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King John's Death Scene: Act 3, Scene 3 of King John (1899), corresponding to Act 5, Scene 7 in the original play. Prince Henry attends a poisoned and feverish King John as Lords Pembroke and Salisbury look on. King John is the title by which the earliest known example of a film based on a play by William Shakespeare is commonly known. [1]
The Guinness Book of Records lists 410 feature-length film and TV versions of William Shakespeare ' s plays, making Shakespeare the most filmed author ever in any language. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] As of November 2023 [update] , the Internet Movie Database lists Shakespeare as having writing credit on 1,800 films, including those under production but ...
King Lear is a 1971 British film adaptation of the Shakespeare play directed by Peter Brook and starring Paul Scofield. [1] Filmed in stark black-and-white, the film was inspired by the absurdist theatre of playwrights such as Samuel Beckett and upon release was noted for its bleak tone and wintry atmosphere.
The Montagues and the Capulets are rival mafia families in contemporary California, and the tragedy's titular love-struck kids are depicted by a pair of bright-eyed young actors named Leonardo ...
Judi Dench in Shakespeare in Love (1998), for which she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Vanessa Redgrave and Joely Richardson both play Elizabeth in the film Anonymous (2011). Helen McCrory in Bill (2015) Margot Robbie in Mary Queen of Scots (2018), with Saoirse Ronan as Mary. Kimberly Stockton in Bill & Ted Face the Music (2020)
Films based on Richard II (c. 1595) by William Shakespeare. Pages in category "Films based on Richard II (play)" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.
Richard III (also known as The Life and Death of King Richard III) is a 1912 silent film adaptation of William Shakespeare's play, co-directed by French filmmaker André Calmettes and American playwright James Keane, and starring Frederick Warde as the title character.