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  • Writer's pictureEllen Cheshire

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).


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