Shakespeare is rightly considered the world's greatest playwright for the soaring beauty of his language, for his profound insight into human nature, for the truths he dramatized and for the realism of the characters he created. He was, and remains, a superb entertainer. These BBC and Time-Life Film productions feature some of Britain's most distinguished theatrical talent, including Anthony Hopkins, Sir John Gielgud, Patrick Stewart, Derek Jacobi, and Claire Bloom. -- Amazon.com

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William Shakespeare On DVD, A-Z

Antony And Cleopatra
with Timothy Dalton and Lynn Redgrave
(1981)

As You Like It
with Laurence Olivier
(1936)

Hamlet (Criterion Collection)
with Laurence Olivier
(1948)

Hamlet
directed by John Gielgud
with Richard Burton
(1964)

Hamlet
with Kevin Kline
(1990)
 

Hamlet
with Mel Gibson, Glenn Close
(1991)

Hamlet
with Ethan Hawke, Kyle MacLachlan
(2000)

Henry V (Criterion Collection)
with Laurence Olivier
(1944)
 

Henry V
with Kenneth Branagh
(1989)

King Lear
New York Shakespeare Festival
with James Earl Jones
(1974)

King Lear
with Laurence Olivier,
Diana Rigg, John Hurt
(1984)
 

Love's Labour's Lost
Kenneth Branagh, Alicia Silverstone,
Nathan Lane, Mathew Lillard
(2000)

Macbeth
directed by Roman Polanski
and starring Jon Finch
(1971)

The Merry Wives Of Windsor
with Leon Charles and Gloria Grahame
(1970)

A Midsummer Night's Dream
with Kevin Kline, Michelle Pfeiffer,
Rupert Everett, Stanley Tucci
(1999)
 

Much Ado About Nothing
with Sam Waterston, Kathleen
Widdoes, Barnard Huges
(1972)

Much Ado About Nothing
directed by Kenneth Branagh and starring
Branagh, Emma Thompson, Denzel Washington,
Michael Keaton and Keanu Reeves
(1993)

O
a private-school Othello with
Mekhi Phifer and Julia Stiles
(2001)

Othello
with Orson Welles
(1952)

Othello
with Laurence Fishburne,
Irene Jacob and Kenneth Branagh
(1995)

The Reduced Shakespeare Company:
The Complete Works Of William Shakespeare (Abridged)
(2000)

Richard II
with David Birney (1982)
 

Richard III
with Ian McKellan (1995)

Romeo & Juliet
directed by Franco Zeffirelli (1968)
limited availability

(William Shakespeare's)
Romeo & Juliet (Special Edition)
directed by Baz Luhrmann; with
Leonardo Di Caprio, Claire Danes,
and Pete Postlethwaite
(1996)

Shakespeare In Love (Collector's Edition)
with Gwyneth Paltrow, Joseph Fiennes,
Judi Dench and Geoffrey Rush (1998)

Silent Shakespeare
various silent films (1899 - 1911)
 

The Taming Of The Shrew
with Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor
(1967)

The Taming Of The Shrew
with Franklin Seales and Karen Austin
(1981)

The Tempest
directed by Derek Jarman
(1979)

The Tempest
with Efrem Zimbalist, Jr.
(1992)

Titus
directed by Julie Taymor
Anthony Hopkins and Jessica Lange
(2000)
 

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