Your Guide To The Best Shakespeare DVDs Starting With The Highest Reviews

Twelfth Night

Starring: Steven Mackintosh
Rated: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Image Entertainment
Release Date: 2005-08-30
Running Time: 134 minutes

A once-in-a-lifetime cast shines in this hilarious version of the beloved Shakespeare comedy! When a shipwreck separates siblings Viola and Sebastian in a foreign land, each thinks the other is dead, and both embark on a series of romantic misadventures involving deception, cross-dressing, dashing counts, obese alcoholics and a perceptive fool who presides over the entire madcap affair. A delight... read more   /   Compare Prices   /   Download Movies!   /   Download TV Shows   /   Online Movie Rental   /   Audio books Online
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Richard III

Starring: Annette Bening
Rated: R (Restricted)
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Release Date: 2000-03-28
Running Time: 104 minutes

Shakespeare's immortal tale of ambition, lust and murderous treachery is brilliantly updated and brought to life in this riveting, 20th-century masterpiece. Boasting breathtaking performances, unforgettable imagery and two OscarÂ(r) nominations*, this astounding wartime spectacle is mesmerizing...it will rivet you and shock you (Jeffrey Lyons, 'sneak Previews ). In 1930s Britain, a savage, civ... read more   /   Compare Prices   /   Download Movies!   /   Download TV Shows   /   Online Movie Rental   /   Audio books Online
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Slings & Arrows - Season 2

Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Acorn Media
Release Date: 2006-10-24
Running Time: 282 minutes

"Absolutely addictive" —The New York Times
"One of television’s best" —San Francisco Chronicle
"Struts and frets . . . delightfully" —Time

In its second season, the smash hit Canadian comedy about a struggling Shakespearean theatre troupe explores the conflicts of middle age and rebranding: Am I who I want to be—or not to be?

Now ensconced as artistic ... read more   /   Compare Prices   /   Download Movies!   /   Download TV Shows   /   Online Movie Rental   /   Audio books Online

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Baby Einstein - Baby Shakespeare - World of Poetry

Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: WALT DISNEY VIDEO
Release Date: 2002-03-12
Running Time: 101 minutes

The fourth "video board book" from the Baby Einstein folks is their most engaging product yet. Aimed at slightly older audiences (ages 1 to 4), Baby Shakespeare combines poetry with the usual mix of festive classical music, bright objects, and happy thoughts designed to stimulate young minds. This video is aimed at exposing little tykes to the language context. Twelve words (grass, tree, et... read more   /   Compare Prices   /   Download Movies!   /   Download TV Shows   /   Online Movie Rental   /   Audio books Online
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Elizabeth I

Starring: Jeremy Irons
Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Hbo Home Video
Release Date: 2006-08-22
Running Time: 211 minutes

Helen Mirren's Elizabeth I could almost be cousin to her Jane Tennison. Like the dedicated detective chief inspector, Queen Bess is not without a heart, but work comes first and any romantic entanglements are doomed to fail. Fortunately, she has her friendships. Directed by Tom Hooper (Prime Suspect 6), this two-part HBO/Channel 4 tele-film begins in 1579. The Virgin Queen has been on the t... read more   /   Compare Prices   /   Download Movies!   /   Download TV Shows   /   Online Movie Rental   /   Audio books Online
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Shakespeare Retold

Starring: Staunton
Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: BBC Warner
Release Date: 2007-07-24
Running Time: 360 minutes

Shakespeare Retold, BBC's four-episode Shakespeare project, is more fulfilling when compared to past filmic adaptations of the maestro's plays, since its experimentation ventures well beyond previous versions of the same stories. In the past, adaptations relied on strict adherence to the original scripts (see Orson Welles' and Polanski's Macbeths, or Franco Zefferelli's lavishly accu... read more   /   Compare Prices   /   Download Movies!   /   Download TV Shows   /   Online Movie Rental   /   Audio books Online
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Waking Life

Starring: Julie Delpy
Rated: R (Restricted)
Created By: Tom Pallotta
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Release Date: 2002-05-07
Running Time: 100 minutes

Waking Life is a film that never settles down. Or maybe it never wakes up. Regardless, Richard Linklater's animated meditation seems to strike a perfect balance between the plotless meanderings of Slacker and the unquenchable knowledge-seeking of Hermann Hesse's Siddhartha. Any way you look at it, this is a weird, original movie.

As he attempts to figure out what separates ... read more   /   Compare Prices   /   Download Movies!   /   Download TV Shows   /   Online Movie Rental   /   Audio books Online

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The Reduced Shakespeare Company - The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)

Starring: Reed Martin
Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Acorn Media
Release Date: 2003-05-01
Running Time: 90 minutes

Life is short. The complete works of Shakespeare are long. To the rescue: THE REDUCED SHAKESPEARE COMPANY, the three-man comedy troupe known for fast, funny, physical condensations of real serious stuff. They wrap up the Bard's outsized oeuvre in 90 roller-coaster, rib-tickling minutes. After warming up with a nothing-is-sacred send-up of Romeo and Juliet, they're off, dispensing with the comedies... read more   /   Compare Prices   /   Download Movies!   /   Download TV Shows   /   Online Movie Rental   /   Audio books Online
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Titus

Starring: Dario D'Ambrosi
Rated: R (Restricted)
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Release Date: 2006-04-18
Running Time: 162 minutes

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The Taming of the Shrew

Starring: Richard Burton
Rated: Unrated
Studio: Sony Pictures
Release Date: 1999-10-26
Running Time: 122 minutes

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