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1992 Certificate PG
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Features twelve animated adaptations of some of Shakespeare's finest plays. Includes 'Macbeth', 'Hamlet', 'Romeo And Juliet', 'Othello', 'Twelfth Night', 'As You Like It', 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', 'The Taming Of The Shrew', 'A Winter's Tale', 'Richard III', 'Julius Caesar' and 'The Tempest'. Read more

Starring Felicity Kendal, Alun Armstrong, Joss Ackland, Jenny Agutter
Genres Drama

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Shakespeare - Animated

Features twelve animated adaptations of some of Shakespeare's finest plays. Includes 'Macbeth', 'Hamlet', 'Romeo And Juliet', 'Othello', 'Twelfth Night', 'As You Like It', 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', 'The Taming Of The Shrew', 'A Winter's Tale', 'Richard III', 'Julius Caesar' and 'The Tempest'.

Starring Felicity Kendal, Alun Armstrong, Joss Ackland, Jenny Agutter, Zoe Wanamaker, Timothy West, Martin Jarvis
Studio METRODOME DISTRIBUTION
Run time DVD: 5 hrs 7 mins
Certificate Certificate PG
Genres Drama
Language DVD: English
Released DVD: 28 Mar 2005
Production year: 1992
Format DVD

Shakespeare - Animated (3 discs) (1992)

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  • 3 out of 3 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 3 stars

    Good Historical Programme

    Excellent version of Richard III but a below par Tempest. This DVD is an excellent way to get started with Shakespeare, especially at A-Level.

      • Adam Drage from Dagenham, ESSEX
      • Posted 21 Nov 2005 13:49

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  • 1 out of 1 person found this review helpful

    Rated - 0 stars [Highly rated reviewer]

    Shakespeare - animated - tragedy

    Don't bother - this is just terrible. The animation is very poor on all four plays, but Hamlet is the worst of the lot, I can't find words to describe how awful it is - a ten-year-old could do better.

    As an 'introduction' to Shakespeare, it fails totally, unless the intention is to show Shakespeare up as extremely boring - these versions certainly are, in spite of star billings for some of the characters (which aspect does redeem some of them marginally).

    Hamlet: To hire or not to hire - my recommendation is NOT.

    Romeo and Juliet: A film by any other production would smell much sweeter.

    Macbeth: This Macbeth hath murdered Shakespeare.

    Othello: A man who loved too woodenly.

    • Clem
      • Clem from South Coast, UK
      • Posted 14 Feb 2009 19:57

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