Shakespeare Around the Globe: Cinematic Adaptations
In preparation for a talk in June 2024 on film adaptations of Shakespeare’s plays for Chichester Literary Society I asked, on twitter, for people’s recommendations of cinematic adaptation of Shakespeare. The response was overwhelming with many new titles to add to my must watch list. So much so, that a list was needed! And here it is…
Apologies if I missed any of your suggestions, it was quite lively! Here’s the link to the original twitter thread.
Keep the conversation going using hashtag #ShakespeareAroundTheGlobe @cheshellen
A Comedy of Errors
Angoor (1982, Gulzar)
Recommended by: @robinalexbaker
Coriolanus
Coriolanus (2011, Ralph Fiennes)
Recommended by: @K__McGee
Hamlet
Hamlet (1921, Svend Gade and Heinz Schall)
Recommended by: @PamHutch @byronic
The Lion King (1994, Rob Minkoff and Roger Allers)
Recommended by: @bloodybishop
Hamlet liikemaailmassa (1987, Aki Kaurismäki)
Recommended by: @neufunkaum
Hamlet (1964, Grigori Kozintsev)
Recommended by: @AnneBillson @CulturalSnow @SimonNewton5 @byronic
Haider (2014, Vishal Bhardwaj)
Recommended by: @robinalexbaker @yooday @tig14
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (1990, Tom Stoppard)
Recommended by: @fuzzynick
The Bad Sleep Well (1960, Akira Kurosawa)
Recommended by: @IanNabney
Henry IV
My Own Private Idaho (1991, Gus Van Sant)
Recommended by: @scottcthompson @MCoxinScotland
Henry V
Henry V (1944, Laurence Olivier)
Recommended by: @TheAndrewF @ScottishLute @IMDBartlett
Henry V (1989, Kenneth Branagh)
Recommended by: @TheAndrewF @IMDBartlett
Chimes at Midnight (1967, Orson Welles)
Recommended by: @jasclarkewriter @AtkinsonPA1 @NJStreitberger @IMDBartlett @CulturalSnow
Hollow Crown series
Recommended by: @ConductorRobin
King Lear
King Lear (1935, State Yiddish Theater in Moscow)
Recommended by: @papers_on
Ran (1985, Akira Kurosawa)
Recommended by: @jasclarkewriter @robinalexbaker @MarinaSofia8 @flanderosa @bloodybishop @sherbetsaucers @rosstermad @IMDBartlett
King Lear (1971, Peter Brook)
Recommended by: @culham_mark
King Lear (1971, Grigori Kozintsev)
Recommended by: @SimonNewton5
A do not watch recommendation: King Lear (1999, Brian Blessed and Tony Rotherham)
Macbeth
Macbeth (1979, Philip Casson and Trevor Nunn)
Recommended by: @CulturalSnow
Macbeth on the Estate (1997, Penny Woolcock)
Recommended by: @byronic
Macbeth (1983, Bela Tarr)
Recommended by: @SaltyFilm
Macbeth (1987, Claude D'anna)
Recommended by: @SaltyFilm
Makibefo (1999, Alexander Abela)
Recommended by: @SaltyFilm
Throne of Blood (1957, Akira Kurosawa)
Recommended by: @robinalexbaker @thasceles @flanderosa @SimonNewton5 @TheAndrewF @bloodybishop @rosstermad @IMDBartlett
Macbeth (1971, Roman Polanksi)
Recommended by: @IMDBartlett
The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021, Joel Coen)
Recommended by: @thasceles @TheAndrewF @rosstermad
Joe MacBeth (1955, Ken Hughes)
Recommended by: @psychojography
Men of Respect (1991, William Reilly)
Recommended by: @SonOfSirico
Maqbool (2004, Vishal Bhardwaj)
Recommended by: @robinalexbaker @tig14
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Strange Magic (2015, Gary Rydstrom)
Recommended by: @jasclarkewriter
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1959, Jiří Trnka)
Recommended by: @rosstermad
A Midsummer Night's Dream (2022, Creation Theatre)
Recommended by: @annainjozi
Much Ado About Nothing
Much Ado About Nothing (2012, Joss Whedon)
Recommended by: @IMDBartlett
Othello
Omkara (2006, Vishal Bhardwaj)
Recommended by: @robinalexbaker @FloStadt
Othello: National Theatre (2013, Nicholas Hytner)
Recommended by: @annainjozi
Othello (1951, Orson Welles)
Recommended by: @rickburin @IMDBartlett
All Night Long (1962, Basil Dearden)
Recommended by: @wb_gooderham
Richard III
Looking for Richard (1996, Al Pacino)
Recommended by: @MCoxinScotland
Richard III (1995, Richard Loncraine)
Recommended by: @cellulord @thasceles @Claire__M @byronic @ballooonmh @rosstermad
Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet (1968, Franco Zeffirelli)
Recommended by: @ScottishLute
Romeo & Juliet (2013, Carlo Carlei)
Recommended by: @enchantedbyfilm
William Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet (1996, Baz Luhrmann)
Recommended by: @enchantedbyfilm @SimonNewton5 @annainjozi @rosstermad
West Side Story (1961, Jerome Robbins and Robert Wise)
Recommended by: @SimonNewton5
Sonnets
The Angelic Conversation (1985, Derek Jarman)
Recommended by: @Claire__M
The Taming of the Shrew
10 Things I Hate About You (1999, Gil Junger)
Recommended by: @MCoxinScotland @enchantedbyfilm @rosstermad @IMDBartlett
The Tempest
The Tempest (1979, Derek Jarman)
Recommended by: @ballooonmh @IMDBartlett @CulturalSnow @Claire__M
Prospero's Books (1991, Peter Greenaway)
Recommended by: @CulturalSnow @wb_gooderham
The Tempest (1908, Percy Stow)
Recommended by: @norloll @PamHutch
Forbidden Planet (1956, Nicholas Nayfack)
Recommended by: @Tombo_h
Three Colours: Red (1994, Kristof Kieslowski)
Recommended by: @MattTempest
Titus Andronicus
Titus (1999, Julie Taymor)
Recommended by: @CulturalSnow @byronic @rosstermad
The Hungry (2017, Bornila Chatterjee)
Recommended by: @SaltyFilm
Troilus and Cressida
Troilus and Cressida: RSC (2018, Gregory Doran)
Recommended by: @annainjozi
Twelfth Night
She's the Man (2006, Andy Fickman)
Recommended by: @enchantedbyfilm
Twelfth Night: National Theatre (2020, Simon Godwin)
Recommended by: @annainjozi
A Winter's Tale
A Tale of Winter (1992, Eric Rhomer)
Recommended by: @culham_mark @IanNabney
@annainjozi also sent a link to this Wikipedia page of even more Shakespeare screen adaptations!
Happy viewing and keep the conversation going using hashtag #ShakespeareAroundTheGlobe. Meanwhile enjoy a number from one of my fave Shakespeare re-workings, Brush Up Your Shakespeare from Kiss Me, Kate! (1953, George Sidney).