Who appeared in movie adaptations of Shakespeare's plays?

Answer 1

There are many adaptations, so this question should really be a little more specific. But famous celebrities have appeared in film adaptations of the plays. Let me give you a few examples:

• Romeo And Juliet: Leonardo DiCaprio (1996), Claire Danes. (1996), Leslie Howard (1936), Michael York (1968)
• Macbeth: Jon Finch (1972), Patrick Stewart (2010), Orson Welles (1948), Ian McKellen (1976), Judi Dench (1976), Ian McDiarmid (1976).
• Richard III: Laurence Olivier (1955), Ralph Richardson (1955), Ian McKellen (1995), Jim Broadbent (1995).
• Hamlet: Kenneth Branagh (1996), Kate Winslet (1996), Derek Jacobi (1996, 1972), Robin Williams (1996), Billy Crystal (1996), Patrick Stewart (1972, 2010), David Tennant (2010), Laurence Olivier (1948), Ian Holm (1991), Kevin Kline (1991), Helena Bonham-Carter (1991), Mel Gibson (1991), Richard Burton (1964), Christopher Plummer (1964), Marianne Faithfull (1969), Anthony Hopkins (1969), Sarah Bernhardt (1900).
• A Midsummer Night's Dream: Michelle Pfeiffer (1999), Rupert Everett (1999), Kevin Kline (1999), Helen Mirren (1968), Diana Rigg (1968), Ian Holm (1968), Ian Richardson (1968), Mickey Rooney (1935), Olivia de Havilland (1935), James Cagney (1935).
• Titus Andronicus: Jessica Lange (1999), Anthony Hopkins (1999)
• The Taming of the Shrew: Mary Pickford (1929), Douglas Fairbanks (1929), Richard Burton (1967), Elizabeth Taylor (1967)
• The Merchant of Venice: Al Pacino (2004), Jeremy Irons (2004), Laurence Olivier (1973), Jeremy Brett (1973)
• Othello: Kenneth Branagh (1995), Lawrence Fishburne (1995), Laurence Olivier (1965), Maggie Smith (1965), Orson Welles (1952)
• Henry V: Kenneth Branagh (1989), Laurence Olivier (1944)

So these are just a few examples of celebrities in film adaptations of Shakespeare's plays. There are many more.

Answer 2

He is not recorded as appearing in any of his own works but the ones he penned are

COMEDIES

All's Well That Ends Well

As You Like It

Comedy of Errors

Love's Labour's Lost

Measure for Measure

Merchant of Venice

Merry Wives of Windsor

Midsummer Night's Dream

Much Ado about Nothing

Taming of the Shrew

Tempest

Twelfth Night

Two Gentlemen of Verona

Winter's Tale

HISTORIES

Henry IV, Part I

Henry IV, Part II

Henry V

Henry VI, Part I

Henry VI, Part II

Henry VI, Part III

Henry VIII

King John

Pericles

Richard II

Richard III

TRAGEDIES

Antony and Cleopatra

Coriolanus

Cymbeline

Hamlet

Julius Caesar

King Lear

Macbeth

Othello

Romeo and Juliet

Timon of Athens

Titus Andronicus

Troilus and Cressida

Answer 3

The first movie about the life of William Shakespeare was made in 1914, where Albert Ward played the part of Shakespeare. IMdb lists 60 movies and TV episodes in which he is a character, the most famous of which are likely Shakespeare in Love (where he was played by Joseph Fiennes) and Will Shakespeare (where he was played by Tim Curry)

As for movies where Shakespeare is listed as a writer, IMdb lists 822 titles. That's a lot. They start with Herbert Beerbohm Tree and Sarah Berhardt in 1899 and 1900 and go all the way to Ralph Fiennes's movie of Coriolanus which is supposed to be released any time

Answer 4

''beardless boys'' played the female roles - such as juliette because of there high pitched voices.

Answer 5

None