Synopsis
Arts documentary examining cinema adaptations of Shakespeare's plays, notably King Lear, Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth and The Tempest. Penelope Wilton narrates. Part of a season marking the quatercentenary of Shakespeare's birth.
Further Information
Similar plays, poems and sonnets
In Conversation: Antony Sher and Greg Doran (DUP)
Sue MacGregor talks to Antony Sher and Greg Doran about their stage work together and their passion for Shakespeare.
Redefining Juliet
Six actors with differences or disabilities - tall, small, large, deaf, limbless or wheelchair using - play Juliet in scenes from Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. Part of the Shakespeare 400 season.