Take a look at the different sources and influences Shakespeare used in his plays.

Family, Politics and the State. A look at Lear from a modern feminist point of view, opening up discussions in class about gender roles in Shakespeare’s text. Investigating the famous tragedy through different perspectives. This video juxtaposes the text as performed against specially written scenes to illustrate the issues of family from a character perspective. By focusing on the characters of Lear’s daughters, you can see how family politics...

Malcolm Muggeridge presents his personal view of Shakespeare's play Timon of Athens.

This video presents a relaxed tour of the city that produced the greatest playwright in history. We are steered through each location under the guidance of our personable hostess who ornaments her in-depth knowledge of Stratford and its illustrious native son with the kind of tales that aren't normally found in guide books. This is the first time ever that the Shakespeare Trust has allowed such detailed access to all the places associated with Shakespeare....

This unique film makes cinematic history by being the first adaptation of Romeo and Juliet to have a complete cast of people of color and to be set in Harlem while staying true to Shakespeare’s language and storyline. Students will find a new way of relating to this cherished classic with its contemporary acting style and vibrant locations on Harlem’s streets, basketball courts, and subway.

Brigid Brophy offers a personal view of the comedy As You Like It, which was originally an Elizabethan "best seller."

In this rollicking Shakespeare comedy, two women come up with a hilarious plan to teach their would-be seducer the error of his ways, while their husbands draw their own conclusions. This production from the Stratford Festival is set in the 1950s in a town not unlike Stratford, bringing the story close to home.

This 1-minute short silent film, made by the American Mutoscope & Biograph company, depicts the duel in Shakespeare's Macbeth between Macbeth and Young Siward and then Macbeth and Macduff. It is one of the oldest surviving filmed adaptations of Shakespeare.

Writer Eleanor Bron gives her personal view of Shakespeare's play Much Ado About Nothing. In her introduction to the play, she describes the merry courtship between Beatrice and Benedick as "one of the least sentimental and most romantic in all literature."

This star-studded 1970 feature film production of William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar was the first full-color adaptation of the play. It tells the famous story of Caesar's assassination and the subsequent struggle between his friend and protege Marc Antony and the anti-Caesar conspirators, led by Brutus and Cassius. Charlton Heston stars as Marc Antony, as he did in a previous 1950 film. Jason Robards's understated performance as Brutus proved controversial....