"Shakespeare: The Animated Tales" fue una serie de televisi�n que adapt� varias de las obras de Shakespeare. Consta de 12 episodios, rodados con diferentes t�cnicas de animaci�n. M�s informaci�n en: http://moonfleet.es

Act II, scene two, lines 59 to end of scene, and scene three in it's entirety (Arden edition)

King Henry must deal with some traitors, and Hostess bids farewell to Pistol, Nym and Bardolph as she tells of Sir John Falstaff's death.

cambridge scroop, grey, exeter,

David Gwillim ... Henry V
William Whymper ... Earl of Cambridge
Clifford Parrish ... Duke of Exeter
Ian Price ... Scroop
David Rowlands ... Sir Thomas Gre

Judi Dench ... Lady Macbeth
Denyse Alexander ... Gentlewoman
John Woodnutt ... Doctor

from the 1979 TV version of the Trevor Nunn production by the Royal Shakespeare Company

from "Shakespeare's Work" (1847) by Gulian Crommelin Verplanck:

It was, I believe, Madame de Sta�l, who said, somewhat extravagantly, that the smell is the most poetical of the senses. It is true that the more agreeable associations of this sense are fertile in pleasing suggestions of placid, rural beauty, and gentle pleasures.

Falstaff (Sir Anthony Quayle) makes the famous quote, then later chooses cannon fodder for the battle and muses about old men and their lies.

William Shakespeare's "The second Part of King Henry the Fourth"
Act 3, scene 2, excerpts (Arden edition)

Robert Eddison ... Justice Robert Shallow
Leslie French ... Justice Silence
Julian Battersby ... Ralph Moldy
Roy Herrick ... Simon Shadow
Alan Collins ... Thomas Wart
John Tordoff ... Francis Feeble
Roger Elliott ... Peter Bullcalf

Even that moralist,

Sonnet no 18: By William Shakespeare ('Summer's day')

Read by: Bertram Selwyn (Bernard Shakespeare)

"Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate:
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And summer's lease hath all too short a date:
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,
And often is his gold complexion dimmed,
And every fair from fair sometime declines,
By chance, or nature's changing course untrimmed:
But thy eternal summer shall not fade,
Nor lose possessio

With all the actors dead (this includes Tatsuya Fujiwara, Toshiaki Karasawa, Ryoko Shinohara and Mari Natsuki), the entire cast joins forces as ghosts for the closing song of "Tenp� 12 Nen no Shakespeare"... absolutely charming choreography^^

Falstaff (Anthony Quayle) takes a prisoner on the battlefield, has exchange with Lancaster, then praises wine and ample potations....Act 4, scene 3 in it's entirety (Arden edition)

Anthony Quayle ... Sir John Falstaff
Gordon Gostelow ... Bardolph
David Buck ... Earl of Westmoreland
Rob Edwards ... Prince John of Lancaster

Directed by David Giles

William Shakespeare's "The second Part of King Henry the Fourth"...........a bit more dark and cynical than part 1.

Maurice Morgann on Falstaff:

"To me [...]

Shakespeare's "As You Like It" (1978 TV), Act 3, scene 4 and 5, in their entirety.

go here to the playlist that has all seven excerpts from this play I've uploaded:
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=265D85270609E25C

Helen Mirren ... Rosalind
Angharad Rees ... Celia
David Lloyd Meredith ... Corin
Maynard Williams ... Silvius
Victoria Plucknett ... Phebe

Director: Basil Coleman

As You Like It (1978) (BBC TV)

go here to view part 2 of this scene:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLwTw3EzsUg

William Shakespeare's "The Tragedy of Richard the Third", Act 1, scene 2 (Anne's entrance), lines 1-113

She mourns over her father in law's body as the killer tries to woo her! Olivier has Richard do it over her husband's body in his version

go here to a single playlist of all the Shakespeare for SATS 2008:
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=CD0A18B0C22EF0A4

This extract actually begins at the end of the preceeding sc

The catchy intro to the Japanese Shakespeare musical: "What if Shakespeare hadn't lived?"... just can't get the melody out of my head!^^

The young Prince of Wales (Nick Reding) gets killed, and Margaret (Julia Foster) wails.

Brian Protheroe ... Edward IV
Brian Deacon ... Earl of Oxford
Arthur Cox ... Duke of Somerset
Julia Foster ... Queen Margaret
Nick Reding ... Edward, Prince of Wales
Ron Cook ... Richard, Duke of Gloucester
Paul Jesson ... George, Duke of Clarence

Directed by Jane Howell

the same fine cast in all these Henry VI plays, and Richard III.

See the end of Richard III here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpHg1bFcdiA

Augustine performs Sonnet 22 by William Shakespeare. Footage shot and edited by Garrett Geary. Music by Nine Inch Nails

UCSD-TV introduces viewers to the 2007 installment of the Old Globe's Summer Shakespeare Festival. The Globe brought back Shakespeare in repertory in 2004, and continues this time-honored tradition begun by Founding Director Craig Noel. The 2007 Festival features three dynamic productions: The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Measure for Measure, and Hamlet. Acclaimed director Darko Tresnjak once again serves as the Festival's Artistic Director. Series: "Backstage at the Globe" [6/2007] [Humanities] [Arts and Mu

Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
Music: In the End linkin park (piano by me)
Felix :]

Professor Jonathan Bate discusses his work editing a new edition of the Complete Works of Shakespeare.

William Shakespeare - Sonnet #18

Shall I compare thee to a Summer's day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate:
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And Summer's lease hath all too short a date:
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,
And oft' is his gold complexion dimm'd;
And every fair from fair sometime declines,
By chance or nature's changing course untrimm'd:
But thy eternal Summer shall not fade
Nor lose possession of that fair thou owest;
Nor shall Death brag thou wanderest in his sha

Falstaff (Sir Anthony Quayle) is banished, his train rejected by the new king.

Act V, scene 3, line 100 to end. And scene 5 in it's entirety. (Arden edition)

Robert Eddison ... Justice Robert Shallow
Ralph Michael ... Lord Chief Justice
Bryan Pringle ... Pistol
David Gwillim ... Prince Hal
Rob Edwards ... Prince John of Lancaster

William Shakespeare's "The second Part of King Henry the Fourth"

Falstaff: "Do not thou, when thou art king, hang a thief,"
Hal: "No, Thou shalt."

Cicero "De Officiis":

first appearance of Falstaff (Anthony Quayle) and Prince Hal (David Gwillim)......Act 1, scene 2 in it's entirety (Arden edition)

Jack Galloway ... Poins

Directed by David Giles

William Shakespeare's "The First Part of King Henry the Fourth" A bestseller in it's day!

D. A. Traversi wrote that Falstaff represents "all the humanity which the politicians, bent on the attainment of success, seem bound to exclude".

as Warwick says "The Prince doth study his companions / Like a strange tongue, wherein to ga

Act 4, scene 7, line 25-87 - Cordelia with Lear as he awakes (Arden edition)
Act 5, scene 2, Edgar's "Away, old man, give me thy hand, away!"
Act 5, scene 3, "No, no, no, no! Come, let's away to prison"

Ian Holm ... Lear
Victoria Hamilton ... Cordelia
David Burke ... Kent
Paul Rhys ... Edgar
Timothy West ... Gloucester

Holm has been acting professionally since joining the Royal Shakespeare Company as a spear-carrier in 1954. He was a young 66 when he filmed this "Lear".

A. C. Bradley, Shakespearea

A look at the American Shakespeare Center on Tour, the nation's most active touring Shakespeare company.