The Genius of Shakespeare

A celebration of the bard.

Shakespeare's Globe

Shakespeare’s Globe is a film offering an intimate look at the working life of a unique theatrical institution. It charts a vivid journey from the reconstruction in London of the sixteenth-century open-air playhouse to t

William Shakespeare's Hamlet

A Danish prince and university student avenges his father's murder by his uncle, who stole the crown and married his mother.

Shakespeare Comedies: The Tempest

Christopher Guard and Michael Hordern star in Shakespeare's otherworldly romance about deposed magic Duke Prospero, who inhabits an island with his daughter Miranda, their helper-sprite Ariel and the enslaved monster Cal

Shakespeare’s Wart

A desperate-for-work actor auditions for Shakespeare's Henry IV Part II, and is forced to perform increasingly ridiculous characters by two good cop/bad cop directors.

Judi Dench: Shakespeare, My Family and Me

Judi Dench, perhaps our greatest Shakespearean actor, puts acting to one side as she turns detective to solve a mystery from her family’s past. Did Judi’s ancestor meet her hero William Shakespeare?

Doctor Faustus - Live at Shakespeare's Globe

Doctor Faustus is Christopher Marlowe's most renowned and controversial work. Famous for being the first dramatised version of the Faustus tale, the play depicts the sinister aftermath of Faustus's decision to sell his s

Shakespeare in the Park: Richard III

Experience The Public Theater’s Free Shakespeare in the Park production of Shakespeare’s tragedy with one of his most indelible villains starring Danai Gurira in the title role. Recorded live in July 2022 from Central Pa

Shakespeare's Mounted Foot

The story of an aspiring actor's adventures around the Scottish Borders and northern England with a travelling theatre group.

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Shakespeare ~The Sky Filled With Eternal Words~

Takarazuka Cosmos Troupe 2016 original musical based on the life of William Shakespeare

Macbeth - Live at Shakespeare's Globe

Macbeth story When three witches tell Macbeth that he is destined to occupy the throne of Scotland, he and his wife choose to become the instruments of their fate and to kill the first man standing in their path, the vi

Twelfth Night from Shakespeare's Globe

Wild, surprising and funny, this production of Twelfth Night (directed by Globe Associate Artistic Director Sean Holmes) is infused with the mesmeric nostalgia and the soulful music of the world of Americana.

Play On! Shakespeare in Silent Film

A compilation of scenes from Shakespeare adaptations made in the earliest days of cinema, including versions of King Lear, Twelfth Night, Hamlet, Richard III and The Merchant of Venice, as well as less frequently filmed

Shakespeare: The Truth Behind the Name

Literary history's greatest mystery? Who created the greatest works of iambic thunder in the English language, and who lived the courtly life that is written about in the works of Shakespeare. An uneducated tradesman fro

King Lear: Live at Shakespeare's Globe

King Lear has three daughters, but no sons. Boldly he makes a decision to divide his kingdom among his children, but fails to anticipate the consequences of his actions. His generosity is cruelly repaid and Lear finds hi

Shakespeare's Tomb

Historian Dr. Helen Castor explores the mysteries surrounding Shakespeare’s burial place. Will the first- ever scientific investigation discover why his tombstone's only inscription is a curse against any man who ‘moves

Shakespeare's Best

Best of Shakespeare monologues performed by three actors on one night.

William Shakespeare: A Life of Drama

William Shakespeare's life produced an unmatched legacy of drama and poetry. But the Bard's own story remains mostly a mystery. Track clues to Shakespeare's identity, from his youth in Stratford-on-Avon and his marriage

Everybody's an Actor, Shakespeare Said

An east London youth drama group improvises scenes based upon their everyday life under the tutelage of Joan Littlewood.