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The Bard's Plays, by Any Other Name ...
A Thousand Acres [DVD] [1998] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]A Thousand Acres [DVD] [1998] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]
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King Lear in Iowa ...
Ran [DVD] [1985] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]Ran [DVD] [1985] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]
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... and as done by Kurosawa.
Throne Of Blood [1957] [DVD]Throne Of Blood [1957] [DVD]
Buy new: £12.68 / Used from: £10.35
Macbeth in Japan (Kurosawa again),
Scotland, PA [DVD] [2001] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]Scotland, PA [DVD] [2001] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]
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Macbeth in modern-day Scotland (PA!) ...
Men of Respect [DVD] [1991] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]Men of Respect [DVD] [1991] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]
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... and Macbeth the mafia hit man.
West Side Story (Special Edition) [DVD] [1961]West Side Story (Special Edition) [DVD] [1961]
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Tony and Maria. Err, Romeo and Juliet.
Shakespeare In Love [DVD] [1999]Shakespeare In Love [DVD] [1999]
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The Bard's life, Romeo and Ethel, the Pirate's Daughter (err, that other woman, whatshername ...), Joseph Fiennes and Gwyneth Paltrow ... and whatever else you will.
The Goodbye Girl [DVD] [1977] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]The Goodbye Girl [DVD] [1977] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]
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Richard III among actors -
Looking For Richard [VHS] [1997]Looking For Richard [VHS] [1997]
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- and again, in Al Paciono's famous spin-off -
Kind Hearts And Coronets [DVD] [1949]Kind Hearts And Coronets [DVD] [1949]
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- and in a Victorian serial murder comedy. (Really.)
Braveheart (2 Disc Special Edition) [1995] [DVD]Braveheart (2 Disc Special Edition) [1995] [DVD]
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The "freedom" speech at the battle of Stirling is filched from Henry V (battle of Agincourt) - and Longshanks is Richard III in disguise, plus some of the Bard's other more sinister kings.
My Own Private Idaho [VHS] [1991]My Own Private Idaho [VHS] [1991]
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Henry IV (pt. 1), gay version.
In The Bleak Midwinter [VHS] [1995]In The Bleak Midwinter [VHS] [1995]
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The Prince of Denmark meets a winterly English, err, hamlet, meets a Midsummer Night's Dream, meets Kenneth Branagh,
The Manchurian Candidate [DVD] [1962]The Manchurian Candidate [DVD] [1962]
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Hamlet in the Cold War,
The Truman Show [DVD] [1998]The Truman Show [DVD] [1998]
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Hamlet in 24/7 live camera feed,
Strange Illusion [DVD] [1945] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]Strange Illusion [DVD] [1945] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]
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Hamlet goes teen ...
Rosencrantz And Guildenstern Are Dead [DVD] [1991]Rosencrantz And Guildenstern Are Dead [DVD] [1991]
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... and a Hamlet spin-off from the point of view of two supporting characters.
Cheers - Complete Season 2 [DVD] [1983]Cheers - Complete Season 2 [DVD] [1983]
Buy new: £17.18 / Used from: £12.98
Cheers for Othello! (Episode "Homicidal Ham.")
O [DVD] [2000]O [DVD] [2000]
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Othello rejuvenated.
Kiss Me Kate [DVD] [1953] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]Kiss Me Kate [DVD] [1953] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]
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The Taming of the Shrew, as done by Cole Porter -
10 Things I Hate About You [DVD] [1999]10 Things I Hate About You [DVD] [1999]
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- and in a teen version.
Prospero's Books [VHS] [1991]Prospero's Books [VHS] [1991]
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The Tempest (spin-off).
Forbidden Planet [DVD] [1956] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]Forbidden Planet [DVD] [1956] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]
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Tempest in space.
The Reduced Shakespeare Company: The Complete Works of William Shakespeare Abridged [DVD] [2000] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]The Reduced Shakespeare Company: The Complete Works of William Shakespeare Abridged [DVD] [2000] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]
Buy used from: £19.76
Spoof on all plays at once ... plus the sonnets!