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Shakespeare: The Animated Tales

Shakespeare: The Animated Tales

Shakespeare: The Animated Tales

1992 2 Seasons 12 Episodes ⭐ 6.4 Animation

An animated adaptation of twelve of Shakespeare's best-known plays. The series was produced by S4C for the BBC, but animated by some of the foremost artists of Soyuzmultfilm, the former Soviet Union's main animation studio. Each 26-minute play is directed by a different animator, in a wide variety of styles: cel animation for Macbeth, stop-motion puppets in Twelfth Night, and paint on glass for Hamlet.

An animated adaptation of twelve of Shakespeare's best-known plays. The series was produced by S4C for the BBC, but animated by some of the foremost artists of Soyuzmultfilm, the former Soviet Union's main animation studio. Each 26-minute play is directed by a different animator, in a wide variety of styles: cel animation for Macbeth, stop-motion puppets in Twelfth Night, and paint on glass for Hamlet.

Seasons & Episodes

EP 1

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Four young lovers, trying to resolve their passions, and six worthy workmen, trying to rehearse a play, stumble about in

EP 2

The Tempest

Prospero, a powerful magician, lives on an island with his daughter Miranda. They are served by Caliban, a hideous monst

EP 3

Macbeth

EP 4

Romeo and Juliet

EP 5

Hamlet

EP 6

Twelfth Night

EP 1

King Richard III

A portrayal of Shakespeare's darkest villain Richard, Duke of Gloucester, and his unquenchable thirst for the throne.

EP 2

The Taming of the Shrew

Shakespeare's witty battle of the sexes is given a fresh airing in puppet animation. The unlikely bonding of a headstron

EP 3

As You Like It

This bright and comic tale is famed as the only play written by Shakespeare in which he is known to have appeared himsel

EP 4

Julius Caesar

A compelling study of personal ambition versus the good of the state.

EP 5

The Winter's Tale

Exquisitely sculptured Russian puppets perform this powerful and enchanting story full of regal and rustic characters. A

EP 6

Othello

In the last in the series, the playwright's most famous dramatic study of jealousy and its tragic effects are conveyed v

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