning with Margaret 's visit to Louis XI of France ). `` Edward IV '' ( The Wars of the Roses ) TV 1965 John Barton Peter Hall David Warner ( Henry VI ) Peggy Ashcroft ( Margaret ) Roy Dotrice ( Edward IV ) Ian Holm ( Gloucester ) Susan Engel ( Elizabeth Grey ) Roy Dotrice ( Jack Cade ) Peter Geddis ( Alençon ) A newly written scene followed by 2 Henry VI from Act 4, Scene 1 ( the introduction of Jack Cade ) onwards, and an abridged version of 3 Henry VI. `` The Third Part of Henry the Sixt '' ( BBC Television Shakespeare ) TV Jane Howell Peter Benson ( Henry VI ) Ron Cook ( Gloucester ) Rowena Cooper ( Elizabeth Grey ) Julia Foster ( Margaret ) Brian Protheroe ( Edward IV ) Tim Fuke ( the Young Richmond ) Antony Brown ( Louis XI ) Released in the USA as part of the Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare series. `` Henry VI : House of York '' ( The War of the Roses ) Video 1990 Michael Bogdanov Michael Pennington Paul Brennan ( King Henry VI ) Andrew Jarvis ( Richard, Duke of Gloucester ) Barry Stanton ( Duke of York ) June Watson ( Queen Margaret ) Michael Pennington ( Jack Cade ) John Dougall ( George, Duke of Clarence ) Sion Probert ( Duke of Somerset ) A direct filming of the stage performance of Michael Bogdanov and Michael Pennington 's 7 - play sequence for the English Shakespeare Company based on Shakespeare 's history plays. This play is formed from the later scenes of Shakespeare 's Henry VI Part 2 and from Shakespeare 's Henry VI Part 3. `` Henry VI, Part II '' ( The Hollow Crown ) TV 2016 Dominic Cooke Tom Sturridge ( Henry VI ) Benedict Cumberbatch ( Richard Plantagenet ) Keeley Hawes ( Queen Elizabeth ) Made up of scenes from Henry VI, Part 2 and an abridged version of Henry VI, Part 3. Henry viii Main article : Henry VIII ( play ) Title Y Directors Starring Description Henry VIII Silent film 1911 Will Barker Arthur Bourchier ( Henry VIII ) Herbert Tree ( Cardinal Wolsey ) Violet Vanbrugh ( Queen Katharine ) Laura Cowie ( Anne Boleyn ) S.A. Cookson ( Cardinal Campeius ) Charles Fuller ( Cranmer ) A.E. George ( Duke of Norfolk ) `` The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight '' ( BBC Television Shakespeare ) TV 1979 Kevin Billington Tony Church ( Prologue ) John Stride ( Henry VIII ) Julian Glover ( Buckingham ) John Rowe ( Cromwell ) Claire Bloom ( Katharine of Aragon ) Barbara Kellerman ( Anne Bullen ) Released in the USA as part of the Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare series. King John Main article : The Life and Death of King John Title Y Directors Starring Description King John Silent film 1899 William Kennedy Dickson Walter Pfeffer Dando Herbert Beerbohm Tree ( King John ) Dora Senior ( Prince Henry ) Charles Sefton ( Prince Arthur ) James Fisher ( Pembroke ) S.A. Cookson ( Salisbury ) Franklyn McLeay ( Hubert ) Lewis Waller ( Faulconbridge ) Julia Neilson ( Constance ) The earliest known film based on a play by William Shakespeare. It consists of four scenes and is based on Herbert Beerbohm Tree 's contemporary stage production, and was made to promote the stage version. Said - e-Havas ( Hindi : सैदे - हवस, lit. ' Prey to Desire ' ) Film 1936 Sohrab Modi Sohrab Modi ( Kazal Beg ) Gulzar Bai Sadat Ali Shama Produced by Modi 's Stage Film Company, the film was a `` stage recording '' of the play, similar to Modi 's first stage adaptation to screen of Khoon Ka Khoon. It was written by Agha Hashr, based on an adaptation of King John and Richard III. The film incorporates scenes and acts from King John, mainly Act 2 Scene 5, and made use of Richard III as general reference. Modi played the role of the `` ethnically black '' Kazal Beg ( Hubert ). Hashr had written the play in 1907 and according to Rajiva Verma there is very little similarity between King John and Hashr 's adaptation, except for those mentioned earlier. `` The Life and Death of King John '' ( BBC Television Shakespeare ) TV 1984 David Giles Leonard Rossiter ( King John ) Mary Morris ( Queen Elinor ) Charles Kay ( Philip of France ) Jonathan Coy ( the Dauphin ) Rusty Livingstone ( Prince Henry ) Released in the USA as part of the Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare series. `` King John '' ( CBC Presents the Stratford Festival ) Video 2015 Barry Avrich Tom McCamus ( King John ) Patricia Collins ( Queen Eleanor ) Andrew Lawrie ( Prince Henry ) Jennifer Mogbock ( Blanche of Spain ) Brad Rudy ( Pembroke ) Stephen Russell ( Salisbury ) Filmed version of the Stratford Festival 's 2014 stage production. Richard II Main article : Richard II ( play ) Title Y Directors Starring Description `` Richard II : The Hollow Crown '' ( An Age of Kings ) TV 1960 Michael Hayes David William ( King Richard the Second ) Edgar Wreford ( John of Gaunt ) Tom Fleming ( Henry Bolingbroke ) Juliet Cooke ( Queen ) Sean Connery ( Harry Percy ) Richard II Acts 1, 2 and 3, Scenes 1 and 2 ( up to Richard conceding defeat despite the protests of Carlisle, Scroop and Aumerle ). `` Richard II : The Deposing of a King '' ( An Age of Kings ) TV 1960 Michael Hayes David William ( King Richard the Second ) Edgar Wreford ( John of Gaunt ) Tom Fleming ( Henry Bolingbroke ) Juliet Cooke ( Queen ) Sean Connery ( Harry Percy ) Richard II from Act 3, Scene 3 onwards ( beginning with York chiding Northumberland for not referring to Richard as `` King '' ). The Life and Death of King Richard II TV 1960 Raymond Menmuir Ric Hutton ( Richard II ) Richard Parry ( John of Gaunt ) James Condon ( Bolingbroke ) Malcolm Billings ( Aumerle ) Nancye Stewart ( Duchess of Gloucester ) A live TV production that aired on 5 October 1960 and was one of the most elaborate productions made for Australian TV at that time. The ABC decided to suspend peak - hour programs to transmit the show live using all three of the ABC 's Gore Hill TV studios. An obituary of Menmuir called this `` a concept of such complexity and audacity that it was never repeated. '' Chimes at Midnight Film 1966 Orson Welles Orson Welles ( Falstaff ) Keith Baxter ( Hal ) John Gielgud ( Henry IV ) An amalgamation of scenes from Richard II, Henry IV, Part 1, Henry IV, Part 2, Henry V and The Merry Wives of Windsor. `` King Richard the Second '' ( BBC Television Shakespeare ) TV 1978 David Giles Derek Jacobi ( King Richard ) John Gielgud ( John of Gaunt ) Jon Finch ( Henry Bolingbroke ) Janet Maw ( Queen ) Jeremy Bulloch ( Henry Percy ) Released in the USA as part of the Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare series. Richard II ( The War of the Roses ) Video 1990 Michael Bogdanov Michael Pennington Michael Pennington ( King Richard II ) Andrew Jarvis ( Hotspur ) Michael Cronin ( Henry Bolingbroke ) Francesca Ryan ( Queen Isabel ) Clyde Pollitt ( John of Gaunt ) Colin Farrell ( Duke of York ) Sion Probert ( Sir John Bushy ) A direct filming of the stage performance of Michael Bogdanov and Michael Pennington 's 7 - play sequence for the English Shakespeare Company based on Shakespeare 's history plays. Richard II TV 1997 Deborah Warner Fiona Shaw ( Richard II ) Richard Bremner ( Bolingbroke ) Graham Crowden ( John of Gaunt ) Kevin McKidd ( Hotspur ) Richard the Second Video 2001 John Farrell Matte Osian ( Richard ) Richard II ( The Hollow Crown ) TV 2012 Rupert Goold Ben Whishaw ( Richard II ) Rory Kinnear ( Bolingbroke ) Patrick Stewart ( John of Gaunt ) Richard III Main article : Richard III ( play ) Title Y Directors Starring Description Richard III Film 1912 André Calmettes James Keane Robert Gemp ( Edward IV ) Frederick Warde ( Gloucester ) Albert Gardner ( Prince Edward ) James Keane ( Richmond ) George Moss ( Tressel ) Howard Stuart ( Edward ) Virginia Rankin ( York ) Violet Stuart ( Lady Anne Plantagenet ) Carey Lee ( Queen Elizabeth ) Carlotta De Felice ( Princess Elizabeth ) The oldest surviving American feature - length film, and is also thought to be the first feature - length Shakespearean adaptation ever made. Tower of London Film 1939 Rowland V. Lee Basil Rathbone ( Richard ) Vincent Price ( Clarence ) Rose Hobart ( Lady Anne ) Richard III Film 1955 Laurence Olivier Laurence Olivier ( Richard ) John Gielgud ( Clarence ) Ralph Richardson ( Buckingham ) Claire Bloom ( Lady Anne ) `` Richard III : The Dangerous Brother '' ( An Age of Kings ) TV 1960 Michael Hayes Julian Glover ( Edward IV ) Paul Daneman ( Richard III ) Jerome Willis ( Richmond ) Richard III Acts 1, 2 and Act 3, Scene 1 ( up to Richard promising Buckingham the Dukedom of Hereford ). `` Richard III : The Boar Hunt '' ( An Age of Kings ) TV 1960 Michael Hayes Julian Glover ( Edward IV ) Paul Daneman ( Richard III ) Jerome Willis ( Richmond ) Richard III from Act 3, Scene 1 onwards ( beginning with Stanley 's messenger arriving at Hasting 's house ). Tower of London Film 1962 Roger Corman Vincent Price ( Richard ) Charles Macaulay ( Clarence ) Bruce Gordon ( Buckingham ) Joan Camden ( Lady Anne ) Richard III ( The Wars of the Roses ) TV 1965 John Barton Peter Hall Roy Dotrice ( Edward IV ) Susan Engel ( Queen Elizabeth ) Fergus McClelland ( Prince Edward ) Ian Holm ( Gloucester ) David Warner ( Henry VI ) Peggy Ashcroft ( Margaret ) Alan Tucker ( Prince Edward ) Eric Porter ( Richmond ) An abridged version of Richard III. The Goodbye Girl Film 1977 Herbert Ross Richard Dreyfuss ( Elliot Garfield ) Marsha Mason ( Paula McFadden ) Quinn Cummings ( Lucy McFadden ) Paul Benedict ( Mark ) Barbara Rhoades ( Donna ) Theresa Merritt ( Mrs. Crosby ) Michael Shawn ( Ronnie ) Contains scenes in which the Richard Dreyfuss character rehearses and performs Shakespeare 's play. `` The Tragedy of Richard III '' ( BBC Television Shakespeare ) TV Jane Howell Peter Benson ( Henry VI ) Ron Cook ( Richard III ) Rowena Cooper ( Queen Elizabeth ) Dorian Ford ( Edward, Prince of Wales ) Julia Foster ( Queen Margaret ) Zoë Wanamaker ( Lady Anne ) Released in the USA as part of the Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare series. The Black Adder TV Martin Shardlow Rowan Atkinson ( Edmund Blackadder ) Brian Blessed ( Richard IV ) Elspet Gray ( Gertrude, Queen of Flanders ) Robert East ( Harry, Prince of Wales ) Tony Robinson ( Baldrick ) The first series, written by Richard Curtis and Rowan Atkinson, is a parody of Shakespeare 's plays, particularly Macbeth, Richard III and Henry V. Richard III ( The War of the Roses ) Video 1990 Michael Bogdanov Michael Pennington Andrew Jarvis ( King Richard III ) Michael Pennington ( Duke of Buckingham ) Michael Cronin ( Lord Stanley ) Philip Bowen ( King Edward IV ) John Dougall ( Earl of Clarence ) Francesca Ryan ( Lady Anne ) Ann Penfold ( Queen Elizabeth ) June Watson ( Queen Margaret ) Charles Dale ( Earl of Richmond ) Sion Probert ( Catesby ) A direct filming of the stage performance of Michael Bogdanov and Michael Pennington 's 7 - play sequence for the English Shakespeare Company based on Shakespeare 's history plays. `` King Richard III '' ( Shakespeare : The Animated Tales ) TV 1994 Natalia Orlova Alec McCowen ( Narrator ) Antony Sher ( Richard ) James Grout ( Catesby ) Sorcha Cusack ( Queen Elizabeth ) Suzanne Burden ( Anne ) Eleanor Bron ( Duchess of York ) Tom Wilkinson ( Buckingham ) Paint - on - glass animation Richard III Film 1995 Richard Loncraine Ian McKellen ( Richard ) Annette Bening ( Elizabeth ) Nigel Hawthorne ( Clarence ) Kristin Scott Thomas ( Lady Anne ) Maggie Smith ( Duchess of York ) Looking for Richard Film Al Pacino Al Pacino ( Richard III ) Harris Yulin ( King Edward ) Kevin Spacey ( Buckingham ) Winona Ryder ( Lady Anne ) Kevin Conway ( Lord Hastings ) Estelle Parsons ( Queen Margaret ) Alec Baldwin ( Clarence ) Aidan Quinn ( Richmond ) A documentary account of Al Pacino 's quest to perform Shakespeare 's play, featuring substantial excerpts from the play. It includes the talents of Winona Ryder, Alec Baldwin and Kevin Spacey. Richard III Film 2008 Scott M. Anderson Scott M. Anderson ( Richard III ) David Carradine ( Buckingham ) María Conchita Alonso ( Queen Elizabeth ) Sally Kirkland ( Queen Margaret ) Anne Jeffreys ( Duchess of York ) Sung Hi Lee ( Anne Neville ) TQ ( DJ ) `` Richard III '' ( The Hollow Crown ) TV 2016 Dominic Cooke Benedict Cumberbatch ( Richard Plantagenet ) Keeley Hawes ( Queen Elizabeth ) Judi Dench ( Cecily, Duchess of York ) Romances Main article : Shakespeare 's late romances Pericles Main article : Pericles, Prince of Tyre Title Y Directors Starring Description `` Pericles, Prince of Tyre '' ( BBC Television Shakespeare ) TV 1984 David Jones Edward Petherbridge ( Gower ) John Woodvine ( King Antiochus ) Edita Brychta ( Antiochus ' Daughter ) Mike Gwilym ( Pericles ) John Bardon ( Lord of Tyre ) Released in the USA as part of the Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare series. Cymbeline Main article : Cymbeline Title Y Directors Starring Description Cymbeline Silent 1913 Lucius Henderson William Russell ( Cymbeline ) Florence La Badie ( Imogen ) `` Cymbeline '' ( BBC Television Shakespeare ) TV 1982 Elijah Moshinsky Richard Johnson ( Cymbeline ) Helen Mirren ( Imogen ) Released in the USA as part of the Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare series. Cymbeline Film 2014 Michael Almereyda Ethan Hawke ( Iachimo ) Ed Harris ( Cymbeline ) Milla Jovovich ( The Queen ) John Leguizamo ( Pisanio ) Dakota Johnson ( Imogen ) The winter 's tale Main article : The Winter 's Tale Title Y Directors Starring Description The Winter 's Tale Silent 1910 ( unknown ) Anna Rosemond ( the Queen of Sicilia ) Martin Faust ( King of Sicilia ) Frank H. Crane ( King of Bohemia ) Amelia Barleon ( Princess of Sicilia ) Alfred Hanlon ( Prince of Bohemia ) `` The Winter 's Tale '' ( BBC Television Shakespeare ) TV 1981 Jane Howell John Welsh ( Archidamus ) David Burke ( Camillo ) Robert Stephens ( Polixenes ) Jeremy Kemp ( Leontes ) Anna Calder - Marshall ( Hermione ) Released in the USA as part of the Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare series. `` The Winter 's Tale '' ( Shakespeare : The Animated Tales ) TV 1994 Stanislav Sokolov Roger Allam ( Narrator ) Anton Lesser ( Leontes ) Jenny Agutter ( Hermione ) Sally Dexter ( Paulina ) Michael Kitchen ( Polixenes ) Stephen Tompkinson ( Autolycus ) Timothy Bateson ( Antigonus ) Jonathan Firth ( Florizel ) Stop motion puppet animation The Winter 's Tale Video 1999 Gregory Doran ( stage ) Robin Lough ( TV ) Ken Bones ( Polixenes ) Emily Bruni ( Perdita ) Nancy Carroll ( Lady in waiting ) Geoffrey Freshwater ( Camillo ) Alexandra Gilbreath ( Hermione ) A straight - to - video filming of the 1999 RSC Barbican production. The Tempest Main article : The Tempest Title Y Directors Starring Description The Tempest Silent 1911 Edwin Thanhouser Ed Genung ( Ferdinand ) Florence La Badie ( Miranda ) Yellow Sky Film 1948 William A. Wellman Gregory Peck ( Stretch ) Anne Baxter ( Mike ) Richard Widmark ( Dude ) Robert Arthur ( Bull Run ) John Russell ( Lengthy ) Harry Morgan ( Half Pint ) James Barton ( Grandpa ) A western film where a band of reprobate outlaws flee after a bank robbery and encounter an old man and his granddaughter in a ghost town. The story is believed to be loosely adapted from The Tempest. Forbidden Planet Film 1956 Fred M. Wilcox Walter Pidgeon ( Dr. Edward Morbius ) Anne Francis ( Altaira ' Alta ' Morbius ) Leslie Nielsen ( Commander J.J. Adams ) `` The Tempest '' ( Hallmark Hall of Fame ) TV 1960 George Schaefer Maurice Evans ( Prospero ) Richard Burton ( Caliban ) Lee Remick ( Miranda ) Roddy McDowall ( Ariel ) The Tempest Film 1979 Derek Jarman Heathcote Williams ( Prospero ) Toyah Willcox ( Miranda ) Karl Johnson ( Ariel ) Jack Birkett ( Caliban ) Richard Warwick ( Antonio ) Peter Bull ( Alonso ) David Meyer ( Ferdinand ) `` The Tempest '' ( BBC Television Shakespeare ) TV 1980 John Gorrie Michael Hordern ( Prospero ) Pippa Guard ( Miranda ) Warren Clarke ( Caliban ) David Dixon ( Ariel ) Christopher Guard ( Ferdinand ) Nigel Hawthorne ( Stephano ) Released in the USA as part of the Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare series. Tempest Film 1982 Paul Mazursky John Cassavetes ( Phillip Dimitrious ) Molly Ringwald ( Miranda ) Susan Sarandon ( Aretha ) Raul Julia ( Kalibanos ) Gena Rowlands ( Antonia ) The Tempest ( The Shakespeare Collection ) TV William Woodman Efrem Zimbalist Jr. ( Prospero ) J.E. Taylor ( Miranda ) William Hootkins ( Caliban ) Duane Black ( Ariel ) Nicholas Hammond ( Ferdinand ) Kay E. Kuter ( Gonzalo ) Ron Palillo ( Trinculo ) The Journey to Melonia ( Swedish : Resan till Melonia ) Film 1989 Per Åhlin Allan Edwall ( Prospero ) Robin Carlsson ( Miranda ) Ernst Günther ( Caliban ) Tomas von Brömssen ( Ariel ) Olle Sarri ( Ferdinand ) Prospero 's Books Film 1991 Peter Greenaway John Gielgud ( Prospero ) Isabelle Pasco ( Miranda ) A partial adaptation. `` The Tempest '' ( Shakespeare : The Animated Tales ) TV 1992 Stanislav Sokolov Timothy West ( Prospero ) Katy Behean ( Miranda ) Alun Armstrong ( Caliban ) Ella Mood ( Ariel ) Jonathan Tafler ( Ferdinand ) James Greene ( Gonzalo ) Stop motion puppet animation The Tempest TV 1998 Jack Bender Peter Fonda ( Gideon Prosper ) John Glover ( Anthony Prosper ) Harold Perrineau ( Ariel ) Katherine Heigl ( Miranda Prosper ) John Pyper - Ferguson ( Gator Man ) Eddie Mills ( Captain Frederick Allen ) Dennis Redfield ( Wilfried ' Willy ' Gonzo ) The Tempest Film Julie Taymor Helen Mirren ( Prospera ) David Strathairn ( King of Naples ) Djimon Hounsou ( Caliban ) Russell Brand ( Trinculo ) Alfred Molina ( Stephano ) Ben Whishaw ( Ariel ) Felicity Jones ( Miranda ) Reeve Carney ( Ferdinand ) Chris Cooper ( Antonio ) Alan Cumming ( Sebastian ) The gender of main character Prospero was changed to Prospera so Mirren could take the role. The Tempest Video Des McAnuff Christopher Plummer ( Prospero ) Trish Lindstrom ( Miranda ) Dion Johnstone ( Caliban ) Julyana Soelistyo ( Ariel ) Gareth Potter ( Ferdinand ) James Blendick ( Gonzalo ) Geraint Wyn Davies ( Stephano ) A filmed Stratford Shakespeare Festival production. Other Shakespeare as a character Title Y Directors Starring Description Shakespeare Writing Julius Caesar Silent 1907 The probable first appearance of Shakespeare as a character. `` The Executioners '' ( Doctor Who - `` The Chase '' ) TV 1965 Richard Martin Hugh Walters ( William Shakespeare ) An episode of the classic BBC science fiction series, first screened on 22 May 1965. William Shakespeare : His Life & Times TV 1978 Mark Collingham Robert Knights Tim Curry ( Shakespeare ) Nicholas Clay ( Earl of Southampton ) Patience Collier ( Queen Elizabeth I ) Ian McShane ( Christopher Marlowe ) A 6 - part serial produced by Cecil Clarke and written by John Mortimer, that recounts Shakespeare 's life in London. Shakespeare in Love Film 1998 John Madden Joseph Fiennes ( Will Shakespeare ) Gwyneth Paltrow ( Viola De Lesseps ) Colin Firth ( Lord Wessex ) Judi Dench ( Queen Elizabeth I ) A fictional love story about Shakespeare 's romance with a noblewoman, at the time of writing Romeo and Juliet. A Waste of Shame TV 2005 John McKay Rupert Graves ( Shakespeare ) Anna Chancellor ( Anne Hathaway ) Tom Sturridge ( William Herbert ) Indira Varma ( Lucie ) Andrew Tiernan ( Ben Jonson ) A dramatisation of Shakespeare 's life at the time of writing the Sonnets. Elizabeth Rex TV Barbara Willis Sweete Peter Hutt ( William Shakespeare ) Diane D'Aquila ( Queen Elizabeth I ) Brent Carver ( Ned Lowenscroft ) Bernard Hopkins ( Lord Cecil ) Based on the play of that name by Timothy Findley, stars Shakespeare as a main character, recording interactions between Elizabeth I and members of his cast on the night her lover is to be executed by her own order. Anonymous Film 2011 Roland Emmerich Rafe Spall ( William Shakespeare ) Vanessa Redgrave ( Queen Elizabeth I ) Rhys Ifans ( Edward De Vere, Earl of Oxford ) David Thewlis ( William Cecil ) Sebastian Armesto ( Ben Jonson ) Trystan Gravelle ( Christopher Marlowe ) Joely Richardson ( Young Queen Elizabeth I ) A fictional drama about the alleged authorship of Shakespeare 's work. `` The Shakespeare Code '' ( Doctor Who ) TV 2007 Charles Palmer Dean Lennox Kelly ( William Shakespeare ) An episode of the BBC science fiction series, first screened on 7 April 2007, set in 1599. Romeo x Juliet TV 2007 Yukio Takahashi ( 4 episodes ) Masanori Takahashi ( 3 episodes ) Takaaki Wada ( 3 episodes ) Michio Fukuda ( 2 episodes ) Mitsuhiro Karato ( 2 episodes ) An anime fantasy retelling of the play. Juliet 's family were rulers of a floating island nation called Neo Verona before being killed by the Montagues, forcing her to hide in a theater troupe owned by a fictional version of William Shakespeare. Upstart Crow TV 2016 Matt Lipsey David Mitchell ( William Shakespeare ) Liza Tarbuck ( Anne Hathaway ) Steve Speirs ( Richard Burbage ) Spencer Jones ( William Kempe ) Tim Downie ( Christopher Marlowe ) A BBC sitcom. Will TV 2017 - Laurie Davidson ( William Shakespeare ) Jamie Campbell Bower ( Christopher Marlowe ) Mattias Inwood ( Richard Burbage ) Olivia DeJonge ( Alice Burbage ) Colm Meaney ( James Burbage ) James Berkery ( Jeremy Nightstand ) A TNT series telling the wild story of young William Shakespeare 's arrival onto the punk - rock theater scene in 16th century London - the seductive, violent world where his raw talent faced rioting audiences, religious fanatics and raucous side - shows ; a contemporary version of Shakespeare 's life, played to a modern soundtrack that exposes all his recklessness, lustful temptations and brilliance. Acting Shakespeare Title Y Directors Starring Description To Be or Not To Be 1942 Ernst Lubitsch The story of an acting company in 1939 Poland. Shakespeare Wallah 1965 James Ivory Felicity Kendal ( Lizzie ) Shashi Kapoor ( Sanju ) Madhur Jaffrey ( Manjula ) The story of an acting company in India. The Goodbye Girl 1977 Contains scenes in which the Richard Dreyfuss character rehearses and performs Richard III. To Be or Not To Be Mel Brooks A remake of the Ernst Lubitsch film. The Dreamer of Oz : The L. Frank Baum Story Jack Bender Includes a badly - performed rendition of Hamlet 's graveyard speech ( not by L. Frank Baum, who plays a watchman, though he did play Hamlet over 200 times in real life ). Dead Poets Society Film 1989 Portrays a student ( played by Robert Sean Leonard ) who performs the role of Puck in a school production of A Midsummer 's Night Dream against his father 's wishes. A Midwinter 's Tale Kenneth Branagh Michael Maloney ( Joe ( Hamlet ) ) Julia Sawalha ( Nina ( Ophelia ) ) Tells the story of a group of actors performing Hamlet. Looking for Richard A documentary account of Al Pacino 's quest to perform Richard III, featuring substantial excerpts from the play. It includes the talents of Winona Ryder, Alec Baldwin and Kevin Spacey. RSC Production Casebook -- The Winter 's Tale Video A documentary of the RSC production listed separately above, including interviews with Antony Sher, Greg Doran, Cicely Berry ( the RSC 's voice coach ) and other members of the cast and crew, together with lengthy excerpts from the show itself. Television series NOTE : `` ShakespeaRe - Told '', `` The Animated Shakespeare '' and `` BBC Television Shakespeare '' series have been covered above, under the respective play performed in each episode. Playing Shakespeare ( TV, UK, 1979 -- 1984 ) began as two consecutive episodes of the UK arts series The South Bank Show, and developed into a nine - part series of its own. It features director John Barton, then a leading light of the Royal Shakespeare Company, putting a host of actors through their paces. Many of those actors are now household names, including Judi Dench, Michael Pennington, Patrick Stewart, Ben Kingsley, David Suchet and Ian McKellen. The episodes were : The South Bank Show : `` Speaking Shakespearean Verse '' The South Bank Show : `` Preparing to Perform Shakespeare '' 1. `` The Two Traditions '' 2. `` Using the Verse '' 3. `` Language and Character '' 4. `` Set Speeches and Soliloquies '' 5. `` Irony and Ambiguity '' 6. `` Passion and Coolness '' 7. `` Rehearsing the Text '' 8. `` Exploring a Character '' 9. `` Poetry and Hidden Poetry '' Three further episodes were filmed but never edited or screened. They were to be called `` Using the Prose '', `` Using the Sonnets '' and `` Contemporary Shakespeare ''. Their text can be read in the book `` Playing Shakespeare '' by John Barton. The Shakespeare Sessions ( USA 2003 ) was an American spin - off from Playing Shakespeare ( above ) in which John Barton directs notable American actors in Shakespeare scenes. Conjuring Shakespeare ( TV, UK, 199 ? ) was a series of half - hour documentaries hosted by Fiona Shaw, each episode dealing with scenes from a particular play. In Search of Shakespeare ( TV, UK, 2003 ) was a BBC documentary series of four 1 - hour episodes, chronicling the life of William Shakespeare, written and presented by Michael Wood. Slings & Arrows ( TV, Canada, 2003 -- 2006 ) was a Canadian comedy - drama set in the New Burbage Shakespeare Festival, a fictional Shakespearean festival in a small town in Canada comparable to the real - life Stratford Shakespeare Festival. With its entire run written by Susan Coyne, Bob Martin and Mark McKinney, directed by Peter Wellington, and starring Paul Gross, Martha Burns and Stephen Ouimette, it aired in three seasons of six 1 - hour episodes each. Som & Fúria ( TV, Brazil, 2009 ) is a Brazilian adaptation of Slings and Arrows. Academic The `` Themes of Shakespeare '' series contains straight - to - video short documentaries, each considering the theme of a particular play. The contributors are Professor Stanley Wells, and Dr. Robert Smallwood of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust. Two lecture series given by professor Peter Saccio were filmed and are commercially available on DVD. Miscellaneous Theatre of Blood ( UK, 1973 ). Vincent Price plays a Shakespearean actor who takes poetic revenge on the critics who denied him recognition. He kills his critics using methods inspired by several of Shakespeare 's plays : Julius Caesar, Troilus and Cressida, The Merchant of Venice, Richard III, Othello, Cymbeline, Romeo and Juliet, Henry VI Part One, Titus Andronicus, and King Lear. Douglas Hickox director Vincent Price as Edward Lionheart Diana Rigg as Edwina Lionheart The Complete Works of William Shakespeare ( Abridged ) by the Reduced Shakespeare Company is a successful West End stage comedy, containing some element of all 37 canonical plays. A film of one of the live performances is commercially available. The Royal Shakespeare Company have released a number of videos in the `` Great Performances '' series, which contain excerpts from stage performances. The Lion In Winter ( US, Play, 1966 ). Set during Christmas 1183 at Henry II of England 's castle in Chinon, Anjou, Angevin Empire, the play opens with the arrival of Henry 's wife Eleanor of Aquitaine, whom he has had imprisoned since 1173. The story concerns the gamesmanship between Henry, Eleanor, their three surviving sons Richard, Geoffrey, and John, and their Christmas Court guest, the King of France, Philip II Augustus ( French : Philippe Auguste ), who was the son of Eleanor 's ex-husband, Louis VII of France ( by his third wife, Adelaide ). Also involved is Philip 's half - sister Alais, who has been at court since she was betrothed to Richard at age eight, but has since become Henry 's mistress. A film version was made in 1968. Productions have been put on by Shakespearean Theater companies ( Unseam 'd Shakespeare Company production in 2002 and the American Shakespeare Center 's Blackfriars Playhouse presented it in complementary repertory with William Shakespeare 's King John in 2012 ). Anthony Harvey director Peter O'Toole as King Henry II Katharine Hepburn as Queen Eleanor Anthony Hopkins ( in his motion picture debut ) as Richard the Lionheart Nigel Terry as John Timothy Dalton ( in his motion picture debut ) as King Philip II The Simpsons Game ( 2007 ). He appears as a guard blocking the entrance to heaven from Homer and Bart. He was voiced by Maurice LaMarche. See also List of titles of works taken from Shakespeare Notes and references Notes Jump up ^ By BBC2 on 3 June 1968 at 21 : 00. References Jump up ^ Young 1999, p. 358. Jump up ^ Voigts - Virchow 2004, p. 92. Jump up ^ `` William Shakespeare - Filmography ''. Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 11 August 2017. Jump up ^ Brooke 2014. Jump up ^ BUFVC : All 's Well That Ends Well ( 1968 ) n.d. Jump up ^ BUFVC : All 's Well That Ends Well ( 1978 ) n.d. Jump up ^ Murphy 2006. Jump up ^ BUFVC : As You Like It ( 1936 ) n.d. Jump up ^ BUFVC : As You Like It ( 1963 ) n.d. Jump up ^ Billington 2015. Jump up ^ Willis 1991, p. 3. Jump up ^ Time Out London n.d. Jump up ^ Elley 1992. Jump up ^ Osborne 2003, p. 148. Jump up ^ Crowther 1940. Jump up ^ Academy Awards 1941. Jump up ^ BUFVC : The Merchant of Venice ( 1936 ) n.d. Jump up ^ Bamford 1999, p. 55. Jump up ^ BUFVC : The Merchant of Venice ( 1974 ) n.d. Jump up ^ Wayne 2004. Jump up ^ BBC 2001. Jump up ^ Wilders & Alexander 1982, pp. 18 -- 19. Jump up ^ Brown 1995, p. 125. Jump up ^ Cannes 1959. Jump up ^ BUFVC : Sen Noci Svatojanske n.d. Jump up ^ Mereghetti & Pezzotta 2010. Jump up ^ BUFVC : Sogno di una Notte d'Estate n.d. Jump up ^ Tornabuoni 1983. Jump up ^ Rothwell 2000, pp. 51 -- 2. Jump up ^ Graser 2014. Jump up ^ Munden 1997, p. 170. Jump up ^ Sydney Morning Herald 1962. Jump up ^ Sitsky & McPherson 2005. Jump up ^ BUFVC : The Taming of the Shrew ( 1967 ) n.d. Jump up ^ Burnett 2012, p. 240. Jump up ^ Brady 1989, pp. 38 -- 44. Jump up ^ The Canberra Times & 10 October 1966. Jump up ^ Waites 1993, p. 234. 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Jump up ^ DiMare 2011, p. 582. Jump up ^ BUFVC : Julius Caesar ( 1970 ) n.d. Jump up ^ Garber 2007. Jump up ^ Canby 1971. Jump up ^ Hagopian 1998. Jump up ^ Sterritt 1999, p. 20. Jump up ^ Lehmann et al. 2015, p. 90. Jump up ^ Griggs 2009, p. 27. Jump up ^ Gale 2003, pp. 370 -- 2. Jump up ^ Macmillan 2002. Jump up ^ BUFVC : Macbeth ( 1908 ) n.d. Jump up ^ BUFVC : Macbeth ( 1911 ) n.d. Jump up ^ BUFVC : Macbeth ( 1913 ) n.d. Jump up ^ Bennett 2015. Jump up ^ Bennett 2008. Jump up ^ Brownlow & Kobal 1980. ^ Jump up to : McKernan 2008. Jump up ^ Crosby 1955. Jump up ^ BUFVC : Macbeth ( 1954 ) n.d. Jump up ^ Jackson 2007, pp. 310 -- 11. Jump up ^ Davies & Wells 1994, p. 34. Jump up ^ Sydney Morning Herald 1960. Jump up ^ Jackson 2007, p. 331. Jump up ^ BUFVC : Macbeth ( 1982 ) n.d. Jump up ^ Cannes 1987. Jump up ^ Burnett 2012, pp. 23 -- 54. Jump up ^ Urban & Keller 2006. Jump up ^ Martin 2012. Jump up ^ The Guardian & 4 April 2012. Jump up ^ Thoopkrajae 2012. Jump up ^ Hadfield 2005, p. 1. Jump up ^ Crowther 1955. Jump up ^ Kelly n.d. Jump up ^ Howard 2007, p. 321. Jump up ^ Axmaker n.d. Jump up ^ Howard 1965. Jump up ^ Willems 2007, p. 36. ^ Jump up to : Brooke n.d. Jump up ^ Hodgdon & Worthen 2005, pp. 130 -- 1. Jump up ^ The Indian Express & 10 May 1998. Jump up ^ Scheib 2004. Jump up ^ Abel 2005, p. 489. Jump up ^ Ball 2013, pp. 23 -- 8. Jump up ^ Ball 2013, pp. 235 -- 9, 363 -- 5. Jump up ^ Bennett 2009. Jump up ^ Fort Lee Film Commission 2006, p. 64. Jump up ^ Ball 2013, pp. 235 -- 6, 239 -- 41, 364 -- 5. Jump up ^ Nugent 1936. Jump up ^ Jackson 2007, p. 332. Jump up ^ BUFVC : Romeo and Juliet ( 1968 ) n.d. Jump up ^ Roberts 2009, p. 467. Jump up ^ Buchanan 2009, pp. 4, 23, 40 -- 2, 57 -- 73. Jump up ^ Kachur 1991. Jump up ^ BUFVC : Said - E-Havas n.d. Jump up ^ Thakur 2014, p. 22. Jump up ^ Das 2005, p. 56. Jump up ^ Malick 2005, p. 103. Jump up ^ Verma 2005, pp. 272, 275. Jump up ^ Verma 2012, p. 84. Jump up ^ Musgrove 1960. 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Question: when was the first film production of a shakespeare play made
Answer: 1899