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1.
Eye on Entertainment (2005– )
Episode:
Behind the Scenes of "The Witches of the Sands"
(2020)
News, Talk-Show
"The Witches of the Sands" is a 'Post-Modern Folk Horror' with flying monsters and a bit of ghost hunting. It is a feature film from filmmaker and actor Tony Mardon in the horror/comedy ... See full summary »
Director: Craig Railsback | Stars: Dawna Lee Heising, Tony Mardon
Votes: 8
2.
Dawna of the Darkness (2019– )
Episode:
Behind the Scenes of Tony Mardon's "The Witches of the Sands"
(2020)
News
"The Witches of the Sands" is a 'Post-Modern Folk Horror' film with flying monsters and a bit of ghost hunting. It is a feature film from filmmaker and actor Tony Mardon in the horror/... See full summary »
Director: Craig Railsback | Stars: Dawna Lee Heising, Tony Mardon
Votes: 9
3. The Complete Walk: Titus Andronicus (2016)
10 min | Short, Drama
Director: Nick Bagnall | Stars: Peter Capaldi, Ekow Quartey
Votes: 18
4. König Richard III (1964– )
90 min | Drama
Richard of Gloucester uses murder and manipulation to claim England's throne.
Stars: Wolfgang Kieling, Carl Wery, Maria Becker, Nicolaus Haenel
Votes: 31
5. Othello (1968 TV Movie)
170 min | Drama, Romance
Director: Franz Peter Wirth | Stars: Wolfgang Reichmann, Heidelinde Weis, Stefan Wigger, Karl Michael Vogler
Votes: 39
6. The Two Gentlemen of Verona (1966 TV Movie)
90 min | Drama
In 16th century Italy, two inseparable friends suddenly become rivals for the love of a noblewoman.
Director: Harald Benesch | Stars: Leopold Biberti, Jürgen Kloth, Lothar Berg, Anne-Marie Lermon
Votes: 15
7. As You Like It (1963 TV Movie)
140 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
After the overthrowing of Duke Senior by his tyrannical brother, Senior's daughter Rosalind disguises herself as a man and sets out to find her banished father while also counseling her clumsy suitor Orlando in the art of wooing.
Directors: Michael Elliott, Ronald Eyre | Stars: Vanessa Redgrave, Patrick Allen, Max Adrian, Patrick Wymark
Votes: 160
8. Streamed Shakespeare (2020– )
Comedy, Drama, History
Stars: Jim Southwell, Holly Champion, Charles Mayer, Roslyn Hicks
Votes: 15
9. Der Kaufmann von Venedig (1968 TV Movie)
155 min | Drama
A rich merchant, Antonio is depressed for no good reason, until his good friend Bassanio comes to tell him how he's in love with Portia. Portia's father has died and left a very strange ... See full summary »
Director: Otto Schenk | Stars: Franz Schafheitlin, Kurt Heintel, Boy Gobert, Gertraud Jesserer
Votes: 23
10. Two Gentlemen of Verona (1964 TV Movie)
110 min | Comedy
In 16th century Italy, two inseparable friends suddenly become rivals for the love of a noblewoman.
Director: Hans-Dieter Schwarze | Stars: Monika John, Norbert Hansing, Rolf Becker, Heidelinde Weis
Votes: 15
11. Zweierlei Maß (1964 TV Movie)
135 min | Drama
When the Duke of Vienna takes a mysterious leave of absence and leaves the strict Angelo in charge, things couldn't be worse for Claudio, who is sentenced to death for premarital sex. His ... See full summary »
Director: Paul Verhoeven | Stars: Hans Caninenberg, Heidelinde Weis, Lothar Blumhagen, Martin Berliner
Votes: 23
12. Ein Wintermärchen (1965 TV Movie)
155 min | Drama
King Leontes of Bohemia suspects his wife, Hermione, and his friend, Polixenes, of betraying him. When he forces Polixenes to flee for his life, Leontes sets in motion a chain of events ... See full summary »
Director: Gerhard Klingenberg | Stars: Peter Lühr, Agnes Fink, Cornelia Froboess, Sascha Hehn
Votes: 24
13. Küß mich Kätchen (1961 TV Movie)
150 min | Musical
Director: Imo Moszkowicz | Stars: Hannelore Schroth, Gerhard Riedmann, Christiane Maybach, Harald Leipnitz
Votes: 20
14. Was ihr wollt (1954 TV Movie)
100 min | Comedy
Viola and Sebastian are lookalike twins, separated by a shipwreck. Viola lands in Illyria, where she disguises herself like her brother and goes into the service of the Duke Orsino. Orsino ... See full summary »
Director: Heinz Hilpert | Stars: Benno Sterzenbach, Klaus Behrendt, Gert Schäfer, Klaus Kindler
Votes: 6
15. Maß für Maß (1958 TV Movie)
94 min | Comedy
When the Duke of Vienna takes a mysterious leave of absence and leaves the strict Angelo in charge, things couldn't be worse for Claudio, who is sentenced to death for premarital sex. His ... See full summary »
Director: Ludwig Berger | Stars: Alexander Kerst, Herbert Tiede, Helmuth Rudolph, Joachim Mock
Votes: 6
16. Shaw vs. Shakespeare II: The Tragedy of Julius Caesar (1970)
Documentary, Short
Director: John Barnes | Stars: Ernest Graves, Barnard Hughes, Richard Kiley, Donald Madden
Votes: 10
17. Hamlet, Ambroise Thomas (2004 Video)
176 min | Drama, Music
Hamlet suspects his uncle has murdered his father to claim the throne of Denmark and the hand of Hamlet's mother, but the prince cannot decide whether or not he should take vengeance.
Director: Toni Bargalló | Stars: Simon Keenlyside, Natalie Dessay, Béatrice Uria-Monzon, Alain Vernhes
Votes: 16
18. Evocator (2009)
Short, Comedy, Drama
Director: Matt Zemlin | Stars: Matt Zemlin, Colin Smith, Sam Lohan, Liz Maine
Votes: 566
19.
Great Performances (1971– )
Episode:
The Comedy of Errors
(1987)
TV-G | Music, Musical
Two identical twins and their two servants (also identical twins) are separated in a ship-wreck. When, years later, they all show up in the same town, mistaken identities abound.
Director: Robert Woodruff | Stars: Karla Burns, Ethyl Eichelberger, Avner Eisenberg, Sophie Hayden
Votes: 92
20.
An Age of Kings (1960)
Episode:
Part Three: Rebellion from the North
(1960)
Drama, History
Henry Bolingbroke has now been crowned King of England, but faces a rebellion headed by the embittered Earl of Northumberland and his son (nicknamed 'Hotspur'). Henry's son Hal, the Prince ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Hayes | Stars: Tom Fleming, Julian Glover, Frank Windsor, Patrick Garland
Votes: 30
21. A Midsummer Night's Dream (1959 TV Movie)
90 min | Drama
Mistaken identity, unrequited love, and the supernatural are combined in Shakespeare's classic set in the woods of Greece on a moonlit night.
Director: Peter Hall | Stars: Georgine Anderson, Stephanie Bidmead, Michael Blakemore, David Buck
Votes: 126
22. Teatr Polskiego Radia (2004 Podcast Series)
Comedy, Drama, History
Podcast based on original scripts and radio adaptations of stage dramas, novels, reports and poetry.
Stars: Andrzej Mastalerz, Krzysztof Wakulinski, Marcin Przybylski, Leon Charewicz
Votes: 12
23. The Complete Walk: The Merchant of Venice (2016)
10 min | Short, Drama
Starring Jonathan Pryce and Phoebe Pryce, filmed in The Jewish Ghetto, Venice, Italy.
Director: Jonathan Munby | Stars: Jonathan Pryce, Phoebe Pryce
Votes: 12
24. A Tribute to John F. Kennedy from the Arts (1963 TV Special)
Drama, Music
A quickly organized live tribute to President Kennedy, honoring his interest and encouragement of the arts, and featuring an impressive list of actors in dramatic readings as well as performances by classical artists.
Director: David Green | Stars: Fredric March, Marian Anderson, Sidney Blackmer, Florence Eldridge
Votes: 30
25. Falstaff (1995 TV Movie)
144 min | Comedy, Music
When Sir John Falstaff decides that he wants to have a little fun he writes two letters to a pair of Window wives: Mistress Ford and Mistress Page. When they put their heads together and ... See full summary »
Directors: Agnes Méth, Claus Viller | Stars: John Del Carlo, Teresa Ringholz, Richard Croft, Delores Ziegler
Votes: 11
26. Twelfth Night (I) (2014)
155 min | Drama
Viola and Sebastian are lookalike twins, separated by a shipwreck. Viola lands in Illyria, where she disguises herself like her brother and goes into the service of the Duke Orsino. Orsino ... See full summary »
Director: Catherine Taormina | Stars: Jonathan Addeo, Nick Addeo, Ron Brawer, Matthew Cohn
Votes: 14
27. Romeo/Juliet (2017)
Drama | Completed
Feauding mothers, drug induced youth, they live fast and most will die young.
Director: A.M. Sannazzaro | Stars: Karyn Ben Singer, Elizabeth Rhodes, Clinton A. Thompson, Jeffrey Gardner
Votes: 9
28. Ein Sommernachtstraum (1958 TV Movie)
103 min | Comedy
Mistaken identity, unrequited love, and the supernatural are combined in Shakespeare's classic set in the woods of Greece on a moonlit night.
Director: Ludwig Berger | Stars: Alexander Kerst, Helmuth Rudolph, Joachim Mock, Horst Naumann
Votes: 7
29.
Emmenez-moi au théâtre (1982–1985)
Episode:
Roméo et Juliette
(1982)
143 min | Drama
Two teenagers fall in love, but their feuding families and fate itself cause the relationship to end in tragedy.
Director: Yves-André Hubert | Stars: Neil Shicoff, Barbara Hendricks, Frangiskos Voutsinis, Yves Bisson
Votes: 9
30.
Omnibus (1952–1961)
Episode:
Mr. Lincoln: Part 4
(1953)
30 min | Drama, History, Music
The program has five segments: (1) "Lincoln Part IV: New Salem" (tracing Lincoln's arrival in New Salem), (2) "Henry V, Act 5, Scene 2" (famous Shakespearean love scene), (3) "Jose Greco" (... See full summary »
Directors: Andrew McCullough, Norman Lloyd | Stars: James Agee, Brian Aherne, Alistair Cooke, Royal Dano
Votes: 17
31.
Wishbone (1995–1998)
Episode:
The Prince of Wags
(1997)
TV-Y | Adventure, Comedy, Family
Joe is elected captain of the basketball team. Wishbone, as Prince Hal, in Shakespeare's "Henry IV, Part I" must learn to be a leader as well.
Director: Rick Duffield | Stars: Soccer the Dog, Larry Brantley, Jordan Wall, Christie Abbott
Votes: 13
32.
An Age of Kings (1960)
Episode:
Part Four: The Road to Shrewsbury
(1960)
Drama, History
Henry Bolingbroke has now been crowned King of England, but faces a rebellion headed by the embittered Earl of Northumberland and his son (nicknamed 'Hotspur'). Henry's son Hal, the Prince ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Hayes | Stars: David Andrews, Sean Connery, William Squire, Geoffrey Bayldon
Votes: 27
33. Shakespeare's Globe Theatre: Twelfth Night (2013)
176 min | Comedy
Shipwrecked twins are lost among love-sick aristocrats, unruly servants, mischievous pleasure seekers, clowns, and a puritan. With music as the bittersweet "food of love," all converge and conspire in this comic journey.
Director: Tim Carroll | Stars: Samuel Barnett, Liam Brennan, Paul Chahidi, John Paul Connolly
Votes: 439
34. The Metropolitan Opera HD Live (2006– )
Not Rated | 128 min | Musical
Live performances of operas from New York's Metropolitan Opera.
Stars: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Metropolitan Opera Ballet, Renée Fleming
Votes: 172
35. The Wars of the Roses (1989– )
The entire cycle of Shakespeare's history plays performed by the English Shakespeare Company
Stars: Colin Farrell, Charles Dale, Michael Pennington, Paul Brennen
Votes: 24
36. Modern Hamlet (2010)
Short, Action, Comedy
After his father's death, young Hamlet goes insane and murders multiple people leading up to a rooftop showdown with his father's killer.
Directors: Kevin Duffy, Fouad Cherair | Stars: Kevin Duffy, Shawn Patterson, Tom Hewitt, Eric Anglim
Votes: 1,032
37. Someone Is Sleeping in My Pain: An East-West Macbeth (2002)
96 min
Director: Michael Roes | Stars: Andreá Smith, Ahmed Hizam al-Dulaee, Yahya Hamood Mohsin Al-Dhafeeri, Abdullah Nasser Muhammed Al-Hamdani
Votes: 9
38. Shakespeare Republic: #AllTheWebsAStage (The Lockdown Chronicles) (2020– )
Drama
Using Shakespeare's original text and characters, we shine a light on the human experience in a COVID-19 world. Continuing the exploration of Shakespeare in the 21st century from the multi ... See full summary »
Stars: Sally McLean, Phoebe Taylor, Christopher Kirby, Billy Smedley
Votes: 17
39. Ages of Man (1966 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 103 min | Drama
Performance of extracts from Shakespeare's plays.
Director: Paul Bogart | Star: John Gielgud
Votes: 38
40. Looking for Desdemona (2018)
13 min | Short
a Veteran escapes the VA to wander the wonder and the vision of Venice Beach - with a voice in his head. Based on Othello Act II Scene iii.
Director: Keith Stahle | Stars: Keith Stahle, Erin Fleming, Tony Williams, Kimberly Niccole
Votes: 9
41. König Richard II (1968 TV Movie)
140 min | Drama
The incompetent Richard II is deposed by Henry Bolingbroke and undergoes a crisis of identity once he is no longer king.
Director: Franz Josef Wild | Stars: Hannes Messemer, Ernst Fritz Fürbringer, Maria Hofen, Paul Verhoeven
Votes: 27
42. Lover (I) (2016)
10 min | Short, Romance
A voyeuristic woman falls in love at first sight. All dialogue taken from the plays and poems of WIlliam Shakespeare.
Director: Jon Lefkovitz | Stars: Megan Rosati, Ben Whitehair, Annie Sherman, Melissa Goodnight
Votes: 8
43. Was Ihr wollt (II) (1963 TV Movie)
154 min | Comedy
Lookalike twins Viola and Sebastian are separated by a shipwreck. Viola lands in Illyria, where she disguises herself as her brother and goes into the service of the Duke Orsino, who sends ... See full summary »
Director: Franz Peter Wirth | Stars: Hanns Lothar, Benno Sterzenbach, Chariklia Baxevanos, Ingrid Andree
Votes: 11
44. Otello (1958)
135 min | Music
Director: Franco Enriquez | Stars: Mario Del Monaco, Renato Capecchi, Gino Mattera, Athos Cesarini
Votes: 11
45. Verdi's Falstaff (1976 TV Movie)
124 min | Music, Comedy
Director: Dave Heather | Stars: Donald Gramm, Benjamin Luxon, Elizabeth Gale, Max René Cossotti
Votes: 8
46. The Taming of the Shrew (1976 TV Movie)
102 min | Comedy, Romance
San Francisco's A.C.T. company presents Shakespeare's classic take with a Commedia dell'Arte flair, as if it were a inn yard performance by a traveling company.
Directors: William Ball, Kirk Browning | Stars: Raye Birk, Earl Boen, Ron Boussom, Barbara Dirickson
Votes: 297
47. Roméo & Juliette: De la haine à l'amour (2002 Video)
140 min | Musical, Drama, Romance
It is a French musical created by Gérard Presgurvic and produced in 2001, at the Paris Convention Center. It is inspired by William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
Directors: Redha, Gilles Amado | Stars: Damien Sargue, Cécilia Cara, Grégori Baquet, Philippe d'Avilla
Votes: 360
48. Ian McKellen: Acting Shakespeare (1982 TV Special)
Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary
Ian McKellen, alone on stage, with no props or scenery, performs monologues from Shakespeare and discusses some of his plays.
Director: Kirk Browning | Star: Ian McKellen
Votes: 124
49. Romeo y Julieta (1981 TV Movie)
60 min | Drama, Romance
Two teenagers fall in love, but their feuding families and fate itself cause the relationship to end in tragedy.
Stars: Daniel Fanego, Andrea Del Boca, Rolando Aguero, Roberto Antier
Votes: 6
50. Romeo and Juliet (1984 TV Movie)
140 min | Drama, Romance, Music
Performance of ballet by The Royal Ballet, recorded at Covent Garden, July 1984.
Stars: Alessandra Ferri, Wayne Eagling, David Drew, Leslie Edwards
Votes: 34