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

Shakespeare Behind Bars

Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Shout Factory Theatr
Release Date: 2006-07-18
Running Time: 93 minutes

The plays of Shakespeare are rife with brutes and murderers--why shouldn't they be played by brutes and murderers? In the Shakespeare Behind Bars program at Luther Luckett Prison in Kentucky, the actors are convicted felons who murdered their wives and abused children--but the documentary Shakespeare Behind Bars, like Shakespeare himself, sees these men in three dimensions, taking the time ... read more   /   Compare Prices   /   Download Movies!   /   Download TV Shows   /   Online Movie Rental   /   Audio books Online
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BBC Shakespeare Comedies DVD Giftbox

Starring: Warren Miller Michael Hordern
Rated: Unrated
Studio: BBC
Release Date: 2003-08-01
Running Time: 696 minutes

BBC Shakespeare DVD 5 Pack Comedies Giftbox Set William Shakespeare loved to laugh. One need look no further than to explore his gift for dramatic humor in his great comedic plays. The BBC Shakespeare Comedy Gift Box gives us five of the best of Shakespeare's plays performed by great actors and the best British directors. The Taming of the Shrew, The Tempest, A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Mer... read more   /   Compare Prices   /   Download Movies!   /   Download TV Shows   /   Online Movie Rental   /   Audio books Online
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King Lear / Jones, New York Shakespeare Festival (Broadway Theatre Archive)

Starring: William Hart
Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Image Entertainment
Release Date: 2001-09-18
Running Time: 176 minutes

The formidable James Earl Jones reprises his critically-acclaimed King Lear in this television adaptation of Joseph Papp's New York Shakespeare Festival production. Of Jones's performance, The Washington Post wrote, "Jones has the qualities of mind, body, voice and movement which enable him to make us care deeply about the spectacle of an old man brought to grief by his folly. The magnitude Jones ... read more   /   Compare Prices   /   Download Movies!   /   Download TV Shows   /   Online Movie Rental   /   Audio books Online
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Bionicle 3 - Web of Shadows

Starring: Tabitha St. Germain
Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Directed By: Terry Shakespeare
Studio: Buena Vista Home Entertainment / Disney
Release Date: 2005-10-11
Running Time: 76 minutes

The legendary BIONICLE(R) heroes are snared in webs of deceit, intrigue, and betrayal in BIONICLE(R) 3: WEB OF SHADOWS. Even more secrets will be revealed from deep within the world of BIONICLE(R) as the Toa face all-new villains in the most action-packed CGI-animated movie yet. With one final duty to fulfill before they can build their new home on the island of Mata Nui, six great Toa heroes retu... read more   /   Compare Prices   /   Download Movies!   /   Download TV Shows   /   Online Movie Rental   /   Audio books Online
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Othello

Starring: Irène Jacob
Rated: R (Restricted)
Studio: Turner Home Entertainment
Release Date: 2000-01-18
Running Time: 123 minutes

Oliver Parker, a stage and film actor (Hellraiser), made his directorial debut with this scaled-back version of Shakespeare's play about the paranoid Moor, Othello (Laurence Fishburne), and his manipulative friend, Iago (Kenneth Branagh). Parker gets the story so lean he starts running a little short on the author's subtext, and if it's possible to overemphasize the banality of Iago's schem... read more   /   Compare Prices   /   Download Movies!   /   Download TV Shows   /   Online Movie Rental   /   Audio books Online
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William Shakespeare: Othello

Starring: Ian McKellen
Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Image Entertainment
Release Date: 2004-11-02
Running Time: 205 minutes

Towering screen and stage legend Ian McKellen (The Lord of the Rings, X-Men) stars in this ferocious, deeply human and timeless production of William Shakespeare's classic tragedy from legendary director Trevor Nunn (Les Miserables) and the Royal Shakespeare Company. Noble Moroccan Othello finds his life with beautiful, fiercely loyal Desdemona thrown tragically out of balance when secretly jealou... read more   /   Compare Prices   /   Download Movies!   /   Download TV Shows   /   Online Movie Rental   /   Audio books Online
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Olivier's Shakespeare - Criterion Collection (Hamlet / Henry V / Richard III)

Rated: Unrated
Studio: Criterion
Release Date: 2006-08-01
Running Time: 448 minutes

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A Midsummer Night's Dream

Starring: Joe E. Brown
Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Directed By: William Dieterle
Studio: Warner Home Video
Release Date: 2007-08-14
Running Time: 143 minutes

James Cagney and Mickey Rooney romping in a Shakespearian fairyland? This could only be A Midsummer Night's Dream, Warner Bros.' 1935 attempt at classing up the proletarian studio. The legendary German stage director Max Reinhardt had produced the play at the Hollywood Bowl to enchanted, sold-out audiences, and Warners decided to hand Reinhardt the keys to the studio (along with fellow Ger... read more   /   Compare Prices   /   Download Movies!   /   Download TV Shows   /   Online Movie Rental   /   Audio books Online
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King Lear

Starring: Colin Blakely
Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Kultur Video
Release Date: 2000-06-13
Running Time: 158 minutes

The late Sir Lawrence Olivier stars in this Emmy Award winning production of Shakespeare's King Lear. It is the timeless tale of greed and lust for power, and of a sick old man, his scheming children and lost loyalties. Also stars Diana Rigg, John Hurt, Leo McKern, and Colin Blakely. Special DVD features include a biography and filmography on Sir Lawrence Olivier, character and cast list, c... read more   /   Compare Prices   /   Download Movies!   /   Download TV Shows   /   Online Movie Rental   /   Audio books Online
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The Shakespeare Collection (Romeo + Juliet / Titus / A Midsummer Night's Dream)

Starring: Dario D'Ambrosi
Rated: R (Restricted)
Directed By: Michael Hoffman
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Release Date: 2006-04-18
Running Time: 402 minutes

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