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Othello (The BBC Shakespeare Collection)
(1981) [G]

The BBC Shakespeare is a unique collection of some of the finest dramas in the English language, each production a celebration of the greatest talents in contemporary British Theatre and Television. These plays feature the cream of the 20th Century's acting talent. Desdemona defies her father to...  More

Romeo and Juliet (The BBC Shakespeare Collection)
(1978) [PG]

A marvellously staged adaptation of Shakespeare's classic story of tender but tragically doomed love. The rich and colourful production successfully combines the resonance and immediacy of theatre with the flexibility and realism of film. The star cast perform with great energy and artistry, and...  More

The Merchant of Venice (The BBC Shakespeare Collection)
(1980) [PG]

Antonio's best friend, Bassinio, is in love with Portia, a wise and wealthy heiress, and needs three thousand ducats to press his suit. With Antonio's money tied up in ships at sea, he approaches Shylock, a jewish usurer, who agrees to lend the money under the provision that Antonio shall forfeit...  More

Macbeth
(2006) [MA]

Romper Stomper director Geoffrey Wright transplants Shakespeare's savage tale of power, murder and revenge to 21st century gangland Melbourne in his highly acclaimed, 5-time AFI Award nominated hit. Promising a bruising cocktail of drama and violence, Macbeth features stunning performances from...  More

Richard III (1995)
(1995) [M]

William Shakespeare's classic play is brought into the present with the setting as Great Britain in the 1930s. Civil war has erupted with the House of Lancaster on one side, claiming the right to the British throne and hoping to bring freedom to the country. Opposing is the House of York,...  More

The Tempest (BBC)
(1980) [G]

Prospero, the true Duke of Milan is now living on an enchanted island with his daughter Miranda, the savage Caliban and Ariel, a spirit of the air. Raising a storm to bring his brother - the usurper of his dukedom - along with his royal entourage, to the island, Prospero contrives his revenge....  More

Hamlet (Zefferelli)
(1990) [PG]

Treachery. Madness. Murder. The story of Hamlet has been told for 400 years...but it's never been told like this! Mel Gibson (the Mad Max and Lethal Weapon films) takes on his richest part to date, the title role in a dynamic new version of Shakespeare's Hamlet. Directed by Franco Zeffirelli...  More

Othello (2007)
(2007) [PG]

Performed for the first time at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, with its racing concentrated plot and intense dramatic detail, Othello is one of Shakespeare's most exciting, atmospheric and heartbreaking plays.

This is a tale of uncontrollable jealousy, deception and murder driven by one...  More

The Tempest
(2010) [M]

Exiled to a magical island, the sorceress Prospera (Helen Mirren) conjures up a storm that shipwrecks her enemies, and then unleashes her powers for revenge.

Based on William Shakespeare's play.  More

Coriolanus
(2011) [M]

War hero General Coriolanus (Ralph Fiennes) is poised to become a powerful leader within the republic, but is out-manoeuvered by political opponents and banished. Bitter and vengeful, Coriolanus swears allegiance to the enemy Aufidius (Gerard Butler) and returns to Rome at the head of an invading...  More