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Kelly Library Movies: Shakespeare on Film

See also our listing of documentaries on Shakespeare.

DVDs circulate for a one-week loan. Most DVDs owned by the Kelly Library are acquired for home-viewing only. They do not include public-performance rights (e.g. for classroom use).

To check the availability of an item, please click on the call number or the image.

  • Antony and Cleopatra

    PR2802 .A23 M55 2005 DVD
    170 minutes; released 1980.
    The classic BBC television production starring Colin Blakely and Jane Lapotaire.

  • Antony and Cleopatra

    PR2802 .A23 C377 2001 DVD
    183 minutes; released 1983.
    A production starring Timonty Dalton and Lynn Redgrave.

  • As You Like It

    PR2803 .A23 C65 2000z DVD
    150 minutes; released 1978.
    The classic BBC television production starring Helen Mirren and Brian Stirner.

  • As You Like It

    PR2803 .A23 B73 2007 DVD
    127 minutes; released 2006.
    Kenneth Branagh's production, with a setting inspired by 19th century Japan.

  • Coriolanus

    PR2805 .A23 M67 2005 DVD
    145 minutes; released 1983.
    The classic BBC television production starring Alan Howard and Irene Worth.

  • The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: History

    PR2810 .A23 2000z DVD
    5 discs; 846 minutes; released 2004.
    Five Shakespeare histories originally made for BBC: Henry IV parts I and II, Henry V, Richard II, and Richard III.

  • Hamlet

    PR2807 .A235 2000 DVD
    153 minutes; released 1948.
    Laurence Olivier's production which won four Academy Awards including Best Picture and Best Actor. Starring Laurence Olivier.

  • Hamlet

    PR2807 .A23 Z44 2004 DVD
    135 minutes; released 1990.
    Directed by Franco Zeffirelli. Starring Mel Gibson and Glen Close.

  • Hamlet

    PR2807 .A23 B73 2007 DVD
    242 minutes; released 1996.
    A production directed by Kenneth Branagh. Starring Mel Gibson and Julie Christie.

  • Hamlet

    PR2807 .A236 2001 DVD
    113 minutes; released 2000.
    A contemporary adaptation of Shakespeare's play - the president of the Denmark Corporation is dead! And already his wife is remarried to the man suspected of his murder! Starring Ethan Hawke and Julia Stiles. Directed by Michael Almereyda.

  • Henry V

    PR2812 .A23 1999 DVD
    137 minutes; released 1944.
    Directed by Laurence Olivier. Starring Laurence Olivier, Rene Asherson, Roy Emerton and Max Adrian.

  • Henry V

    PR2812 .A23 H452 1989 DVD
    138 minutes; released 1989.
    Kenneth Branagh's production. Starring Kenneth Branagh, Paul Scofield, and Derek Jacobi.

  • Julius Caesar

    PR2808 .A23 W57 2002z DVD
    161 minutes.
    1979 television production. Starring Charles Gray and Richard Pasco.

  • King Lear

    PR2819 .A23 E55 1999z DVD
    158 minutes; released 1983.
    Starring and adapted by Laurence Olivier. Directed by Michael Elliott.

  • King Lear

    PR2819 .A23 C66 2000z DVD
    182 minutes
    Film version of a 1982 stage production of Shakespeare's tragedy. Starring Mike Kellen and Kitty Winn.

  • King Lear

    PR2819 .A23 S34 2001 DVD
    176 minutes; released 1974.
    A television adaptation of Joseph Papp's New York Shakespeare Festival. Starring James Earl Jones. Directed by Edwin Sherin.

  • King Lear

    PR2819 .A23 E97 2004 DVD
    150 minutes; released 1998.
    A contemporary setting of the play aired on Masterpiece Theatre. Starring Ian Holm. Directed by Richard Eyre.

  • King Lear

    PR2819 .A23 2005 DVD
    156 minutes; released 1976.
    A Thames Television production performed at the Canadian Stratford Festival. Starring Patrick Magee. Directed by Tony Davenall.

  • King Lear = Korol Lir

    PR2819 .A23 2005 DVD
    156 minutes; released 1976.
    Girgori Kozintsev's adaptation based on a translation by Boris Pasternak and driven by a stirring score by Dmitri Shostakovich. In Russian with optional English subtitles.

  • [King Lear] = Ran = Jinruigaku nyumon

    PR2819 .A23K8 2005 DVD
    160 minutes; released 1985.
    Director Akira Kurosawa reimagines Shakespeare's King Lear as a singular historical epic set in sixteenth-century Japan. In Japanese with optional English subtitles.

  • Macbeth

    PR28223 .A23 2002 DVD
    140 minutes; released 1971.
    Roman Polanski's production.

  • Macbeth

    PR28223 .A23 G65 2002 DVD
    148 minutes.
    1983 televison production. Starring Nicol Williamson and Jane Lapotire.

  • Macbeth

    PR28223 .A235 2004 DVD
    146 minutes; released 1978.
    The Royal Shakespeare Company's production. Starring Ian McKellen, Judi Dench and Ian McDiarmid.

  • [Macbeth] = Throne of Blood = Kumonosu j

    PR2823 .A23 K87 2003 DVD
    109 minutes; released 1957.
    Set in feudal Japan, this adaptation tells the story of a Samurai lord who kills his master and usurps his power in fulfillment of a witch's prophecy. In Japanese with optional English subtitles. Includes a critical essay. Starring Toshir Mifune, Yamada Isuzu and Kubo Akira. Directed by Akira Kurosawa.

  • Merchant of Venice

    PR28223 .A23 G65 2000z DVD
    157 minutes
    1980 television production. Starring Warren Mitchell and Gemma Jones.

  • Merchant of Venice

    PR2825 .A23 R34 2005 DVD
    131 minutes; released 2004.
    A production starring Al Pacino and Jeremy Irons.

  • The Merry Wives of Windsor

    PR2826 .A23 M36 2001 DVD
    150 minutes; released 2004.
    A production starring Leon Charles.

  • A Midsummer Night's Dream

    PR2825 .A23 D54 2007 DVD
    143 minutes; released 1935.
    Tim Reinhardt's production starring James Cagney, Olivia de Havilland, and Mickey Rooney.

  • A Midsummer Night's Dream

    PR2825 .A23 M67 2000z DVD
    112 minutes; released 1984.
    The classic BBC television production starring Helen Mirren and Brian Glover.

  • A Midsummer Night's Dream

    PR28227 .A23 1999 DVD
    120 minutes; released 1999.
    Directed by Michael Hoffman. Starring Rupert Everett, Kevin Kline, Michelle Pfeiffer.

  • Much Ado About Nothing

    PR2828 .A23 M84 2002 DVD
    165 minutes; released 1973.
    A CBS television production set around 1900. Starring Sam Waterston, Kathleen Widdoes, Barnard Hughes, and Douglas Watson. Part of the Broadway Theatre ARchive.

  • Much Ado About Nothing

    PR2828 .A23 M83 2003 DVD
    111 minutes; released 1993.
    Kenneth Branagh's production starring Kenneth Branagh, Michael Keaton, Denzel Washington and Emma Thompson.

  • Othello

    PR2829 .A23 O855 2003 DVD
    92 minutes; released 1952.
    Orson Welles's production.

  • Othello

    PR2829 .A23 B874 2007 DVD
    166 minutes; released 1965.
    Stuart Burge's production starring Laurence Olivier and Maggie Smith.

  • Othello

    PR2829 .A23 M55 2002z DVD
    208 minutes; released 1981.
    The classic BBC television production starring Sir Anthony Hopkins and Bob Hoskins.

  • Othello

    PR2829 .A23 O85 1995 DVD
    123 minutes; released 1995.
    Oliver Parker's production starring Laurence Fishburne and Kenneth Branagh.

  • Richard III

    PR2821 .A23 R538 2004 DVD
    158 minutes; released 1955.
    Laurence Olivier's production. Starring Laurence Olivier, John Gielgud and Claire Bloom.

  • Richard III

    PR2821 .A23 R5383 1995 DVD
    104 minutes; released 1995.
    Richard Loncraine's production set in a fascist 1930s Britain. Starring Ian McKellen and Annette Bening. Directed by Richard Loncraine.

  • Romeo and Juliet

    PR2831 .A23 C85 2007 DVD
    119 minutes; released 1936.
    Starring Leslie Howard and Norma Shearerr.

  • Romeo and Juliet

    PR2831 .A23 Z445 1968 DVD
    138 minutes; released 1968.
    Starring Olivia Hussey, Leonard Whiting, Milo O'Shea, Michael York and John McEnery.

  • Romeo and Juliet

    PR2831 .A23 R35 2002z DVD
    167 minutes; released 1978.
    The classic BBC television production starring Rebecca Saire and Sir John Gielgud.

  • Romeo + Juliet

    PR2831 .A23 L846 2002 DVD
    120 minutes; released 1996.
    Bax Luhrmann's dazzling and unconventional adaptation set in the futuristic urban backdrop of Verona Beach. Starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes.

  • Taming of the Shrew

    PR2832 .A23 T34 1995 DVD
    122 minutes; released 1967.
    Franco Zeffirelli's adaptation starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton.

  • The Taming of the Shrew

    PR2832 .A23 T36 2002 DVD
    120 minutes; released 1976.
    The American Conservatory Theatre's rowdy commedia dell' arte production starring Fredi Olster, Marc Singer, and Stephen St. Paul. Part of the Broadway Theatre Archive.

  • Taming of the Shrew

    PR2832 .A23 M55 2000z DVD
    127 minutes; released 1980.
    The classic BBC television production starring John Cleese and Simon Chandler.

  • The Tempest

    PR2833 .A23 G677 2000z DVD
    150 minutes; released 1979.
    The classic BBC television production starring Christopher Guard and Michael Hordern.

  • The Tempest

    PR2833 .A23 J376 2000 DVD
    95 minutes; released 1979.
    Derek Jarman's production with all the elements typical of a Jarman movie: high camp, homoeroticism, and gothic horror. Includes three early short films.

  • Timon of Athens

    PR2834 .A23 M55 2005 DVD
    120 minutes; released 1981.
    The classic BBC television production starring Jonathan Pryce, Norman Rodway, and John Shrapnel.

  • Titus

    PR2835 .A23 T39 2000 DVD
    162 minutes; released 1999.
    Julie Taymor's production. Starring Anthony Hopkins and Jessica Lange.

  • Titus Andronicus

    PR2835 .A23 H69 2005 DVD
    167 minutes; released 1985.
    The classic BBC television production starring Eileen Atkins and Trevor Peacock.

  • Twelfth Night

    PR2837 .A23 1996 VHS
    134 minutes; released 1996.
    Starring Helena Bonham Carter, Richard E. Grant, Nigel Hawthorne, and Ben Kingsley.

  • Twelfth Night

    PR2837 .A235 2005 DVD
    165 minutes; released 1988.
    Directed by Kenneth Branagh. Produced by the Renaissance Theatre Company.

  • The Winter's Tale

    PR2839 .A23 D673 2005 DVD
    170 minutes; released 2005.
    The Royal Shakespeare Company's production. Directed by Gregory Doran.


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