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 (Season 1)
A Midsummer Night's Dream (Episode 1) 10.0
Air date: 1992-11-09
Runtime: 25 min
Overview: Four young lovers, trying to resolve their passions, and six worthy workmen, trying to rehearse a play, stumble about in a dark, haunted wood, while the powerful spirits play havoc with their hearts and minds.
The Tempest (Episode 2) 10.0
Writer: Leon Garfield
Air date: 1992-11-16
Runtime: 25 min
Overview: Prospero, a powerful magician, lives on an island with his daughter Miranda. They are served by Caliban, a hideous monster, and Ariel, a wild, discontented spirit.
Macbeth (Episode 3) 5.5
Writer: Leon Garfield
Air date: 1992-11-23
Runtime: 25 min
Romeo and Juliet (Episode 4) 6.0
Writer: Leon Garfield
Air date: 1992-11-30
Runtime: 25 min
Hamlet (Episode 5) 7.3
Writer: Leon Garfield
Air date: 1992-12-07
Runtime: 25 min
Twelfth Night (Episode 6) 10.0
Writer: Leon Garfield
Air date: 1992-12-14
Runtime: 25 min
Seasons
Episodes 6
Episodes 6