WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

PUCK: Mickey Rooney
HERMIA: Olivia de Havilland
LYSANDER: Dick Powell
DEMETRIUS: Ross Alexander
HELENA: Jean Muir
OBERON: Victor Jory
TITANIA: Anita Louise
NICK BOTTOM: James Cagney
FRANCIS FLUTE: Joe E. Brown
TOM SNOUT: Hugh Herbert
THESEUS: Ian Hunter
HIPPOLYTA: Verree Teasdale

ROMEO MONTAGUE: Leslie Howard
JULIET CAPULET: Norma Shearer
MERCUTIO: John Barrymore
TYBALT: Basil Rathbone
LORD CAPULET: C. Aubrey Smith
FRIAR LAURENCE: Henry Kolker

HENRY V: Laurence Olivier
PRINCESS KATHERINE: Renee Asherson
CHARLES VI: Harcourt Williams
FLUELLEN: Esmond Knight
MISTRESS QUICKLY: Freda Jackson
FALSTAFF: George Robey
CHORUS: Leslie Banks

The protagonist accepts to play "Othello" and his mind gets filled with Othello's murderous jealousy.

ANTHONY JOHN/OTHELLO: Ronald Colman
BRITA KAURIN/DESDEMONA: Signe Hasso

HAMLET: Laurence Olivier
CLAUDIUS: Basil Sydney
GERTRUDE: Eileen Herlie
POLONIUS: Felix Aylmer
OPHELIA: Jean Simmons
LAERTES: Terence Morgan
HORATIO: Norman Wooland
GHOST OF HAMLET'S FATHER: Laurence Olivier
ROSENCRANTZ & GUILDENSTERN: //

MACBETH: Orson Welles
LADY MACBETH: Jeanette Nolan
BANQUO: Edgar Barrier
MACDUFF: Dan O'Herlihy
MALCOLM: Roddy McDowall
DUNCAN: Erskine Sanford

OTHELLO: Orson Welles
DESDEMONA: Suzanne Cloutier
IAGO: Micheal MacLiammoir
RODERIGO: Robert Coote
CASSIO: Michael Laurence

MARK ANTHONY: Marlon Brando
BRUTUS: James Mason
CASSIUS: John Gielgud
JULIUS CAESAR: Louis Calhern

The production of a musical version "The Taming of the Shrew" is troublesome with various events

LILLI VANESSI/KATHERINE: Kathryn Grayson
FRED GRAHAM/PETRUCHIO: Howard Keel
LOIS LANE/BIANCA: Ann Miller
BILL CALHOUN/LUCENTIO: Tommy Rall
HORTENSIO: Bob Fosse

RICHARD III: Laurence Olivier
DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM: Ralph Richardson
DUKE OF CLARENCE: John Gielgud
DUCHESS OF YORK: Helen Haye
RIVERS: Clive Morton

Inspired by "The Tempest"

DR. MORBIUS [Prospero]: Walter Pidgeon
ALTAIRA [Miranda]: Anne Francis
ADAMS [Ferdinand]: Leslie Nielsen
ROBBY THE ROBOT [Ariel/Caliban]: Frankie Darro/Marvin Miller

Based on "Macbeth"

TAKETOKI WASHIZU [Macbeth]: Toshiro Mifune
LADY ASAJI WASHIZU [Lady Macbeth]: Isuzu Yamada
YOSHIAKI MIKI [Banquo]: Minoru Chiaki
NORIYASU ODAGURA [Macduff]: Takashi Shimura
KUNIHARU TSUZUKI [Malcolm]: Takamaru Sasaki
KUNIMARU TSUZUKI [Duncan]: Hiroshi Tachikawa

Inspired by "Hamlet"

KOICHI NISHI [Hamlet]: Toshiro Mifune
IWABUCHI [Claudius]: Masayuki Mori
YOSHIKO [Ophelia]: Kyoko Kagawa

Inspired by "Romeo and Juliet"

TONY [Romeo]: Richard Beymer
MARIA [Juliet]: Natalie Wood
RIFF [Mercutio]: Russ Tamblyn
BERNARDO [Tybalt]: George Chakiris

Inspired by "Othello"

AURELIUS REX [Othello]: Paul Harris
DELIA LANE [Desdemona]: Marti Stevens
JOHNNY COUSIN [Iago]: Patrick McGoohan
ROD HAMILTON [Roderigo]: Richard Attenborough
CASS [Cassio]: Keith Michell

HAMLET: Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy
CLAUDIUS: Mikhail Nazvanov
GERTRUDE: Elza Radzina
POLONIUS: Yuriy Tolubeev
OPHELIA: Anastasiya Vertinskaya
LAERTES: Stepan Oleksenko
HORATIO: Vladimir Erenberg
GHOST OF HAMLET'S FATHER: Grigoriy Gay
ROSENCRANTZ: Igor Dmitriev
GUILDENSTERN: Vadim Medvedev

OTHELLO: Laurence Olivier
DESDEMONA: Maggie Smith
IAGO: Frank Finlay
RODERIGO: Robert Lang
CASSIO: Derek Jacobi

Based mainly on "Henry IV" (Parts 1 & 2)

FALSTAFF: Orson Welles
PRINCE HAL: Keith Baxter
HENRY IV: John Gielgud
MISTRESS QUICKLY: Margaret Rutherford
DOLL TEARSHEET: Jeanne Moreau
SHALLOW: Alan Webb
HOTSPUR: Norman Rodway

KATHERINA: Elisabeth Taylor
PETRUCHIO: Richard Burton
BIANCA: Natasha Pyne
LUCENTIO: Michael York
BAPTISTA: Michael Hordern
GREMIO: Alan Webb
HORTENSIO: Victor Spinetti
GRUMIO: Cyril Cusack

ROMEO MONTAGUE: Leonard Whiting
JULIET CAPULET: Olivia Hussey
MERCUTIO: John McEnery
TYBALT: Michael York
LORD CAPULET: Paul Hardwick
FRIAR LAURENCE: Milo O'Shea

HAMLET: Nicol Williamson
CLAUDIUS: Anthony Hopkins
GERTRUDE: Judy Parfitt
POLONIUS: Mark Dignam
OPHELIA: Marianne Faithfull
LAERTES: Michael Pennington
HORATIO: Gordon Jackson
GHOST OF HAMLET'S FATHER: // (He is represented only by a light shining on the observers)
ROSENCRANTZ: Ben Aris
GUILDENSTERN: Clive Graham

KING LEAR: Paul Scofield
GONERIL: Irene Worth
REGAN: Susan Engel
CORDELIA: Anne-Lise Gabold
ALBANY: Cyril Cusack
CORNWALL: Patrick Magee
EDMUND: Ian Hogg
EDGAR: Robert Lloyd
GLOUCESTER: Alan Webb
THE FOOL: Jack MacGowran

KING LEAR: Yuri Yarvet
GONERIL: Elza Radzina
REGAN: Galina Volchek
CORDELIA: Valentina Shendrikova
ALBANY: Donatas Banionis
CORNWALL: Aleksandr Vokach
EDMUND: Regimantas Adomaitis
EDGAR: Leonhard Merzin
GLOUCESTER: Karlis Sebris
THE FOOL: Oleg Dal

MACBETH: Jon Finch
LADY MACBETH: Francesca Annis
BANQUO: Martin Shaw
MACDUFF: Terence Bayler
MALCOLM: Stephane Chase
DUNCAN: Nicholas Selby

Many plays referenced

PROSPERO: Heathcote Williams
MIRANDA: Toyah Willcox
FERDINAND: David Meyer
ARIEL: Karl Johnson
CALIBAN: Jack Birkett
ALONSO: Peter Bull
GONZALO: Ken Campbell

KING LEAR: Laurence Olivier
GONERIL: Dorothy Tutin
REGAN: Diana Rigg
CORDELIA: Anna Caldar-Marshall
ALBANY: Robert Lang
CORNWALL: Jeremy Kemp
EDMUND: Robert Lindsay
EDGAR: David Threlfall
GLOUCESTER: Leo McKern
THE FOOL: John Hurt

Based on "King Lear"

LORD HIDETORA ICHIMONJI [King Lear]: Tatsuya Nakadai
TARO ICHIMONJI [Goneril]: Akira Terao
JIRO ICHIMONJI [Regan]: Jinpachi Nezu
SABURO ICHIMONJI [Cordelia]: Daisuke Ryu
LADY KAEDE [Cornwall/Edmund]: Mieko Harada
LADY SUE [Albany]: Yoshiko Miyazaki
TSURUMARU [Glouchester/Edgar]: Mansai Nomura
KUROGANE [Edgar]: Hisashi Igawa
KYOAMI [The Fool]: Peter

Inspired by "Hamlet"

HAMLET: Pirkka-Pekka Petelius
KLAUS [Claudius]: Esko Salminen
GERTRUD [Gertrude]: Elina Salo
POLONIUS: Esko Nikkari
OFELIA [Ophelia]: Kati Outinen
LAURI [Laertes]: Kari Vaananen
SIMO [Horatio]: Puntti Valtonen
GHOST OF HAMLET'S FATHER: Pentti Auer
ROSENCRANZ [Rosencrantz]: Turo Pajala
GYLDENSTERN [Guildenstern]: Aake Kalliala

HENRY V: Kenneth Branagh
PRINCESS KATHERINE: Emma Thompson
CHARLES VI: Paul Scofield
FLUELLEN: Ian Holm
MISTRESS QUICKLY: Judi Dench
FALSTAFF: Robbie Coltrane
CHORUS: Derek Jacobi

Based on a play by Tom Stoppard (the plot expands upon the exploits of two minor characters from "Hamlet")

ROSENCRANTZ: Gary Oldman
GUILDENSTERN: Tim Roth
THE PLAYER: Richard Dreyfuss
HAMLET: Iain Glen
CLAUDIUS: Donald Sumpter

HAMLET: Mel Gibson
CLAUDIUS: Alan Bates
GERTRUDE: Glenn Close
POLONIUS: Ian Holm
OPHELIA: Helena Bonham Carter
LAERTES: Nathaniel Parker
HORATIO: Stephen Dillane
GHOST OF HAMLET'S FATHER: Paul Scofield
ROSENCRANTZ: Michael Maloney
GUILDENSTERN: Sean Murray

Inspired by "Henry IV" (Parts 1 & 2) and "Henry V"

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Based on "The Tempest"

PROSPERO: John Gielgud
MIRANDA: Isabelle Pasco
FERDINAND: Mark Rylance
ARIEL: Various (4 actors)
CALIBAN: Michael Clark
ALONSO: Michel Blanc
GONZALO: Erland Josephson

BENEDICK: Kenneth Branagh
BEATRICE: Emma Thompson
DON PEDRO: Denzel Washington
DON JOHN: Keanu Reeves
CLAUDIO: Robert Sean Leonard
LEONATO: Richard Briers
HERO: Kate Beckinsale
DOGBERRY: Michael Keaton

Inspired by "Hamlet"

SIMBA [Hamlet]: Matthew Broderick (adult), Jonathan Taylor Thomas (kid)
SCAR [Claudius]: Jeremy Irons
MUFASA [Hamlet's Father]: James Earl Jones
SARABI [Gertrude]: Madge Sinclair
NALA [Ophelia]: Moira Kelly (adult), Niketa Calame-Harris (kid)
TIMON & PUMBAA [Rosencrantz & Guildenstern]: Nathan Lane & Ernie Sabella

RICHARD III: Ian McKellen
DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM: Jim Broadbent
DUKE OF CLARENCE: Nigel Hawthorne
DUCHESS OF YORK: Maggie Smith
RIVERS: Robert Downey Jr.

OTHELLO: Laurence Fishburne
DESDEMONA: Irene Jacob
IAGO: Kenneth Branagh
RODERIGO: Michael Maloney
CASSIO: Nathaniel Parker

It is both a performance of selected scenes of "Richard III" and a broader examination of Shakespeare's continuing role and relevance in popular culture.

HIMSELF/RICHARD III: Al Pacino
HIMSELF/DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM: Kevin Spacey
HIMSELF/DUKE OF CLARENCE: Alec Baldwin

Troma's crazy version of "Romeo and Juliet"

TROMEO QUE [Romeo Montague]: Will Keenan
JULIET CAPULET: Jane Jensen
MURRAY [Mercutio]: Valentine Miele
TYRONE [Tybalt]: Patrick Connor
CAPPY CAPULET: Maximillian Shaun
FRIAR LAURENCE: Flip Brown

VIOLA: Imogen Stubbs
OLIVIA: Helena Bonham Carter
ORSINO: Toby Stephens
MALVOLIO: Nigel Hawthorne
FESTE: Ben Kingsley

ROMEO MONTAGUE: Leonardo DiCaprio
JULIET CAPULET: Claire Danes
MERCUTIO: Harold Perrineau
TYBALT: John Leguizamo
FULGENCIO CAPULET: Paul Sorvino
FRIAR LAURENCE: Pete Postlethwaite

HAMLET: Kenneth Branagh
CLAUDIUS: Derek Jacobi
GERTRUDE: Julie Christie
POLONIUS: Richard Briers
OPHELIA: Kate Winslet
LAERTES: Michael Maloney
HORATIO: Nicholas Farrell
GHOST OF HAMLET'S FATHER: Brian Blessed
ROSENCRANTZ: Timothy Spall
GUILDENSTERN: Reece Dinsdale

BIOPIC

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: Joseph Fiennes

Inspired by "The Taming of the Shrew"

KAT [Katherina]: Julia Stiles
PATRICK [Petruchio]: Heath Ledger
BIANCA: Larisa Oleynik
CAMERON [Lucentio]: Joseph Gordon-Levitt
WALTER [Baptista]: Larry Miller

PUCK: Stanley Tucci
HERMIA: Anna Friel
LYSANDER: Dominic West
DEMETRIUS: Christian Bale
HELENA: Calista Flockhart
OBERON: Rupert Everett
TITANIA: Michelle Pfeiffer
NICK BOTTOM: Kevin Kline
FRANCIS FLUTE: Sam Rockwell
TOM SNOUT: Bill Irwin
THESEUS: David Strathairn
HIPPOLYTA: Sophie Marceau

Based on "Titus Andronicus"

TITUS ANDRONICUS:

Based on "Macbeth"

MAQBOOL [Macbeth]: Irrfan Khan
NIMMI [Lady Macbeth]: Tabu
KAKA [Banquo]: Piyush Mishra
RIYAZ BOTI [Macduff]: Ankur Vikal
SAMEERA [Malcolm]: Masumeh Makhija
ABBAJI [Duncan]: Pankaj Kapur

ANTONIO:

Inspired by "Twelfth Night"

VIOLA:

Based on "Othello"

OMKARA [Othello]: Ajay Devgn
DOLLY MISHRA [Desdemona]: Kareena Kapoor
LANGDA [Iago]: Saif Ali Khan
RAIJU [Roderigo]: Deepak Dobriyal
KESU [Cassio]: Vivek Oberoi

HAMLET: David Tennant
CLAUDIUS: Patrick Stewart
GERTRUDE: Penny Downie
POLONIUS: Oliver Ford Davies
OPHELIA: Mariah Gale
LAERTES: Edward Bennett
HORATIO: Peter De Jersey
GHOST OF HAMLET'S FATHER: Patrick Stewart
ROSENCRANTZ: Sam Alexander
GUILDENSTERN: Tom Davey

CORIOLANUS:

The film is set in Rebibbia Prison and follows convicts in their rehearsals ahead of a performance of "Julius Caesar"

MARK ANTHONY: Antonio Frasca
BRUTUS: Salvatore Striano
CASSIUS: Cosimo Rega
JULIUS CAESAR: Giovanni Arcuri

THE HOLLOW CROWN (Season 1, 2012)

RICHARD II: Ben Wishaw
JOHN OF GAUNT: Patrick Stewart
EDMUND OF LANGLEY: David Suchet
HENRY BOLINGBROKE: Rory Kinnear
THOMAS MOWBRAY: James Purefoy
DUKE OF AUMERLE: Tom Hughes
EARL OF NORTHUMBERLAND: David Morrissey

HENRY IV: Jeremy Irons
PRINCE HAL: Tom Hiddleston
FALSTAFF: Simon Russell Beale
EARL OF NORTHUMBERLAND: Alun Armstrong
HOTSPUR: Joe Armstrong
JOHN OF LANCASTER: Henry Faber
MISTRESS QUICKLY: Julie Walters

HENRY IV: Jeremy Irons
PRINCE HAL: Tom Hiddleston
FALSTAFF: Simon Russell Beale
EARL OF NORTHUMBERLAND: Alun Armstrong
JOHN OF LANCASTER: Henry Faber
MISTRESS QUICKLY: Julie Walters

HENRY V: Tom Hiddleston
PRINCESS KATHERINE: Melanie Thierry
CHARLES VI: Lambert Wilson
FLUELLEN: Owen Teale
MISTRESS QUICKLY: Julie Walters
FALSTAFF: Simon Russell Beale
CHORUS: John Hurt

BENEDICK: Alexis Denisof
BEATRICE: Amy Acker
DON PEDRO: Reed Diamond
DON JOHN: Sean Maher
CLAUDIO: Fran Kranz
LEONATO: Clark Gregg
HERO: Jillian Morgese
DOGBERRY: Nathan Fillion

CORIOLANUS:

Based on "Hamlet"

HAIDER MEER [Hamlet]: Shahid Kapoor
KHURRAM MEER [Claudius]: Kay Kay Menon
GHAZALA MEER [Gertrude]: Tabu
PERVEZ [Polonius]: Lalit Parimoor
ARSHIA [Ophelia]: Shraddha Kapoor
LIYAQAT [Laertes]: Aamir Bashir
HILAL MEER [Hamlet's Father]: Narendra Jha
ROOHDAR [Ghost]: Irrfan Khan
COURTIERS [Rosencrantz & Guildenstern]: Sumit Kaul & Rajat Baghat

MACBETH: Michael Fassbender
LADY MACBETH: Marion Cotillard
BANQUO: Paddy Considine
MACDUFF: Sean Harris
MALCOLM: Jack Reynor
DUNCAN: David Thewlis

HAMLET: Benedict Cumberbatch
CLAUDIUS: Ciaran Hinds
GERTRUDE: Anastasia Hille
POLONIUS: Jim Norton
OPHELIA: Sian Brooke
LAERTES: Kobna Holdbrook-Smith
HORATIO: Leo Bill
GHOST OF HAMLET'S FATHER: Karl Johnson
ROSENCRANTZ: Matthew Steer
GUILDENSTERN: Rudi Dharmalingam

THE HOLLOW CROWN: THE WARS OF THE ROSES (Season 2, 2016)

Based on "Henry VI, Part 1" and "Henry VI, Part 2"

HENRY VI: Tom Sturridge

Based on "Henry VI, Part 2" and "Henry VI, Part 3"

RICHARD III: Benedict Cumberbatch
DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM: Ben Daniels
DUKE OF CLARENCE: Sam Troughton
DUCHESS OF YORK: Judi Dench
RIVERS: Al Weaver
GHOST OF HENRY VI: Tom Sturridge

Inspired by "Hamlet"