Royal Shakespeare Company Movie Trailers

RSC Live: The Comedy of Errors Trailer (2009)

23 November 2009

One of Shakespeare’s early comedies, The Comedy of Errors is a fast-paced farce exploring mistaken identities and relations lost and found.

King Lear Trailer (1970)

10 July 1970

King Lear is a proud man who solicits praise from his three daughters in return for inheritance of the kingdom.

RSC Live: All's Well That Ends Well Trailer (2023)

03 July 2023

Low-born Helena is convinced that she and the high-born Bertram are meant to be. Bertram does not, so he runs off to fight in the Italian wars with his "#bff" Parolles, where he meets Diana.

RSC Live: As You Like It Trailer (2010)

01 January 2010

As You Like It, Shakespeare's famous pastoral comedy of love and disguise, is reimagined here with darker, more sombre undertones.

The Making of Julius Caesar: Royal Shakespeare Company Trailer (2012)

31 December 2012

From early rehearsals to the final performance, this in-depth exploration provides a behind-the-scenes look at how the RSC reimagined a Shakespearean classic for modern audiences.

Noble Moroccan Othello finds his life with beautiful, fiercely loyal Desdemona thrown tragically out of balance when secretly jealous, scheming confidante Iago begins an insidious campaign of lies and treachery.

RSC Live: The Tempest Trailer (2017)

11 January 2017

On a distant island a man waits. Robbed of his position, power and wealth, his enemies have left him in isolation.

A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Royal Shakespeare Company Trailer (2025)

19 January 2025

Filmed live in the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in 2024. Experience a ‘ravishing fusion of flamboyancy and fun’ (Guardian) in the RSC’s smash-hit sell-out production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

Hamlet Trailer (2009)

26 December 2009

David Tennant stars in a film of the Royal Shakespeare Company's award-winning production of Shakespeare's great play.

Much Ado About Nothing Trailer (2022)

03 April 2022

A new RSC production for 2022 of one of Shakespeare’s best-loved romantic comedies.

RSC Live: King Lear Trailer (2016)

12 October 2016

King Lear has ruled for many years. As age begins to overtake him, he decides to divide his kingdom amongst his children, living out his days without the burden of power.

RSC Live: Love's Labour's Lost Trailer (2015)

01 September 2015

A scholarly king and his three companions swear off the society of women for three years, only to have a diplomatic visit from a French princess and her three ladies-in-waiting thwart their intentions.

Tartuffe, or The Imposter Trailer (1983)

28 July 1983

Royal Shakespeare Company's televised adaptation of Moliere's play with Antony Sher in the title role of Tartuffe.

RSC Live: Antony & Cleopatra Trailer (2017)

24 May 2017

Following Caesaras assassination, Mark Antony has reached the heights of power. Now he has neglected his empire for a life of decadent seduction with his mistress, Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt.

Julius Caesar Trailer (2012)

24 June 2012

Film version of the Royal Shakespeare Company's 2012 production of Shakespeare's fast-moving thriller.

Fat Ham Trailer (2021)

29 April 2021

Critically-acclaimed playwright James Ijames reinvents Shakespeare’s masterpiece with his new drama, FAT HAM.

Macbeth Trailer (1979)

02 February 1979

Macbeth is a 1978 videotaped version of Trevor Nunn's Royal Shakespeare Company production of the play by William Shakespeare.

The Three Sisters Trailer (1981)

29 December 1981

Olga, Masha, and Irina Prozoroff lead lonely and purposeless lives following the death of their father who has commanded the local army post.

Shakespeare Live! From the RSC Trailer (2016)

23 April 2016

From the stage of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, David Tennant, Catherine Tate and guests mark the life of William Shakespeare on the 400th anniversary of the playwright's death.

Antony and Cleopatra Trailer (1975)

04 January 1975

Adaptation of Shakespeare's play.

RSC Live: Richard III Trailer (2022)

28 September 2022

Young Richard of Gloucester uses the chaos of the Wars of the Roses to begin his unscrupulous climb to power in this classic Shakespearean history of a king in the throes of jealousy and murder.

RSC Live: Richard II Trailer (2013)

13 November 2013

A monarch ordained by God to lead his people. But he is also a man of very human weakness. A man whose vanity threatens to divide the great houses of England and drag his people into a dynastic civil war that will last 100 years.

The Winter's Tale Trailer (1999)

17 August 1999

Shakespeare's tale of manic jealousy and redemption was hailed by critics and played to packed houses for its entire run.

RSC Live: Henry V Trailer (2015)

16 October 2015

Henry IV is dead and Hal is King. With England in a state of unrest, he must leave his rebellious youth behind, striving to gain the respect of his nobility and people.

A Midsummer Night's Dream Trailer (1968)

30 September 1968

Peter Hall's film adaptation of Shakespeare's comedy, filmed in and around an English country house and starring actors from the Royal Shakespeare Company.

I Cinna Trailer (2012)

02 July 2012

An interactive play, inspired by Julius Caesar, about Cinna the Poet in monologue and a chance to tey

Swingin' the Dream Trailer (2021)

09 January 2021

A concert of a work in progress including original music and songs from the 1939 production telling the story of an intriguing Broadway musical adaptation of Shakespeare.

RSC Live: Othello Trailer (2015)

21 August 2015

Othello is the greatest general of his age. A fearsome warrior, loving husband and revered defender of Venice against its enemies.

The Cherry Orchard Trailer (1962)

17 April 1962

Madame Ranevsky and her daughter Anya return home from Paris to find that their beloved family estate and cherry orchard are to be auctioned off to pay debts.

RSC Live: Macbeth Trailer (2018)

11 April 2018

Returning home from battle, the victorious Macbeth meets three witches on the heath. Driven by their disturbing prophecies, he sets out on the path to murder.

RSC Live: Measure for Measure Trailer (2019)

31 July 2019

Live from Stratford-upon-Avon. The Royal Shakespeare Company presents Measure for Measure.

The Wars of the Roses Trailer (1965)

08 April 1965

A 1965 BBC adaptation of William Shakespeare's first historical tetralogy (1 Henry VI, 2 Henry VI, 3 Henry VI and Richard III), which deals with the conflict between the House of Lancaster and the House of York over the throne of England, a conflict known as the Wars of the Roses.

Macbeth Trailer (2023)

19 August 2023

When Macbeth meets three witches who predict he will become Thane of Cawdor and then King of Scotland, madness born of ambition sets in, and he and his wife seize power by all possible means, leading to murderous consequences.

Palm to Palm: Love. Home. Family Trailer (2019)

28 December 2019

"Everybody should have a home. If you punish a nation, this is so abstract, it's very mean to use your power to put another country in your control.

The Comedy of Errors Trailer (1978)

17 October 1978

The Royal Shakespeare Company act (and sing and dance!) Shakespeare's play about two sets of identical twins, separated at birth and brought together by circumstance.

RSC Live: Love's Labour's Won Trailer (2015)

01 September 2015

Christopher Luscombe directs one of Shakespeare's great romantic comedies. Labour's Won the world has changed forever, the roaring ’20s just around the corner.

RSC Live: Hamlet Trailer (2016)

10 June 2016

Hamlet has the world at his feet. Young, wealthy and living a hedonistic life studying abroad. Then word reaches him that his father is dead.

RSC Live: Twelfth Night Trailer (2018)

14 February 2018

Twelfth Night is a tale of unrequited love – hilarious and heartbreaking. Two twins are separated in a shipwreck, and forced to fend for themselves in a strange land.

RSC Live: Troilus and Cressida Trailer (2018)

14 November 2018

Troilus and Cressida swear they will always be true to one another. But in the seventh year of the siege of Troy, their innocence is tested and exposed to the savage corrupting influence of war with tragic consequences.

RSC Live: The Taming of the Shrew Trailer (2019)

05 June 2019

Live from Stratford-upon-Avon. The Royal Shakespeare Company presents The Taming of the Shrew. Turning Shakespeare’s fierce, energetic comedy of gender and materialism on its head to offer a fresh perspective on its portrayal of hierarchy and power.

RSC Live: The Merry Wives of Windsor Trailer (2018)

12 September 2018

Down on his luck in the suburbs, John Falstaff plans to hustle his way to a comfortable retirement by seducing the wives of two wealthy men.

RSC Live: Cymbeline Trailer (2016)

31 October 2016

Britain is in crisis. An ineffectual Queen Cymbeline rules over a divided dystopian Britain. Consumed with grief at the death of two of her children, Cymbeline's judgment is clouded.

RSC Live: The Two Gentlemen of Verona Trailer (2015)

30 March 2015

Valentine and Proteus are best friends until they fall in love with the same girl. Having travelled to Milan in search of adventure, they both fall for the Duke's daughter Silvia.

RSC: The Comedy of Errors Trailer (2021)

13 July 2021

Believed to be one of Shakespeare's earlier written plays; a comedy about separated family and mistaken identity.

RSC Live: Coriolanus Trailer (2017)

11 October 2017

A full-throttle war play that revels in the sweat of the battlefield, Coriolanus transports us back to the emergence of the republic of Rome.

RSC Live: The Merchant of Venice Trailer (2015)

18 June 2015

In the melting pot of Venice, trade is God. With its ships plying the globe, the city opens its arms to all - as long as they come prepared to do business and there is profit to be made.

RSC Live: Romeo and Juliet Trailer (2018)

18 July 2018

What if your first true love was someone you’d been told you must hate? Set in a world very like our own, this Romeo and Juliet is about a generation of young people born into violence and ripped apart by the bitter divisions of their parents.

RSC Live: Henry IV Part 2 Trailer (2015)

02 February 2015

King Henry's health is failing as a second rebellion against his reign threatens to surface. Intent on securing his legacy, he is uncertain that his son Hal is a worthy heir, believing him more concerned with earthly pleasures than the responsibility of rule.

Cyrano de Bergerac Trailer (1985)

26 July 1985

As incomparable in swordplay and wordplay as he is, the gallant soldier, philosopher, and poet Cyrano de Bergerac is as timid as a schoolboy before the fair Roxanne.

RSC Live: Titus Andronicus Trailer (2017)

09 August 2017

The decay of Rome reaches violent depths in Shakespeareas most bloody play. Titus is a ruler exhausted by war and loss, who relinquishes power but leaves Rome in disorder.

RSC Live: Henry IV Part 1 Trailer (2015)