List of William Shakespeare screen adaptations

More than 410 feature-length film and TV versions of William Shakespeare's plays have been produced, making Shakespeare the most filmed author ever in any language.[1] Some are faithful to the original story and text, while others are adaptations that use only the plots rather than his dialogue.[2]

The earliest known production is a French version of Hamlet, made in 1900, starring Sarah Bernhardt as Hamlet. This was not a silent film; it is cited as one of the first examples of sound and moving image-syncing, created with the new phono-cinema-theatre system.[3]

Comedies

All's Well That Ends Well

Directors: John Barton, Claude Whatham
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)
Director: 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)
Director: 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)
Director: 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)

As You Like It

Main article: As You Like It
Director: Suprio Chakrabarty
Adaptation: Kanchan Amin
Directors: 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)
Director: Maurice Elvey
Elisabeth Risdon (Rosalind)
Gerald Ames (Orlando)
Vera Cunningham (Celia)
Frank Stanmore (Touch-stone)
Kenelm Foss (Oliver)
Director: 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)
Directors: Michael Elliott, Ronald Eyre
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)
Director: 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)
Director: 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)
Director: 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)
Director: 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)
Director: 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)
Directors: Robert Budreau, Des McAnuff
Andrea Runge (Rosalind), Paul Nolan (Orlando), Brent Carver (Jaques), Ben Carlson (Touchstone), Tom Rooney (Duke Frederick/Duke Senior)
Director: 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)

The Comedy of Errors

Main article: The Comedy of Errors
A. Edward Sutherland director
Allan Jones as 7Antipholus of Ephesus/Antipholus of Syracuse
Joe Penner as Dromio of Ephesus/Dromio of Syracuse
Peter Duguid, Clifford Williams directors
Ian Richardson and Alec McCowen as Antipholus of Ephesus and Syracuse
Clifford Rose and Barry MacGregor as Dromio of Ephesus and Syracuse
Philip Casson - Director
Mike Gwilym and Roger Rees as Antipholus of Ephesus and Syracuse
Nickolas Grace and Michael Williams as Dromio of Ephesus and Syracuse
Judi Dench as Adriana
Francesca Annis as Luciana
Gulzar director
Sanjeev Kumar as the two Ashoks
Deven Verman as the two Bahadurs
James Cellan Jones director
Michael Kitchen as Antipholus of Ephesus/Antipholus of Syracuse
Roger Daltrey as Dromio of Ephesus/Dromio of Syracuse
Robert Woodruff director
Howard Jay Patterson and Paul David Magid as Antipholus of Ephesus and Syracuse
Randy Nelson and Samuel Ross Williams as Dromio of Ephesus and Syracuse
Director: Richard Monette
Geordie Johnson (Antipholus of Ephesus/Antipholus of Syracuse), Keith Dinicol as (Dromio of Ephesus/Dromio of Syracuse), 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
Basil Coleman director
Martin Shaw as Ferdinand
Lorna Heilbron as the Princess of France
Elijah Moshinsky director
Jonathan Kent as Ferdinand
Maureen Lipman as the Princess of France
Kenneth Branagh director
Alessandro Nivola as Ferdinand
Alicia Silverstone as the Princess of France

Measure For Measure

Main article: Measure for Measure
Desmond Davis director
Kenneth Colley as Duke Vincentio
Kate Nelligan as Isabella
David Thacker director
Tom Wilkinson as Duke Vincentio
Juliet Aubrey as Isabella

The Merchant of Venice

Walter West director
Matheson Lang as Shylock
Hutin Britton as Portia
Challis Sanderson director
Ivan Berlyn as Shylock
Sybil Thorndike as Portia
George More O'Ferrall director
Abraham Sofaer as Shylock
Margaretta Scott as Portia
Hal Burton director
Michael Hordern as Shylock
Rachel Gurney as Portia
Cedric Messina director
Frank Finlay as Shylock
Maggie Smith as Portia
John Sichel director
Laurence Olivier as Shylock
Joan Plowright as Portia
Jeremy Brett as Bassanio
John Sichel director
Antony Holland as Shylock
Trish Grange as Portia
Jack Gold director
Warren Mitchell as Shylock
Gemma Jones as Portia
Alan Horrox director
Bob Peck as Shylock
Haydn Gwynne as Portia
Chris Hunt, Trevor Nunn directors
Henry Goodman as Shylock
Derbhle Crotty as Portia
Don Selwyn director
Waihoroi Shortland as Hairoka (Shylock)
Ngarimu Daniels as Portia (Pohia)
Michael Radford director
Al Pacino as Shylock
Lynn Collins as Portia

The Merry Wives of Windsor

Julian Amyes director
Robert Atkins as Falstaff
Betty Huntley-Wright as Mistress Ford
Orson Welles director and as Falstaff
Ralph Richardson as Narrator
John Gielgud as King Henry IV
Keith Baxter as Hal
Margaret Rutherford as Mistress Quickly
Jeanne Moreau as Doll Tearsheet
Beatrice Welles as Falstaff's Page
Alan Webb as Justice Shallow
Jack Manning director
Leon Charles as Falstaff
Valerine Seelie-Snyder as Mistress Ford
Christian Ebil director
Richard Griffiths as Falstaff
Judy Davis as Mistress Ford

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Charles Kent and J. Stuart Blackton directors
Florence Turner as Titania
William V. Ranous as Bottom
Gladys Hulette as Puck
Max Reinhart and William Dieterle directors
Anita Louise as Titania
Victor Jory as Oberon
James Cagney as Bottom
Mickey Rooney as Puck
Dick Powell as Lysander
Joe E. Brown as Flute
Ian Hunter as Theseus
Peter Hall director
Judi Dench as Titania
Ian Richardson as Oberon
Paul Rogers as Bottom
Ian Holm as Puck
Diana Rigg as Helena
Helen Mirren as Hermia
David Warner as Lysander
Michael Jayston as Demetrius
Sebastian Shaw as Peter Quince
Michael Hoffman director
Michelle Pfeiffer as Titania
Rupert Everett as Oberon
Kevin Kline as Bottom
Stanley Tucci as Puck
Calista Flockhart as Helena
Christian Bale as Demetrius
Sophie Marceau as Hippolyta
Roger Rees as Peter Quince

Adaptations

Ángel de la Cruz and Manolo Gómez directors
Sharon Small as Titania
Lennie James as Oberon
Johnny Vegas as Bottom

Much Ado About Nothing

Performances

A CBS Television Adaptation of Joseph Papp's New York Shakespeare Festival Production
Sam Waterston as Benedick
Kathleen Widdoes as Beatrice
Barnard Hughes as Dogberry
Douglass Watson as Don Pedro
Nick Havinga and A.J. Antoon, directors
Released in the USA as part of the "Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare" series.
Kenneth Branagh director and as Benedick
Emma Thompson as Beatrice
Denzel Washington as Don Pedro
Robert Sean Leonard as Claudio
Kate Beckinsale as Hero
Michael Keaton as Dogberry
Keanu Reeves as Don John

Adaptations

Sarah Parish as Beatrice
Damian Lewis as Benedick
Billie Piper as Hero
Martin Jarvis as Leonard (the Leonato character)
Amy Acker as Beatrice
Alexis Denisof as Benedick
Fran Kranz as Claudio
Jillian Morgese as Hero
Nathan Fillion as Dogberry
Clark Gregg as Leonato
Reed Diamond as Don Pedro
Sean Maher as Don John

The Taming of the Shrew

Performances

Mary Pickford as Katherine
Douglas Fairbanks as Petruchio
Franco Zeffirelli director
Elizabeth Taylor as Katherine
Richard Burton as Petruchio
Michael Hordern as Baptista
Cyril Cusack as Grumio
Michael York as Lucentio
Released in the USA as part of the "Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare" series.
Jonathan Miller, director
John Cleese as Petruchio
Sarah Badel as Katherine
John Allinson director
Karen Austin as Katherine
Franklin Seales as Petruchio
Aida Ziablikova director
Amanda Root as the voice of Katherine
Nigel Le Vaillant as the voice of Petruchio

Adaptations

Howard Keel as 'Petruchio'
Kathryn Grayson as 'Katerina'
Ann Miller as 'Bianca'
Will Mackenzie director
Cybill Shepherd as Katerina
Bruce Willis as Petruchio
Julia Stiles as Kat
Heath Ledger as Patrick Verona
Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Cameron
Larisa Oleynik as Bianca
LL Cool J 'Petruchio'
Gabrielle Union 'Katerina'
Shirley Henderson as Katherine
Rufus Sewell as Petruchio
Andrew Honor director

Twelfth Night

Main article: Twelfth Night

Performances

Eugene Mullin and Charles Kent directors
Julia Swayne Gordon as Olivia
Charles Kent as Malvolio
Florence Turner as Viola
Edith Storey as Sebastain
Tefft Johnson as Orsino
Marin Sais as Maria
William Humphrey as Sir Toby Belch
James Young as Sir Andrew Aguecheek
John Sichel and John Dexter directors
Joan Plowright as Viola and Sebastian
Alec Guinness as Malvolio
Ralph Richardson as Sir Toby Belch
Tommy Steele as an unusually prominent Feste
Released in the USA as part of the "Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare" series.
Kenneth Branagh director
Richard Briers as Malvolio
Caroline Langrishe as Olivia
music by Pat Doyle
(TRIVIA: the arrangement of Come Away Death in this production is an adaptation of Paul McCartney's Once Upon A Long Ago.)
Maria Muat director
Fiona Shaw
Hugh Grant
William Rushton as the voice of Sir Toby Belch
Trevor Nunn director
Imogen Stubbs as Viola
Helena Bonham Carter as Olivia
Toby Stephens as Orsino
Nigel Hawthorne as Malvolio
Mel Smith as Sir Toby Belch
Richard E. Grant as Sir Andrew Aguecheek
Ben Kingsley as Feste
Tim Supple director
Parminder Nagra as Viola
Ronny Jhutti as Sebastian
Chiwetel Ejiofor as Orsino
Claire Price as Olivia
Maureen Beattie as Maria
David Troughton as Sir Toby Belch
Richard Bremner as Sir Andrew Aguecheek
Zubin Varla as Feste
Michael Maloney as Malvolio

Adaptations

Andy Fickman director
Amanda Bynes as Viola
Channing Tatum as Duke Orsino
Laura Ramsey as Olivia
James Kirk as Sebastian

The Two Gentlemen of Verona

Released in the USA as part of the "Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare" series.

Tragedies

Antony and Cleopatra

Main article: Antony and Cleopatra

Performances

Charlton Heston, also director, as Antony
Hildegarde Neil as Cleopatra
Eric Porter as Enobarbus
Jon Scoffield director (television version) Trevor Nunn director (stage version)
Janet Suzman as Cleopatra
Richard Johnson as Antony
Patrick Stewart as Enobarbus
(TRIVIA: This was his first television role.)
Released in the USA as part of the "Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare" series.

Adaptations

Jayaraaj director
Lal as Manikyan
Siddique as Choman
Nandita Das as Kannaki

Coriolanus

Released in the USA as part of the "Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare" series.
Ralph Fiennes as Coriolanus
Gerard Butler as Tullus Aufidius
Vanessa Redgrave as Volumnia
Brian Cox as Menenius

Hamlet

This is a summary of the main article Hamlet on screen.
See also the main article for the play Hamlet.

The most significant screen performances are:

Adaptations, and films using elements of "Hamlet" include:

Julius Caesar

Main article: Julius Caesar (play)

Performances

David Bradley director and as Brutus
Harold Tasker as Caesar
Charlton Heston as Mark Antony
Joseph L. Mankiewicz director
James Mason as Brutus
John Gielgud as Cassius
Marlon Brando as Mark Antony
Louis Calhern as Julius Caesar
Deborah Kerr as Portia
Greer Garson as Calphuria
Edmund O'Brian as Casca
Charlton Heston as Mark Antony
Jason Robards as Brutus
John Gielgud as Caesar
Richard Johnson as Cassius
Diana Rigg as Portia
Richard Chamberlain as Octavius Caesar
Released in the USA as part of the "Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare" series.
Yuri Kulakov director
Joss Ackland as the voice of Julius Caesar
Gregory Doran, director
Paterson Joseph as Brutus
Ray Fearon as Mark Antony
Jeffery Kissoon as Julius Caesar
Cyril Nri as Cassius
Adjoa Andoh as Portia

Adaptations

King Lear

Main article: King Lear
See also its section on screen adaptations.

Performances

Peter Brook/Andrew McCullough director
Orson Welles as Lear
Peter Brook director
Paul Scofield as Lear
Grigori Kozintsev director
Jüri Järvet as Lear
James Earl Jones as Lear
Raul Julia as Edmund
Rene Auberjonois as Edgar
Rosalind Cash as Goneril
Douglass Watson as Kent
Tony Davenall director
Patrick Magee as Lear
Beth Harris as Goneril
Ann Lynn as Regan
Wendy Alnutt as Cordelia
Patrick Mower as Edmund
Robert Coleby as Edgar
Jonathan Miller director
Michael Hordern as Lear
Frank Middlemass as the Fool
Brenda Blethyn as Cordelia
Anton Lesser as Edgar
Released in the USA as part of the "Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare" series.
Michael Elliot director
Laurence Olivier as Lear
Leo McKern as Gloucester
Diana Rigg as Regan
Dorothy Tutin as Goneril
Robert Lang as Albany
Robert Lindsay as Edmund
John Hurt as The Fool
David Threlfall as Edgar
Richard Eyre director
Ian Holm as Lear
Barbara Flynn as Goneril
Amanda Redman as Regan
Victoria Hamilton as Cordelia
Timothy West as Gloucester
Finbar Lynch as Edmund
Paul Rhys as Edgar
Brian Blessed director and as Lear
Hildegard Neil as Fool

Adaptations

Jean-Luc Godard director and Professor Pluggy (equivalent to the Fool)
Burgess Meredith as Don Learo
Molly Ringwald as Cordelia
Peter Sellars as William Shakespeare Junior the Fifth
Woody Allen as Mr. Alien
Akira Kurosawa director
Tatsuya Nakadai as Lord Hidetora (equivalent to King Lear)
Peter (equivalent to the Fool)
Jocelyn Moorhouse director
Jason Robards as Larry Cook
Jessica Lange as Ginny
Michelle Pfeiffer as Rose
Jennifer Jason Leigh as Caroline
Uli Edel director
Patrick Stewart as John Lear

Macbeth

This is a summary of the main article Macbeth on screen.
Main article: Macbeth

The most significant screen performances are:

See also

Among the screen adaptations are:

Othello

Main article: Othello

Performances

Dimitri Buchowetzki director
Emil Jannings as Othello
David MacKane director
Sebastian Cabot as Iago
Sheila Raynor as Emilia
Luanna Shaw as Desdemona
John Slater as Othello
These are the only actors in this 45-minute condensation.
Orson Welles director and as Othello
Michael MacLiammoir as Iago
Suzanne Cloutier as Desdemona
Sergei Yutkevich director and screenplay
Sergei Bondarchuk as Othello
Irina Skobtseva as Desdemona
Andrei Popov as Iago
Stuart Burge director
Laurence Olivier as Othello
Frank Finlay as Iago
Maggie Smith as Desdemona
Derek Jacobi as Cassio
Released in the USA as part of the "Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare" series.
Anthony Hopkins as Othello
Trevor Nunn director
Willard White (the opera singer) as Othello
Imogen Stubbs as Desdemona
Ian McKellen as Iago
Nicolai Serebryakov director
Colin McFarlane as the voice of Othello
Gerald McSorley as the voice of Iago
Sian Thomas as the voice of Desdemona
Oliver Parker director
Laurence Fishburne as Othello
Kenneth Branagh as Iago
Irene Jacob as Desdemona

Adaptations

George Cukor director
Ronald Colman as Anthony John
Basil Dearden director
Patrick McGoohan as Johnnie Cousin (Iago)
Keith Michell as Cass (Cassio)
Paul Harris as Aurelius Rex (Othello)
Marti Stevens as Delia Lane (Desdemona)
Patrick McGoohan director
Richie Havens as Othello
Lance LeGault as Iago
Season Hubley as Desdemona
Tony Joe White as Cassio
Jayaraaj director
Suresh Gopi as Kannan Perumalayan (Othello)
Lal as Paniyan (Iago)
Biju Menon as Kanthan (Cassio)
Manju Warrier as Thamara (Desdemona)
Tim Blake Nelson director
Mekhi Phifer as Odin James
Josh Hartnett as Hugo
Julia Stiles as Desi
Vishal Bhardwaj director
Ajay Devgan as Omkara 'Omi' Shukla (Othello)
Saif Ali Khan as Langda Tyagi (Iago)
Vivek Oberoi as Kesu Firangi (Cassio)
Kareena Kapoor as Dolly Mishra (Desdemona)
Konkona Sen Sharma as Indu (Emilia)
Bipasha Basu as Billo Chamanbahar (Bianca)
Naseeruddin Shah as Bhaisaab (Duke of Venice)
Deepak Dobriyal as Rajan ’Rajju’ Tiwari (Roderigo)
Iago (Nicolas Vaporidis) is an architecture school student about to graduate who falls in love with his fellow student Desdemona (Laura Chiatti), the noble and beautiful daughter of the academic dean, professor Brabanzio (Gabriele Lavia). Both his career and love hopes are ruined when Otello (Aurelien Gaya), a young and handsome French nobleman, comes on the scene. With the help of his friends Emilia (Giulia Steigerwalt) and Roderigo (Lorenzo Gleijeses), Iago will achieve his revenge by playing everyone against each other through a complex scheme of lies.
Ranjan Ghosh writer-director
Abir Chatterjee as Abhijit Mukherjee (Othello)
Raima Sen as Debjani (Desdemona)
Math professor Abhijit and trainee Cardiologist Debjani's love story begins one rainy evening on a lonely Calcutta street. And it ends on yet another rainy evening in Port Blair, in the Andaman Islands. In between, lies a roller coaster journey dotted by love and jealousy, faith and delusion, destiny and free will. Elements of Shakespeare's Macbeth and Julius Caesar are also found in this love tragedy.

Romeo and Juliet

This is a brief of the main articles Romeo and Juliet on screen and Romeo and Juliet (films), where a complete list may be found.
See also the main article for the play Romeo and Juliet.

The most significant screen performances are:

The most significant screen adaptations are:

Timon of Athens

Main article: Timon of Athens
Released in the USA as part of the "Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare" series.
Jonathan Miller Director
Jonathan Pryce as Timon
Norman Rodway as Apemantus
John Bird and John Fortune as the Painter and the Poet

Titus Andronicus

Main article: Titus Andronicus

Performances

Released in the USA as part of the "Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare" series.
Julie Taymor director
Anthony Hopkins as Titus Andronicus
Jessica Lange as Tamora
Alan Cumming as Saturninus
Christopher Dunne director
Robert Reece (actor) as Titus Andronicus
Candy K. Sweet as Tamora

Troilus and Cressida

Main article: Troilus and Cressida

Performances

Released in the USA as part of the "Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare" series.

Histories

Henry IV Part 1

Main article: Henry IV, Part 1

Performances

Michael Hayes director
Tom Fleming as Henry IV
Robert Hardy as Hal
Frank Pettingell as Falstaff
Sean Connery as Hotspur
Released in the USA as part of the "Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare" series.
Anthony Quayle as Falstaff
Jon Finch as Henry IV
David Gwillim as Hal
Tim Pigott-Smith as Hotspur
Richard Eyre director
Jeremy Irons as Henry IV
Tom Hiddleston as Hal
Simon Russell Beale as Falstaff
Joe Armstrong as Hotspur

Adaptations

Orson Welles director and as Falstaff
Ralph Richardson as Narrator
Keith Baxter as Hal
John Gielgud as Henry IV
Margaret Rutherford as Mistress Quickly
Jeanne Moreau as Doll Tearsheet
Beatrice Welles as Falstaff's Page
Alan Webb as Justice Shallow
Gus Van Sant director
River Phoenix as Mike Waters
Keanu Reeves as Scott Favor

Henry IV Part 2

Main article: Henry IV, Part 2

Performances

Michael Hayes director
Tom Fleming as Henry IV
Robert Hardy as Hal
Frank Pettingell as Falstaff
Directed by John Barton and Peter Hall
Released in the USA as part of the "Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare" series.
Anthony Quayle as Falstaff
Jon Finch as Henry IV
David Gwillim as Hal
Richard Eyre director
Jeremy Irons as Henry IV
Tom Hiddleston as Hal
Simon Russell Beale as Falstaff

Adaptations

Orson Welles director and as Falstaff
Ralph Richardson as Narrator
Keith Baxter as Hal
John Gielgud as Henry IV
Margaret Rutherford as Mistress Quickly
Jeanne Moreau as Doll Tearsheet
Beatrice Welles as Falstaff's Page
Alan Webb as Justice Shallow

Henry V

Main article: Henry V (play)

Performances

Laurence Olivier director and as Henry V
Robert Newton as Pistol
Leslie Banks as Chorus
Max Adrian as the Dauphin
Felix Aylmer as Archbishop of Canterbury
Ernest Thesiger as Duke of Berry
Leo Genn as Constable of France
George Robey as Falstaff
Michael Hayes director
Robert Hardy as Henry V
Released in the USA as part of the "Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare" series.
Kenneth Branagh director and as Henry V
Derek Jacobi as Chorus
Ian Holm as Fluellen
Brian Blessed as Exeter
Paul Scofield as King of France
Emma Thompson as Katherine
Judi Dench as Mistress Quickly
Robert Stephens as Pistol
Christian Bale as Boy
Thea Sharrock director
Tom Hiddleston as Henry V

Adaptations

Orson Welles director and as Falstaff
Keith Baxter as Hal
John Gielgud as Henry IV

Henry VI Part 1

Main article: Henry VI, Part 1

Performances

Michael Hayes director
Terry Scully as Henry VI
Eileen Atkins as Joan
Directed by John Barton and Peter Hall
David Warner as Henry VI
Released in the USA as part of the "Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare" series.

Henry VI Part 2

Main article: Henry VI, Part 2
Michael Hayes director
Terry Scully as Henry VI
Directed by John Barton and Peter Hall
David Warner as Henry VI
Ian Holm as Richard
Released in the USA as part of the "Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare" series.

Henry VI Part 3

Main article: Henry VI, Part 3
Michael Hayes director
Terry Scully as Henry VI
Julian Glover as Edward
Paul Daneman as Richard
Directed by John Barton and Peter Hall
David Warner as Henry VI
Ian Holm as Richard Duke of Gloucester
Released in the USA as part of the "Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare" series.

Henry VIII

Main article: Henry VIII (play)
Released in the USA as part of the "Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare" series.

King John

Released in the USA as part of the "Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare" series.

Richard II

Main article: Richard II (play)

Performances

Michael Hayes director
David William as Richard II
Tom Fleming as Bolingbroke
Released in the USA as part of the "Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare" series.
Deborah Warner director
Fiona Shaw as Richard II
Richard Bremner as Bolingbroke
Graham Crowden as John of Gaunt
Kevin McKidd as Hotspur
John Farrell director
Matte Osian as Richard
Rupert Goold director
Ben Whishaw as Richard II
Rory Kinnear as Bolingbroke
Patrick Stewart as John of Gaunt

Adaptations

Orson Welles director and as Falstaff
Keith Baxter as Hal
John Gielgud as Henry IV

Richard III

Main article: Richard III (play)

Performances

Laurence Olivier director and as Richard
John Gielgud as Clarence
Ralph Richardson as Buckingham
Claire Bloom as Lady Anne
Michael Hayes director
Julian Glover as Edward IV
Paul Daneman as Richard III
Jerome Willis as Richmond
Directed by John Barton and Peter Hall
Ian Holm as Richard III
Released in the USA as part of the "Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare" series.
A direct filming, from the stage, of Michael Bogdanov and Michael Pennington's 7-play sequence based on Shakespeare's history plays.
Natalia Orlova director
Antony Sher as the voice of Richard
Richard Loncraine director
Ian McKellen as Richard
Annette Bening as Elizabeth
Nigel Hawthorne as Clarence
Kristin Scott Thomas as Lady Anne
Maggie Smith as the Duchess of York
Marc Beeby director
Douglas Henshall as Richard
Anastasia Hill as Elizabeth
Geraldine James as the Duchess of York
Michael Maloney as Clarance
music composed and realised by David Pickvance

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David Timson director
Kenneth Branagh as Richard
Geraldine McEwan as Queen Margaret
published by Naxos, recorded September 2000

Adaptations

Romances

Pericles

Released in the USA as part of the "Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare" series.

Cymbeline

Main article: Cymbeline
Lucius Henderson director
William Russell as Cymbeline
Florence La Badie as Imogen
Elijah Moshinsky director
Richard Johnson as Cymbeline
Helen Mirren as Imogen
Michael Almereyda director
Ethan Hawke as Iachimo
Ed Harris as Cymbeline
Milla Jovovich as The Queen
John Leguizamo as Pisanio
Dakota Johnson as Imogen

The Winter's Tale

Main article: The Winter's Tale

Performances

Released in the USA as part of the "Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare" series.
Stanislav Sokolov director
Anton Lesser
Jenny Agutter
Greg Doran director
Antony Sher as Leontes

Adaptations

The Tempest

Main article: The Tempest § Screen

Performances

Edwin Thanhouser director
George Schaefer director
Maurice Evans as Prospero
Richard Burton as Caliban
Lee Remick as Miranda
Roddy McDowall as Ariel
Derek Jarman director
Heathcote Williams as Prospero
Toyah Willcox as Miranda
"Stormy Weather" sung by Elisabeth Welch
Michael Hordern as Prospero
Released in the USA as part of the "Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare" series.
William Woodman director
Efrem Zimbalist Jr. as Prospero
Stanislav Sokolov director
Timothy West as the voice of Prospero
Julie Taymor director
Helen Mirren as Prospera (The gender of main character Prospero was changed to Prospera so Mirren could take the role.[17])
David Strathairn as King of Naples
Djimon Hounsou as Caliban
Russell Brand as Trinculo
Alfred Molina as Stephano
Ben Whishaw as Ariel
Felicity Jones as Miranda
Reeve Carney as Ferdinand
Chris Cooper as Antonio
Alan Cumming as Sebastian
Des McAnuff director
Christopher Plummer as Prospero
Julyana Soelistyo as Ariel
Trish Lindstrom as Miranda
Gareth Potter as Ferdinand

Adaptations

William A. Wellman director
Gregory Peck as Stretch
Fred M. Wilcox director
Walter Pidgeon as Dr. Edward Morbius
Anne Francis as Altaira 'Alta' Morbius
Leslie Nielsen as Commander J. J. Adams
Paul Mazursky director
John Cassavetes as Phillip Dimitrious
Molly Ringwald as Miranda
Susan Sarandon as Aretha
Raul Julia as Kalibanos
Gena Rowlands as Antonia
Peter Greenaway director
John Gielgud as Prospero
Isabelle Pasco as Miranda
Jack Bender director
Peter Fonda as Gideon Prosper
Per Åhlin director, manuscript
Karl Rasmusson manuscript

Other

Shakespeare as a character

John Madden director
Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard screenwriters
Joseph Fiennes as Will Shakespeare
Gwyneth Paltrow as Viola De Lesseps
Colin Firth as Lord Wessex
Judi Dench as Queen Elizabeth I
John McKay director
Rupert Graves as Shakespeare
Anna Chancellor as Anne Shakespeare
Tom Sturridge as the Fair Youth (interpreted as William Herbert)
Indira Varma as the Dark Lady (named Lucie)
Andrew Tiernan as the Rival Poet (interpreted as Ben Jonson)

Acting Shakespeare

Ernst Lubitsch director
James Ivory director
Felicity Kendal as Lizzie
Shashi Kapoor as Sanju
Madhur Jaffrey as Manjula
Mel Brooks director
Jack Bender director
Kenneth Branagh director
Michael Maloney as Joe (Hamlet)
Julia Sawalha as Nina (Ophelia)

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.

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.

Academic

Miscellaneous

Douglas Hickox director
Vincent Price as Edward Lionheart
Diana Rigg as Edwina Lionheart
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

References

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  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 Chimes at Midnight, BFI The Greatest Films Poll
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  14. ↑ Russell Jackson (ed) The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare on Film, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000, p.332
  15. ↑ Michael Brooke "Romeo and Juliet on Screen", BFI Screenonline
  16. ↑ "Richard III". Retrieved 19 February 2012.
  17. ↑ Mirren 'to star in Tempest film'
  18. ↑ Howard, Tony Shakespeare's Cinematic Offshoots in Jackson, Russell (ed.) The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare on Film Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000 ISBN 978-0-521-63975-0, 295-313 at 296
  19. ↑ "Greenaway, Peter (1942- )", BFI Screenonline
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  21. ↑ "Shakespeare Wallah (1965)", The Criterion Collection
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