William Shakespeare
1) Cymbeline
Publisher
Grindstone
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
When extortion, betrayal, and fiery passions threaten his criminal empire, a drug kingpin is driven to desperate measures in this explosive, modern retelling of Shakespeare's timeless tragedy.
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Formats
Description
Viola becomes furious when she learns that her high school, Cornwall, has just cut the girl's soccer team. So furious, in fact, that she takes advantage of her twin brother Sebastian skipping town for a few weeks to take his place at his school, Illyria, so she can join the soccer team there. But her disguise as her brother leads to major complications when she falls in love with her soccer-playing roommate and the girl he's in love with falls in...
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
1999
Language
English
Description
When two pairs of star-crossed lovers, a troop of inept amateur actors, a feuding pair of supernatural sprites and a love potion gone awry all come together in an enchanted moonlit forest, the result is an unequalled mixture of merriment and magic.
4) Henry V
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment Inc
Pub. Date
c2000
Language
English
Description
Young King Henry of England asserts a hereditary claim to the throne of France, gathering an army and embarking on a course that will lead to one of England's greatest battlefield triumphs and forever change the face of Europe.
5) Ophelia
Publisher
IFC Films, Shout Factory
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
The unspoken, complex heroine of Hamlet shares her own story through modern language in contemporary Denmark. As a rebellious and motherless child, Ophelia is taken into Elsinore Castle by Queen Gertrude as one of her most trusted ladies-in-waiting. Soon enough, Ophelia captures the affections of the young Prince Hamlet. A passionate romance kindles between the two in secret as the kingdom is on the brink of war amidst its own political intrigue and...
Series
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"Set during the Cold War, this charming comedy based on Shakespeare's classic love story follows a tiny European country's President who holds the deciding vote in a United Nation's debate. Determined to remain neutral, he orchestrates a romance between the American ambassador's daughter and the Russian ambassador's son. If the two opposing world powers can't successfully join forces, there just may be a plague on both their houses!"--Container.
7) Othello
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2000
Language
English
Description
In this dramatization of William Shakespeare's tragedy a great man's vanity is manipulated by a jealous aide to bring about his downfall. Betrayal, deception and murder end the friendship between Othello and Iago and culminate in the tragic death of Desdemona.
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
p2003
Language
English
Description
With his wedding a week away, Claudio can't wait to marry the beautiful young Hero. To distract him, his best friend Don Pedro devises mischief: a romantic trap for the sharp-tongued Beatrice and the man she loves to hate, Benedick. Their amusement is almost spoiled by the jealous scheming of Don John, but love and laughter prevail when the local constable unwittingly exposes the plot--and all the trouble proves to be much ado about nothing (111 min.)....
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
This stylized film of Shakespeare's masterpiece from the National Theatre celebrates the theatrical imagination. In this contemporary retelling, a company of actors in a shuttered theater bring to life the tale of two young lovers who strive to transcend a world of violence and hate. Josh O'Connor and Jessie Buckley star as Shakespeare's immortal star-crossed lovers.
10) King of Texas
Publisher
Warner Home Video/TNT Original
Pub. Date
2002, c2001
Language
English
Description
An aging cattle baron's plan to divide his vast spread among his three daughters ignites a sibling blood feud in this volatile Wild West retelling of Shakespeare's "King Lear."
11) Hamlet
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2004], c1990
Language
English
Description
Hamlet, a prince of medieval-era Denmark, senses treachery behind his royal father's death. His mother is all too dangerously entangled in that treachery. This film portrays Shakespeare's immortal tale of high adventure and evil deeds.
13) Richard III
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment Inc
Pub. Date
�2000
Language
English
Description
In 1930's Britain, in the wake of a bloody civil war, the younger brother of the new King sets in motion a monstrous scheme to claim the throne for himself. Updated version of Shakespeare's tale.
14) Romeo and Juliet
Series
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
Presents the Franco Zefferelli production of Shakespeare's tragedy about two teenagers who fall in love, encounter opposition from their families, and take their lives.
Publisher
Touchstone Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
In this loose adaptation of Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew, Cameron is the new kid in school who becomes smitten with the beautiful Bianca. But Bianca's overprotective and domineering father forbids Bianca to date unless her older sister Kat, an surly and hostile senior, does. In a bid to get Kat a boyfriend, Cameron sets up a plan to have the school stud, Joey Donnar, bribe Patrick Verona, an outcast senior with a rumor-filled past, to take...
17) "O"
Series
Publisher
Echo Bridge Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2014?]
Language
English
Description
A modern re-telling of a Shakespeare's "Othello" set in an elite high school. Jealous of his father's love for star basketball player Odin "O" James, Hugo plots a diabolical scheme that sets off a disturbing chain of events.
Publisher
Distributed by Lions Gate Entertainment
Pub. Date
©2006
Language
English
Description
All-star 1970 version of Shakespeare's classic tale of Julius Caesar's assassination at the hands of the Roman senate. The powerful, heroic and flawed emperor Caesar is warned to "Beware the Ides of March," and with these words the legendary betrayal by the Roman senate begins. Those closest to him, including Brutus, Cassius and even his confidant Marc Antony, plot Caesar's downfall and eventual assassination.
19) Julius Caesar
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2001], c1984
Language
English
Description
A studio performance of one of Handel's best known operas by the English National Opera. The Opera, a tale of love and power based on Shakespeare's play, was first performed in 1724 at the Haymarket Theatre in London using castrati singers in the heroes roles. This lavish production follows modern practice in using women in these parts, and in particular, Dame Janet Baker creates the virtuoso role of Julius Caesar.