Play On! Shakespeare in Silent Film

07/18/2016

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1hr 3min

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STORY

A compilation of scenes from Shakespeare adaptations made in the earliest days of cinema, including versions of King Lear, Twelfth Night, Hamlet, Richard III and The Merchant of Venice, as well as less frequently filmed plays such as Henry VIII and The Winter's Tale.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • John Gielgud
  • Herbert Beerbohm Tree
  • Charles Kent
  • Asta Nielsen

    Director

  • Jane Giles

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • BFI

    Production Countries

  • United Kingdom

LANGUAGES

  • No Language