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Hamlet (1910 Film)
Fiction film adaptation of Hamlet. No cast or production credits known. Moving Picture World (February 12 1910) observed ‘To adequately represent Shakespeare’s greatest drama in a motion picture is a...
Enfants d’Edouard, Les (1910 Film)
aka: Children of Edward, The Princes in the Tower, The
Film based on the tragedy written in 1833 by Casimir Delavigne which simplifies Shakespeare’s Richard III by concentrating on incidents and situations involving Gloucester, Queen Elizabeth, the two...
Macbeth (1909 Film)
- Director
- André Calmettes
Fiction film version of Macbeth directed by André Calmettes with Paul Mounet and Jeanne Delvair as the Macbeths. The film owed much to theatrical convention. Ball (op cit) comments ‘Actors are forever...
Songe d’Une Nuit d’Ete (1909 Film)
aka: Midsummer Night’s Dream, A
Fiction short. A version of A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
Romeo Se Fait Bandit (1909 Film)
aka: Romeo Turns Bandit Romeo Turns Brigand
- Director
- Romeo Bosetti
Fiction short. A contemporary Romeo climbs a wall to kiss Juliet and is discovered by her father. When her father refuses to give his consent to their marriage Romeo hires bandits to capture her father and...
Hamlet (1907 Film)
aka: Hamlet and the Jester’s Skull Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
- Director
- Georges Méliès
Fiction film. An abridged version of Hamlet which begins with the graveyard scene and ends with the duel scene. Hamlet also sees Ophelia’s ghost. Ball (op cit) writes: ‘It is easy to brand this...
Mort de Jules Cêsar, La (1907 Film)
aka: Shakespeare Writing Julius Caesar
- Director
- Georges Méliès
Fiction short which shows Shakespeare suffering from writer’s block while planning the assassination scene in Julius Caesar. He falls asleep in his study and dreams of the scene he is to write. Shakespeare...
Miroir de Venise (Une Mésaventure de Shylock), Le (1905 Film)
aka: Venetian Looking Glass
- Director
- Georges Méliès
Fiction film, possibly based on The Merchant of Venice.
Duel d’Hamlet, Le (1900 Film)
- Director
- Clément-Maurice
A film of the final scene in Hamlet with Sarah Bernhardt as Hamlet. The film depicts Hamlet’s body being caught by Horatio. The film also included a soundtrack (primarily of sound effects) synchronised...
Roméo and Juliette (1900 Film)
- Director
- Clément-Maurice
Emilio Cossira singing a tenor aria from Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette. Ball hazards a guess that the aria was ‘Ah! Lève-toi soleil’. The film experimented with a synchronised sound system outlined by...