Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
7.9
1992
Animation
An animated adaptation of twelve of Shakespeare's best-known plays. The series was produced by S4C for the BBC, but animated by some of the foremost artists of Soyuzmultfilm, the former Soviet Union's main animation studio. Each 26-minute play is directed by a different animator, in a wide variety of styles: cel animation for Macbeth, stop-motion puppets in Twelfth Night, and paint on glass for Hamlet.
-
- Cast：
Episode 5 : The Winter's Tale
December. 07,1994
Exquisitely sculptured Russian puppets perform this powerful and enchanting story full of regal and rustic characters. A fit of temper has tragic results for King Leontes. Sixteen years later, the gods and humbler mortals intervene to craft a happy, magical ending.
Watch Now
Stream in HD
Episode 4 : Julius Caesar
November. 30,1994
A compelling study of personal ambition versus the good of the state.
Watch Now
Stream in HD
Episode 3 : As You Like It
November. 16,1994
This bright and comic tale is famed as the only play written by Shakespeare in which he is known to have appeared himself - playing Adam, the old retainer to the hero Orlando. The sunniest of his comedies, the play tells of a group of courtiers escaping to the Forest of Arden where they meet, philosophise and fall in love.
Watch Now
Stream in HD
Episode 2 : The Taming of the Shrew
November. 09,1994
Shakespeare's witty battle of the sexes is given a fresh airing in puppet animation. The unlikely bonding of a headstrong Kate and domineering Petruchio is only one aspect of a play about change and the magical transformations that theatre can produce.
Watch Now
Stream in HD
Episode 1 : King Richard III
November. 02,1994
A portrayal of Shakespeare's darkest villain Richard, Duke of Gloucester, and his unquenchable thirst for the throne.
Watch Now
Stream in HD
