Silent Shakespeare

Film Description

Compilation of the Bard's works as they appeared on silent film, some with dazzling stencil colouring and featuring such talents as Herbert Beerbohm Tree. Features King John (UK 1899), The Tempest (UK 1908), A Midsummer Night's Dream (USA 1909), King Lear (Italy 1910), Twelfth Night (USA 1910), The Merchant of Venice (Italy 1910), Richard III (UK 1911). Invaluable, fragile traces of the past.

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• Silent Film / Drama
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