Films

Shakespeare on Film (General)

Antony and Cleopatra

Antony and Cleopatra (1908), dir. J. Stuart Blackton and Charles Kent and James Young/Vitagraph

Cleopatra (1912), dir. Charles L. Gaskill/Helen Gardner Picture Players

Antony and Cleopatra (1913), dir. J. Stuart Blackton and Charles Kent

As You Like It

As You Like It (1908), dir. Kenean Buel/Kalem

As You Like It (1912), dir. Enrico Guazzoni

As You Like It (1912), dir. J. Stuart Blackton and Charles Kent/Vitagraph

Love in a Wood (1915), dir. Maurice Elvey

Cymbeline

Cymbeline (1912), dir. Frederick Sullivan/Thanhouser

Cymbeline (1913), dir. Lucius Henderson

Hamlet

Hamlet (1900), dir. Clément Maurice/Phono-Cinéma-Théâtre

Hamlet (1907), dir. Georges Méliès/Méliès

Hamlet (1908), dir. Mario Caserini/Cines (reissued in 1910)

Hamlet (1908), dir. Luca Comerio/Milano

Hamlet (1908), dir. Henri Desfontaines/Vitagraph

Hamlet (1909), dir. Gérard Bourgeois/Lux

Hamlet (1910), dir. William George Barker/Barker

Hamlet (1910), dir. August Blom/Nordisk

Hamlet (1912), dir. Charles Raymond

Hamlet (1913), dir. Hay Plumb/Gaumont-Hepworth

Hamlet (1917), dir. Eleuterio Rodolfi/Rodolfi-Film

Hamlet (1921), dir. Svend Gade and Heinz Schall/Art-Film

Henry VIII

Henry VIII (1911), dir. Will Barker/Barker

Cardinal Wolsey (1912), dir. Laurence Trimble/Vitagraph

Julius Caesar

Shakespeare Writing “Julius Caesar” (1907), dir. Georges Méliès/Méliès

Julius Caesar (1908), dir. unknown/Lubin

Julius Caesar (1908), dir. William V. (“Billy”) Ranous/Vitagraph

Julius Caesar (1909), dir. Giovanni Pastrone/Italia

Brutus (1911), dir. Enrico Guazzoni/Cines

Julius Caesar (1913), dir. Allen Ramsey/Edison Kinetophone

Julius Caesar (1913), dir. unknown/Famous Players Films

King John

King John (1898), dir. William Kennedy Dickson and Walter Pfeffer Dando/BMBC

King Lear

King Lear (1909), dir. William V. (“Billy”) Ranous/Vitagraph

King Lear (1910), dir. Gerolamo Lo Savio/FAI

A Village King Lear (1911), dir. Louise Feuillade/Gaumont

King Lear (1916), dir. Ernest C. Warde/Thanhouser

Macbeth

Macbeth (1898), dir. Johnston Forbes-Robertson

Macbeth (1905), dir. Billy Bitzer/AMBC

Macbeth (1908), dir. J. Stuart Blackton

Macbeth (1908), dir. William V. (“Billy”) Ranous/Vitagraph

Macbeth (1909), dir. André Calmettes

Macbeth (1909), dir. Mario Caserini/Cines

Macbeth (1911), dir. Will Barker

Macbeth (1911), dir. unknown/British Co-Operative Cinematograph Company

Macbeth (1913), dir. Arthur Bourchier/Film Industrie Gesellschaft

Macbeth (1915), dir. Charles le Bargy

Macbeth (1916), dir. John Emerson/Triangle-Reliance

Macbeth (1916), dir. unknown/Éclair

Macbeth (1922), dir. H. B. Parkinson

The Merchant of Venice

The Merchant of Venice (1908), dir. J. Stuart Blackton/Vitagraph

The Merchant of Venice (1910), dir. Gerolamo Lo Savio/FAI

The Merchant of Venice (1912), dir. Lucius Henderson/Thanhouser

The Merchant of Venice (1914), dir. Phillips Smalley and Lois Weber

The Merchant of Venice (1916), dir. Walter West/Broadwest

The Merchant of Venice (1922), dir. Challis Sanderson/Masters Films

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1909), dir. Charles Kent and J. Stuart Blackton/Vitagraph

Wood Love (1925), dir. Hans Neumann/Neumann-Filmproduktion

Othello

Othello (1906), dir. Mario Caserini and Gaston Velle/Cines

Othello (1907), dir. Franz Porten/Messter

Othello (1908), dir. unknown/Vitagraph

Othello (1908), dir. unknown/Nordisk

Othello (1908), dir. William V. (“Billy”) Ranous/Vitagraph

Othello (1909), dir. Gerolamo Lo Savio/FAI

Desdemona (1911), dir. August Blom/Nordisk

Othello (1914), dir. Arturo Ambrosio and Arrigo Frustra/Ambrosio

Othello (1920), dir. Anson Dyer/Hepworth

Othello (1922), dir. Dimitri Buchowetzki/Wörner-Filmgesellschaft

Richard III

Richard III (1908), dir. J. Stuart Blackton and William V. (“Billy”) Ranous/Vitagraph

Richard III (1912), dir. André Calmettes and James Keane/Shakespeare Film Company

Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet (1900), dir. Clément Maurice

Romeo and Juliet (1908), dir. J. Stuart Blackton/Vitagraph

Romeo and Juliet (1908), dir. Mario Caserini/Cines

Romeo and Juliet (1908), dir. unknown/Gaumont

Romeo and Juliet (1911), dir. Ugo Falena and Gerolamo Lo Savio/FAI

Romeo and Juliet (1911), dir. Barry O’Neil/Thanhouser

Romeo and Juliet (1916), dir. John W. Noble and Francis X. Bushman/Metro

Romeo and Juliet (1916), dir. J. Gordon Edwards/Fox

The Taming of the Shrew

The Taming of the Shrew (1908), dir. D. W. Griffith

The Taming of the Shrew (1920), dir. Sam Taylor/Pickford Corp., and Elton Corp., released by United Artists

Daring Youth (1924), dir. William Beaudine

The Tempest

The Tempest (1905), dir. Charles Urban/Urban

The Tempest (1908), dir. Percy Stow/Clarendon

The Tempest (1911), dir. Edwin Thanhouser/Thanhouser

The Tempest (1912), dir. Émile Chautard/Éclair

Twelfth Night

Twelfth Night (1910), dir. Eugene Mullin and Charles Kent/Vitagraph

The Winter’s Tale

The Winter’s Tale (1910), dir. Barry O’Neil/Thanhouser

The Winter’s Tale (1913), dir. Baldassare Negroni/Milano