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Shakespeare on Film: A Bleg

Always a good way to find out if you have any readers: ask them a question. Interested in seeing a bunch of Shakespeare on film, pursuant to possibly writing a screen adaptation of one of his lesser-known plays. (Something I always wanted to direct for the stage, but now I’m wondering whether it mightn’t profit […]

Always a good way to find out if you have any readers: ask them a question.

Interested in seeing a bunch of Shakespeare on film, pursuant to possibly writing a screen adaptation of one of his lesser-known plays. (Something I always wanted to direct for the stage, but now I’m wondering whether it mightn’t profit me to go another route.)

I have already seen:

– Olivier’s “Henry V,” “Hamlet,” and “Richard III”

– Branagh’s “Henry V” and “Much Ado About Nothing”

– Ian McKellen’s “Richard III”

– Ethan Hawke’s “Hamlet”

– Orson Welles’ “Othello” and “The Chimes at Midnight”

– Gus Van Sant’s “My Own Private Idaho”

– Kurosawa’s “Throne of Blood” and “Ran”

– Zeffirelli’s “Romeo and Juliet”, Luhrmann’s “Romeo + Juliet,” and “West Side Story”

– And, not that these are actually adaptations of Shakespeare, “To Be Or Not To Be” (both versions), “Elizabeth Rex,” “Rosenkrantz and Guildenstern are Dead,” and “Shakespeare in Love.”

Other suggestions?

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