Shakespeare: The Animated Tales (1992)

An animated adaptation of twelve of Shakespeare's best-known plays. The series was produced by S4C for the BBC, but animated by some of the foremost artists of Soyuzmultfilm, the former Soviet Union's main animation studio. Each 26-minute play is directed by a different animator, in a wide variety of styles: cel animation for Macbeth, stop-motion puppets in Twelfth Night, and paint on glass for Hamlet.

Shakespeare: The Animated Tales

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as Lucentio (voice) as Donalbain (voice)

as Narrator (voice)

as Gremio / Servant / Tailor (voice) as Polonius (voice)

as Malvolio (voice) as Baptista (voice)

as Stephano (voice) as Hastings / Cardinal (voice)

Brendan Charleson

Brendan Charleson

as 1st Murderer / Messenger (voice) as Capulet (voice)

as Anne (voice) as Olivia (voice)

Jonathan Tafler

Jonathan Tafler

as Ferdinand (voice) as Camillo (voice)

as Duke Senior / Adam (voice) as Friar Laurence (voice)

Stefan Bednarczyk

Stefan Bednarczyk

as Feste (voice) as Amiens / Lord (voice)

Patrick Brennan

Patrick Brennan

as Banquo (voice) as Richmond / 2nd Murderer (voice)

as Laertes (voice) as Narrator / Octavius (voice)

Michael Kitchen

Michael Kitchen

as Narrator (voice) as Polixenes (voice)

Stephen Tompkinson

Stephen Tompkinson

as Autolycus (voice) as Sir Andrew (voice)

as Narrator (voice) as Duke Orsino (voice)

as Shepherd's young son (voice) as Prince Edward (voice)

as Duke of York (voice) as Mamillius (voice)

as Narrator (voice) as Tyrrel (voice)

as Oberon (voice)

Suzanne Bertish

Suzanne Bertish

as Titania (voice)

as Bottom (voice)

as Hermia (voice)

Charles Millham

Charles Millham

as Demetrius (voice)

as Helena (voice)

as Lysander (voice)

Anthony Jackson

Anthony Jackson

as Puck (voice)

Pete Postlethwaite

Pete Postlethwaite

as Quince (voice)

as Narrator (voice)

as Narrator (voice)

as Prospero (voice)

as Kate (voice)

Nigel Le Vaillant

Nigel Le Vaillant

as Petruchio (voice)

as Sly / Nathaniel (voice)

as Bianca (voice)

Lawmary Champion

Lawmary Champion

as Hostess / Widow (voice)

as Hortensio / Peter (voice)

as Narrator (voice)

as Caliban (voice)

as Ariel (voice)

as Miranda (voice)

as Alonzo (voice)

as Gonzalo (voice)

as Sebastian (voice)

as Antonio (voice)

as Macbeth (voice)

as Lady Macbeth (voice)

as Duncan (voice)

as Macduff (voice)

as Witch (voice)

as Witch (voice)

as Witch (voice)

as Malcolm (voice)

as Lennox (voice)

Felicity Kendal

Felicity Kendal

as Narrator (voice)

as Romeo (voice)

as Juliet (voice)

Jonathan Cullen

Jonathan Cullen

as Benvolio (voice)

as Mercutio (voice)

as Nurse (voice)

as Lady Capulet (voice)

Nicholas Farrell

Nicholas Farrell

as Hamlet (voice)

as Claudius / The Ghost (voice)

Susan Fleetwood

Susan Fleetwood

as Gertrude (voice)

as Ophelia (voice)

as Horatio (voice)

as Narrator (voice)

as Viola (voice)

William Rushton

William Rushton

as Toby Belch (voice)

as Maria (voice)

as Sebastian (voice)

as Richard (voice)

as Duchess of York (voice)

as Buckingham (voice)

as Catesby / Ely (voice)

as Queen Elizabeth (voice)

Michael Maloney

Michael Maloney

as Clarence / Norfolk (voice)

Sylvestra Le Touzel

Sylvestra Le Touzel

as Rosalind (voice)

as Celia / Audrey (voice)

as Orlando (voice)

as Touchstone / Messenger (voice)

as Silvius / Hymen (voice)

Nathaniel Parker

Nathaniel Parker

as Jacques / Oliver (voice)

Christopher Benjamin

Christopher Benjamin

as Duke Frederick / Corin (voice)

as Phoebe (voice)

as Narrator (voice)

as Caesar (voice)

Frances Tomelty

Frances Tomelty

as Calphurnia (voice)

as Brutus (voice)

as Cassius (voice)

as Mark Antony (voice)

as Portia (voice)

Peter Woodthorpe

Peter Woodthorpe

as Casca (voice)

as Soothsayer / Trebonius (voice)

as Cinna / Decius (voice)

as Lucius (voice)

as Leontes (voice)

as Hermoine (voice)

as Paulina (voice)

Adrienne O'Sullivan

Adrienne O'Sullivan

as Perdita (voice)

as Shephered / Judge (voice)

as Shepherd's Son / Servant (voice)

Timothy Bateson

Timothy Bateson

as Antigonus (voice)

as Florizel (voice)

Colin McFarlane

Colin McFarlane

as Othello (voice)

Gerard McSorley

Gerard McSorley

as Iago (voice)

as Cassio (voice)

as Desdemona (voice)

as Emilia / Bianca (voice)

as Brabantio (voice)

as Duke / Lodovico (voice)

as Roderigo (voice)

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Seasons

Season 1

Series 1

Season 2

Series 2

Episodes season 1

1x1

A midsummer night's dream
1x2

The tempest
1x3

Macbeth
1x4

Romeo and juliet
1x5

Hamlet
1x6

Twelfth night

Episodes season 2

2x1

King richard iii
2x2

The taming of the shrew
2x3

As you like it
2x4

Julius caesar
2x5

The winter's tale
2x6

Othello

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