William Shakespeare Movie Trailers
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The Tempest Trailer (1988)
10 February 1988
The evil spirit Caliban tries to oppose the world of Good that Prospero creates around him. The dual image of Prospero-Ariel represents two human souls, striving to unite people divided by hatred.
The Life and Death of King Richard III Trailer (1912)
15 October 1912
Shakespeare's tragedy of the wicked and hump-backed Duke of Gloucester, who rises to the throne of England by chicanery, treachery, and brilliance.
Love's Labour's Lost: Performed in British Sign Language Trailer (2012)
22 May 2012
The court of Navarre: the King and his three Lords vow to stay away from wine, women and luxury; but when the princess and her ladies from France arrive, they begin to change their minds.
Much Ado about Nothing Trailer (1913)
21 February 1913
Young lovers Hero and Claudio, soon to wed, conspire to get verbal sparring partners and confirmed singles Benedick and Beatrice to wed as well.
The Merchant of Venice Trailer (1914)
01 February 1914
A rich merchant, Antonio is depressed for no good reason, until his good friend Bassanio comes to tell him how he's in love with Portia.
A Midsummer Night's Dream Trailer (1909)
25 December 1909
An early film adaptation of the Bard's comic fantasy-- and perhaps the first screen adaptation of a Shakespeare play.
Romeo e Giulietta Trailer (1912)
24 January 1912
The 1912 Italian version of Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet.
Titus Andronicus: The Movie Trailer (1997)
01 January 1997
Roman warrior Titus Andronicus finds himself trapped in a nightmarish cycle of vengeance, misery, and bloodshed.
Hamlet Trailer (2008)
07 July 2008
The ghost of the King of Denmark tells his son Hamlet to avenge his murder by killing the new king Claudius, Hamlet's uncle.
A Midsummer Night's Dream Trailer (1925)
10 March 1925
Mistaken identity, unrequited love, and the supernatural are combined in Shakespeare's classic set in the woods of Greece on a moonlit night.
A Midsummer Night's Dream - The Rewired Musical Trailer (2021)
21 May 2021
Started as a COVID pandemic passion project, "Midsummer" grew into both faithful, creative adaptation of the beloved play and a time-capsule of life during lockdown.
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) Trailer (2000)
01 January 2000
Three men making up The Reduced Shakespeare Company perform the entire 37 play canon from William Shakespeare in under two hours.
Othello Skit #1 Trailer (2026)
19 January 2026
First skit based on the events of Shakespeare’s ‘Othello’
Graeme Murphy's Romeo & Juliet Trailer (2011)
21 September 2011
Set outside of place and time, Graeme Murphy’s Romeo & Juliet is a transcendent ode to the timeless love story.
Viola and Sebastian Trailer (1972)
28 December 1972
Modernized version of Twelfth Night set in the high living, pot smoking environment of a pop group in the seventies.
William Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus Trailer (2000)
26 August 2000
A modern telling of William Shakespeare's darkest drama set against the backdrop of a corporate Rome.
The Boys from Syracuse Trailer (1986)
28 December 1986
Rodger & Hart's Shakespearean musical put on by the Stratford Festival in their first musical endeavor.
Romeo and Juliet Trailer (1919)
01 January 1919
Animated film which parodies Shakespeare's tragic romance using Mary Pickford and Charlie Chaplin caricatures.
Oh'phelia: A Cartoon Burlesque Trailer (1919)
01 January 1919
Cut-out animated parody of Hamlet by pioneering British animator Anson Dyer.
Cleopatra Trailer (1910)
14 January 1910
After the murder of her lover Julius Caesar, Egypt's queen Cleopatra needs a new ally. She seduces his probable successor Mark Antony.
Falstaff Trailer (1987)
16 October 1987
Based, in part, on Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor, Falstaff is Verdi's last work for the stage - and only his second comic opera.
Othello Trailer (1920)
01 January 1920
The Moorish general Othello is manipulated into thinking that his new wife Desdemona has been carrying on an affair with his lieutenant Michael Cassio when in reality it is all part of the scheme of a bitter ensign named Iago.
'Amlet Trailer (1919)
31 December 1919
Hamlet suspects his uncle has murdered his father to claim the throne of Denmark and the hand of Hamlet's mother, but the prince cannot decide whether or not he should take vengeance.
Measure for Measure: Live from the Globe Trailer (2004)
04 September 2004
Television production of the play live from Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre.
The Merchant of Venice Trailer (1911)
01 February 1911
With a friend desperate for money, a merchant takes out a loan from a ruthless money-lender. Confident that his ships will soon be bringing him great wealth, the merchant willingly agrees to conditions of the loan that put him at great personal risk.
Comme il vous plaira Trailer (2023)
08 October 2023
A young duke, after banishing his older brother, the old duke, decides to banish his niece Rosalind, the old duke's daughter, as well.
The Bolshoi Ballet: Romeo and Juliet Trailer (1989)
01 January 1989
The Bolshoi Ballet perform Prokofiev’s classic ballet, “Romeo and Juliet”, based on the tragic love story about two young star-crossed lovers, featuring the original choreography of Leonid Lavrovsky revised by Yuri Grigoovich.
Le Suicide d'Ophélie Trailer (2021)
21 July 2021
Unable to accept her father's death, Ophelia wanders through the woods in search of him. Along the way, she encounters her fiancé Hamlet and Queen Gertrude, who appear to her as ghosts, offering her only hateful or threatening advice.
The Tempest Trailer (1911)
28 November 1911
Prospero, the rightful Duke of Milan, is a kindly man, but a student. His fondness for literature gives his enemies a chance to plot against him, and through the machinations of his own brother, Antonio, and the King of Naples, Prospero is dethroned and Antonio assumes his throne.
Romeo & Giulietta: Ama e cambia il mondo Trailer (2014)
09 December 2014
A French musical by Gérard Presgurvic, created in 2001 at the Palais des Congrès in Paris and inspired by William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
El sueño de una noche de verano Trailer (1971)
15 April 1971
During the wedding of Theseus and Hippolyta, a play full of fantasy, dreams, love, and magic unfolds, intertwining the love stories of two noble couples, a group of carefree comedians, and a group of members of the fairy world.
Falstaff Trailer (2021)
29 December 2021
As the saying goes, “Shakespeare invented him, Verdi made him immortal” – and, surely, it was Bryn Terfel who defined him.
Romeo and Juliet Trailer (1911)
01 September 1911
Thanhouser's version of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
Romeo e Giulietta - Una canzone d'amore Trailer (2020)
01 January 2020
Ugo Pagliai and Paola Gassman star in William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, rewritten by the Babilonia Teatri theater company.
The Compleat Wrks of Wllm Shkspr (Abridged) Trailer (2012)
09 June 2012
Anyone who loves Shakespeare's works and has an irresistible desire to know some of them, but feels that the rest of their life is unlikely to be enough to do so, should not be sad.
Richard the Second Trailer (2001)
26 July 2001
A banished nobleman returns to usurp the throne of England when the king seizes all his property.
The Taming of the Shrew Trailer (2021)
14 June 2021
It's Lights! Camera! Action! on an Italian silent film set in a bygone era. The suitors are lining up to woo movie mogul Baptista's enchanting film star daughter, Bianca.
Revelations: The Rest is Silence Trailer (2025)
13 May 2025
The pilot for a modern Hamlet adaptation that follows a wealthy Puerto Rican family in New York.
Comedy of mistakes Trailer (1978)
01 January 1978
Two pairs of twins, once separated, find each other in the comedy finale. But before giving them the joy of this meeting, fate finally forces everyone to go through a series of adventures, sometimes funny, and sometimes dramatic .
The Merchant of Venice Trailer (1919)
01 January 1919
A rich merchant, Antonio is depressed for no good reason, until his good friend Bassanio comes to tell him how he's in love with Portia.
King John Trailer (1984)
27 October 1984
A historical chronicle about the history of England during the reign of John Lackland.
The Shadow King Trailer (2011)
11 October 2011
Epic and provocative, The Shadow King reworks Shakespeare's timeless tragedy King Lear as a sprawling, blood-soaked tale of two Indigenous families in Australia's north.
William Shakespeare's The Tempest Trailer (2025)
10 April 2025
A betrayed spaceship captain, Prospero, is marooned on a desert planet with his daughter Miranda. He uses his mastery of magic and android servant, Ariel, to shipwreck the very crew that betrayed him.
Romeo and Juliet Trailer (2024)
28 February 2024
Sport for Jove's production of Shakespeare's famous play, set in backcountry Verona- a profoundly insular town, trapped in cycles of tradition and vendetta, staring out at the future with moral pollution at its heart.
West Side Story Trailer (2016)
07 April 2016
Tensions between two racial gangs in 1957 New York reach a boiling point when two star-crossed lovers meet by chance at a community dance.
Richard II Trailer (1988)
03 February 1988
A historical chronicle covering the events of 1399–1400; at its center is the deposition of King Richard II and the seizure of power by his cousin Henry Bolingbroke — the founder of the House of Lancaster, Henry IV — followed by the murder of the captive Richard.
Shakespeare 4 Kidz: A Midsummer Night’s Dream Trailer (2003)
01 December 2003
A unique blend of the original Shakespearian text with modern dialogue and lively music, abridged for those studying The Bard at Key Stage 2 & 3.
Verdi: Otello Trailer (2018)
02 December 2018
Like an outcry the elemental force of the orchestra shatters the silence, the storm on the coast of Cyprus rages incessantly.
Down the Rabbit Hole Trailer (2014)
01 November 2014
A man plunges into the darkness to confront the demon on the verge of destroying his sanity. Based on Shakespeare's Hamlet and set in 1928 against the impending Wall Street Crash.
Julius Caesar Trailer (1994)
30 November 1994
A compelling study of personal ambition versus the good of the state.