CLASSIC LITERATURE ON FILM - SHAKESPEARE
Submitted by professor on Sat, 09/13/2003 - 08:19
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- Hamlet (1948) starring Laurence Olivier, Jean Simmons (Directed by Laurence Olivier).
- Hamlet (1964) starring Richard Burton (directed by John Gielgud).
- Hamlet (1991) starring Mel Gibson, Glenn Close (Directed by Franco Zeffirelli).
- Hamlet (1996) starring Kenneth Branagh, Kate Winslet (Directed by Kenneth Branagh).
- Hamlet (1999) starring Kevin Kline, MacIntyre Dixon.
- Hamlet (2000) starring Ethan Hawke, Kyle MacLachlan, Julia Stiles, Sam Shephard.
- Hamlet (2002) starring and directed by Kevin Kline for TV.
- Romeo & Juliet (1936) starring Megan Follows.
- Romeo & Juliet (1936) starring Leslie Howard, Norma Shearer.
- Romeo & Juliet (1954) starring Lawrence Harvey, Susan Shentall.
- Romeo & Juliet (1968) starring Olivia Hussey, Leonard Whiting (Dir. Franco Zeffirelli).
- Romeo & Juliet (1988) starring Christopher Neame, Ann Hasson.
- Romeo & Juliet (1994) starring Geraldine Somerville and Jonathan Firth.
- Romeo & Juliet (1996) starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Claire Danes.
- MacBeth (1948) starring Orson Welles, Jeanette Nolan (Directed by Orson Welles).
- MacBeth (1971) starring Jon Finch, Francesca Annis (Directed by Roman Polanski).
- MacBeth (1978), starring Sir Ian McKellern and Dame Judi Dench.
- MacBeth (1989) starring Michael Jayston.
- MacBeth (1997) starring Sean Pertwee, Greta Scacchi.
- MacBeth starring Jeremy Brett, Piper Laurie.
- Henry V (1944) starring Laurence Olivier.
- Henry V (1989) starring Kenneth Branagh, Derek Jacobi.
- Othello (1952) starring Orson Welles, Micheál MacLiammóir.
- Othello (1965) starring Laurence Olivier as the black Othello.
- Othello (1995) starring Laurence Fishburne, Irène Jacob, Kenneth Branagh.
- Much Ado About Nothing (1973) starring Sam Waterston, Kathleen Widdoes.
- Much Ado About Nothing (1993) starring Kenneth Branagh (Director), Emma Thompson.
- Tempest (1979) directed by Derek Jarman.
- Tempest (1982) starring John Cassavettes, Molly Ringwald, Susan Sarandon.
- Tempest (1998) starring Peter Fonda.
- King Lear (1953) starring Orson Welles.
- King Lear (1970) starring Cyril Cusack, Barry Stanton.
- King Lear (1974) starring James Earl Jones.
- King Lear (1984) starring Laurence Olivier, Diana Rigg, John Hurt, Leo McKern.
- King Lear (1987) starring Patrick Magee
- King Lear (1998) starring Ian Holm, Barbara Flynn, Amanda Redman.
- Richard III (1956) starring Laurence Olivier (director), Ralph Richardson, John Gielgud.
- Richard III (1995) starring Ian McKellen, Annette Bening.
- Midsummer Night's Dream (1996) starring Lindsay Duncan, Alex Jennings.
- Midsummer Night's Dream (1999) starring Kevin Kline, Michelle Pfeiffer, Rupert Everett, Calista Flockhart.
- Twelth Night (1988) starring Richard Briers, Caroline Langrish (Dir. K. Branagh)
- Twelth Night (1996) starring Helena Bonham Carter, Richard E. Grant, Ben Kingsley.
- Titus (Titus Andronicus - 2000) starring Anthony Hopkins, Jessica Lange.
- As You Like It (1936), starring Laurence Olivier.
- The Merchant Of Venice (1973), starring Laurence Olivier and Joan Plowright.
- Anthony & Cleopatra (1974), starring Patrick Stewart, Janet Suzman.
- BBC Shakespeare Tragedies DVD Giftbox, starring Sir John Gielgud, Anthony Hopkins, Patrick Stewart, Derek Jacobi, Claire Bloom, Nicol Williamson, Jane Lapotaire, Bob Hoskins - includes Romeo & Juliet, Hamlet, Macbeth, Julius Ceasar, Othello.
- Time now for Shakespearean purists to look away !
- Shakespeare In Love (1998), a tale of how Shakespeare might have lived, starring Gwyneth Paltrow, Joseph Fiennes, Judi Dench, Colin Firth.
- The Reduced Shakespeare Company - The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) (2000),
- a satirical adaptation of the complete works (abridged).
- The Reduced Shakespeare Company - The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) (2002),
- this seems to be a different version to that above, but no guarantees - double checking needed.
- The Taming of the Shrew (1967) , a Hollywood movie version - directed by Franco Zeffirelli, starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton.
- 10 Things I Hate About You (1999), modern teen flick based upon The Taming of the Shrew, starring Heath Ledger, Julia Stiles.
- Julius Ceasar (1953), a Hollywood movie version, starring Marlon Brando, James Mason, Sir John Gielgud.
- Julius Ceasar (1970), a Hollywood movie version, starring Charlton Heston, Sir John Gielgud, Diana Rigg.
- Love’s Labour’s Lost (2000), starring Kenneth Branagh, Alicia Silverstone, Timothy Spall, (Directed by Kenneth Branagh), modern musical adaptation.
- Othello (2002), a modern TV retelling of the story with Othello as a black London police officer, starring Eamon Walker, Christopher Ecclestone.
- ‘O’ (Othello - 2001), starring Mekhi Phifer, Julia Stiles.
- West Side Story (1961), a musical based on Romeo and Juliet, starring Natalie Wood.
- Romeo & Juliet (1992) - animated version for children.
- Hamlet (1992), animated version for children - 30 minutes long.
- Midsummer Night's Dream (1998) animated version for children.
- MacBeth (1992) animated version.
- Rosencrantz And Guildenstern Are Dead (1991), film adaptation of the play by Tom Stoppard of two of the minor characters from Hamlet - their story is brilliantly told in the spaces between the Shakespeare play, amazing performances from Gary Oldman and Tim Roth, and directed by . . . Tom Stoppard himself.
- Prospero's Books (1991), based on The Tempest, starring Sir John Gielgud.
- Ran (1985), Japanese master Director Akira Kurosawa interpretation of King Lear set in 16th Century Japan.
- Throne Of Blood (1961), Akira Kurosawa interpretation of MacBeth, also set 16th Century Japan.
- Forbidden Planet (1956), classic science fiction interpretation of The Tempest, starring Walter Pidgeon.
- A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy (1982), loose Woody Allen version with Woody Allen, Mia Farrow.
- Kiss Me Kate (1953), The Taming of the Shrew as a musical, starring Kathryn Grayson, Howard Keel.
- The Lion King (1994), animated Disney movie based on Hamlet, voices by Matthew Broderick, Jeremy Irons, James Earl Jones, Whoopi Goldberg, Rowan Atkinson.
- TV Adaptations (thanks to Rosie Cotton), but may no longer be available on film/DVD/video
- As You Like It (1978), starring Helen Mirren, Brian Stirner.
- Romeo and Juliet (1978), starring Patrick Ryecart, Rebecca Saire, John Gielgud, Alan Rickman.
- King Richard the Second (1978), starring Derek Jacobi, John Gielgud, Jon Finch.
- Julius Caesar (1979), starring Charles Gray, Richard Pasco, Keith Michell.
- Henry IV, Part I (1979), starring Jon Finch, Anthony Quayle.
- The Merchant of Venice (1980), starring Gemma Jones, Warren Mitchell, John Franklyn-Robbins.
- Hamlet, Prince of Denmark (1980), starring Derek Jacobi, Patrick Stewart, Claire Bloom.
- The Taming of the Shrew (1980), starring John Cleese.
- The Tempest (1980), starring Michael Hordern.
- Twelfth Night (1980), starring Helena Bonham Carter, Imogen Stubbs, Ben Kingsley, Richard E. Grant.
- Othello (1981), starring Anthony Hopkins, Bob Hoskins.
- A Midsummer Night's Dream (1981), starring Robert Lindsay.
- Cymbeline (1982), starring Ricahrd Johnson, Helen Mirren, Robert Lindsay.
- King Lear (1982), starring Michael Hordern, Michael Kitchen, Brenda Blethyn.
- Macbeth (1983), starring Nicol Willilamson, Jane Lapotaire.
- The Tragedy of Richard the Third (1983), starring Ron Cook, Annette Crosbie.
- Much Ado About Nothing (1984), starring Robert Lindsay, Cherie Lunghi.
Author Comments:
I have watched a couple of costume dramas (based on classic literature/books) on TV recently: Madame Bovary, The Tenant Of Wildfell Hall (Anne Bronte), and In Search Of The Brontes. This inspired me, together with the fact that some of my favourite movies fall into this category (Emma with Gwyneth Paltrow, Sense and Sensibility with Emma Thompson, Remains Of The Day with Anthony Hopkins), to check out what else is available.
I have made three lists, this one being for TV series and movies based upon Shakespeare plays, a second list is for TV series and movies based upon other classic literature, and a separate third list for classic American literature.
(See my "CLASSIC LITERATURE ADOPTED FOR FILM OR TV") and "CLASSIC AMERICAN LITERATURE ON FILM".
Further suggestions welcomed - I'm sure I've missed many.
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I've added The Merchant Of Venice (1973) and Anthony & Cleopatra (1974).
I have also updated my list for
CLASSIC LITERATURE ADOPTED FOR FILM OR TV.
Thank you for adding that particular version of Merchant of Venice. It's my favorite.
There's also a TV series done for UK TV, called "The Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare". There's 20 of them that ran in the late 70's to early 80's. Have you seen any of those?
I thought the Marlon Brando version of Julius Caesar (1953) was pretty good.
I couldn't find the 70s/80s version(s) of "The Complete Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare" on film, video or DVD I'm afraid, but if you can point me in the right direction I shall happily add them.
Thanks for the suggestion for the Marlon Brando version of Julius Caesar, which I have now added. More suggestions welcome. although I don't always promise such a quick response.
I've also added the brilliant Tom Stoppard play "Rosencrantz And Guildenstern Are Dead", plus a few others.
Copy and paste the following link into your browser's address bar:
http://www.imdb.com/find?tt=on;mx=20;q=The%20Complete%20Dramatic%20
This is the search I did on IMDB in order to find them all in one list. Some were formerly available on VHS or DVD, but now are out of print.
Much obliged. That is a great link. I do now recall watching some of these when they were first shown on TV.
I've now added them all - thanks again.
No problem.
Kurosawa did a couple of these: Ran was based on King Lear, and Throne Of Blood is an adaptation of MacBeth.
The oddest one would be Strange Brew, which shares a few things in common with Hamlet. And isn't Forbidden Planet also based on The Temptest?
So I've heard.
Good call on Ran and Forbidden Planet. I've not come across Throne Of Blood or Strange Brew before.
I've now added Ran, Throne of Blood, and Forbidden Planet - many thanks.
However, I couldn't find any connection between Strange Brew and Shakespeare, other then the name of the brew (Elsinore) - is this a test ? (or is Strange Brew an imposter Imposter?)
Brush up your Shakespeare,
Start quoting him now...
The Taming of the Shrew
Directed by Jonathan Miller, John Cleese does an awesome Petruchio and, according to my dim recollection, less sexist than most Shrews.
Just declaim a few lines from "Othella"
And they think you're a heckuva fella.
If your blonde won't respond when you flatter 'er
Tell her what Tony told Cleopaterer,
The Lion King (1994)
Matthew Broderick as Hamlet, Jeremy Irons as King Claudius, James Earl Jones as King Hamlet, Robert Guillaume as Polonius, Nathan Lane and Ernie Sabella as Rosencrantz and Guildenstern... Hakuna Matata, baby!
And if still, to be shocked, she pretends well,
Just remind her that "All's Well That Ends Well."
If your goil is a Washington Heights dream
Treat the kid to "A Midsummer Night's Dream."
A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy (1982)
Who makes a better Ariel than Mia Farrow? Nobody, that's who.
If she fights when her clothes you are mussing,
What are clothes? "Much Ado About Nussing."
If she says your behavior is heinous
Kick her right in the "Coriolanus."
Kiss Me Kate (1953)
With Ann Miller, James Whitmore and Bob Fosse... all in supporting roles!
Brush up your Shakespeare,
and the women you will wow!
Terrific - I have added all of those. Many thanks, although I'm not convinced that those particular quotes will wow the women.
Neither will being an old overweight mobster.