Play On!  Shakespeare in Silent Film

Play On! Shakespeare in Silent Film

63 mins | July 18, 2016

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.

Play On! Shakespeare in Silent Film

63 mins | July 18, 2016

Play On!  Shakespeare in Silent Film
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.
Producers British Film Institute
Original title Play On! Shakespeare in Silent Film
Directors Jane Giles
Writers

Cast

John Gielgud

as Self

Charles Kent

as Self

Asta Nielsen

as Self