Silent Shakespeare

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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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Commentary and Introduction By Dr Judith Buchanan;

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Shakespeare - The Complete Film Works

Including: 10 Things I Hate About You, A Midsummer Nights Dream (BBC, 1981), A Winters Tale (BBC, 1981), A Winters Tale (Rohmer, 1992), Alls Well That Ends Well (BBC), Animated Shakespeare Act 1 (The Taming of the Shrew & Macbeth), Animated Shakespeare Act 2 (Julius Caesar & Twelfth Night), Animated Shakespeare Act 3 (Hamlet & The Tempest), Animated Shakespeare Act 4 ( A Midsummer Nights Dream & Richard III), Animated Shakespeare Act 5 (Romeo & Juliet & As You Like It).

 

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