Recommendations
Romeo & Juliet
But Soft
(Ashley Walters; BBC)
Mercutio's Queen Mab
(Harold Perrneau; Baz Luhrman)
Balcony Scene
(Olivia Hussey & Leonard Whiting; Franco Zeffirelli)
Hamlet
Get Thee to a Nunnery
(Mel Gibson; Franco Zeffirelli)
To Be or Not To Be
(Kenneth Branagh; Kenneth Branagh)
Gertrude, Hamlet, Polonius
(Julie Christie, Kenneth Branagh, Richard Briers; Kenneth Branagh)
Ophelia Mad Scene
(Helena Bonham-Carter, Glenn Close, Alan Bates; Franco Zeffirelli)
Alas, Poor Yorick
(Mel Gibson; Franco Zeffirelli)
Macbeth
Lady Mac/Mac Immasculating Scene
(Ian McKellen, Judi Dench; Philip Casson)
Out Damned Spot
(Kate Fleetwood, Polly Frame; Rupert Goold)
Out Damned Spot
(Marion Cotillard; Justin Kurzel)
Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow
(Patrick Stewart, Christopher Patrick Nolan; Rupert Goold)
Macbeth/Macduff
(Patrick Stewart, Michael Feast; Rupert Goold)
Inspired by Other Art
There Will Be Time
Music
I Have a Dream
Martin Luther King Jr.
Musee Rodin
Sculpture
Films
Here are versions of Shakespeare's work to watch on film.
*please check ratings for more mature productions
Macbeth
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With Patrick Stewart, directed by Rupert Goold (2010)
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With Michael Fassbender, directed by Justin Kurzel (2015)
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With Orson Welles, directed by the same (1948)
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With Kenneth Branagh, directed by Rob Ashford with Kenneth Branagh (2013)
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With John Finch, directed by Roman Polanski (1971)
Romeo & Juliet
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With Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes, directed by Baz Luhrman (1996)
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With Leonard Whiting and Olivia Hussey, directed by Franco Zeffirelli (1968)
Tempest
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With Helen Mirren, directed by Julie Taymor (2010)
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With Christopher Plummer, directed by Des McAnuff (2010)
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"Prospero's Books" with John Gielgud, directed by Peter Greenaway
Much Ado About Nothing
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With Emma Thompson and Kenneth Branagh, directed by Kenneth Branagh (1993)
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With Amy Acker and Alex Denisof, directed by Joss Whedon (2012)
Merchant of Venice
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With Laurence Olivier and Joan Plowright, directed by John Sichel (1973)
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With Al Pacino and Lynn Collins (2004)
Henry IV
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"Part I and Part II" with Jon Finch and David Gwillim, directed by David Giles (1979)
Titus Andronicus
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With Anthony Hopkins and Jessica Lange, directed by Julie Taymor (1999)
Twelfth Night
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With Helena Bonham-Carter and Imogen Stubbs et al, directed by Trevor Nunn (1996)
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With Frances Barber and Caroline Langrishe et al, directed by Paul Kafno (1988)
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With Emily Goss and Amy Rapp et al, directed by Ned Record (2018)
Julius Caesar
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With Marlon Brando et al, directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz (1953)
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Charlton Heston et al, directed by Stuart Burge (1970)
Hamlet
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With Mel Gibson, directed by Franco Zeffirelli (1990)
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With Kenneth Branagh, directed by the same (1996)
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With Ethan Hawke, directed by Michael Almereyda (2000)
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With David Tennant, directed by Gregory Doran (2009)
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With Laurence Olivier, directed by the same (1948)
Midsummer Night's Dream
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With Kevin Kline and Michelle Pfeiffer et al, directed by Michael Hoffman (1999)
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With David Harewood, Kathryn Hunter et al, directed by Julie Taymor (2014)
Othello
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With Laurence Fishburne and Kenneth Branagh, directed by Oliver Parker (1995)
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With Orson Welles and Micheal MacLiammoir, directed by Orson Welles (1951)
Henry V
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With Kenneth Branagh and Derek Jacobi, directed by Kenneth Branagh (1989)
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With Laurence Olivier and Robert Newton, directed by Laurence Olivier (1944)
As You Like It
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With Vanessa Redgrave and Patrick Allen, directed by Michael Elliot with Ronald Eyre (1963)
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With Bryce Dallas Howard and Brain Blessed, directed by Kenneth Branagh (2006)
Taming of the Shrew
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With Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, directed by Franco Zeffirellia (1967)
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"10 Things I Hate About You" with Heath Ledger and Julia Stiles, directed by Gil Junger (1999)
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"Kiss Me Kate" with Howard Keel and Kathryn Grayson, directed by George Sidney (1953)
Richard III
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With Ian McKellen and Annette Bening, directed by Richard Loncraine (1995)
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With Laurence Olivier and Claire Bloom, directed by Laurence Olivier (1955)
Coriolanus
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With Ralph Fiennes and Gerard Butler, directed by Ralph Fiennes (2011)
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With Tom Hiddleston and Hadley Fraser, directed by Tim Van Someren (2014)