SHAKESPEARE

Synopsis

A 3-disc set including 30-minute animated adaptations of twelve of Shakespeare’s best known plays. With voices provided by such actors including Hugh Grant, Antony Sher, Jenny Agutter, Stephen Tompkinson and Pete Postlethwaite. The DVDs are intended also as an introduction to Shakespeare for children. The twelve tales featured in Shakespeare, the Animated Tales, are: - Twelfth Night, As You Like It, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Taming of the Shrew, A Winter’s Tale, Macbeth, Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Othello, Richard III, Julius Caesar, The Tempest.

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Television

Technical information

Colour / Sound

Year of release

2005

Credits

Writer

Leon Garfield; William Shakespeare

Additional Details

Production type

Animation

Subjects

Drama; Media studies

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Related items

Animating Shakespeare

Notes

Notes

Each tale is available for purchase individually on VHS from S4C. The individual tales are catalogued separately. There are also 3 separate DVD volumes: Vol 1 - TAMING OF THE SHREW + MACBETH; Vol 2 - JULIUS CAESAR + TWELFTH NIGHT; Vol 3 - HAMLET + THE TEMPEST)

Sections

Title

As you like it (animated)

Title

Hamlet (1992)

Title

Julius Caesar (1994)

Title

King Richard III (animated)

Title

Macbeth (1992)

Title

Midsummer night’s dream, A (1992)

Title

Othello (animated)

Title

Romeo and Juliet (1992)

Title

Taming of the shrew, The (1994)

Title

Tempest, The (1992)

Title

Twelfth night (1992)

Title

Winter’s tale, The (1994)

Production Company

Name

S4C International

Web

http://www.s4ci.com/english/homepage/index.asp External site opens in new window

Phone

02920 460312

Fax

02920 754444

Address

50 Lambourne Crescent
Llanishen
Cardiff
CF14 5WJ

Distributor

Name

Metrodome Distribution

Notes

Specialist distributor of quality, independent films, both theatrically and subsequently on DVD. DVD releases include new films, classic cinema, documentaries, animation, stage adaptations, television programming and historical drama. NB. Metrodome Distribution went into administration in 2016

Distributor (Sale)

Name

Retail outlets