Shakespeare movies/plays

[Phyllis in Canada]

Ds needs to read Macbeth and Richard III this coming year. Can anyone recommend a good film version to watch ahead of time?

 

Thanks.

[yslek]

Not exactly a film version, but here's a cartoon version:

 

Macbeth part 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LC9G_CZVAL8

Macbeth part 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZQOyiHDptU&feature=related

Macbeth part 3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8riYRDFp7A&feature=related

 

King Richard III part 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6N4e8terH4

King Richard III part 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8X8Zg3HZf8M&feature=related

King Richard III part 3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovb4jGz7eEk&feature=related

 

These are abridged (less than half and hour long per play), but are a nice intro to the basic plot. I found these just the other day (on this site: http://www.squidoo.com/shakespeare-animated-tales#module20376682) so we haven't watched most of these yet.

 

HTH

[Beth in SW WA]

Macbeth w/ Ian McKellen & Judy Dench was torture for my kids. BUT, seeing these 2 younger British actors was a treat for me. If you can get past the lame set and one camera, it does a fine job.

[Carol in Cal.]

...that parallels Macbeth. It's called "Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley, and Me, Elizabeth." I have used that to introduce the basic plot line of Macbeth to older kids.

[Moira in MA]

You'll need to preview these yourself but the BBC did modern retellings of 4 of the plays in 2005 under the title ShakespeaRE-Told.

 

Macbeth takes place in a restaurant kitchen.

 

~Moira