This Shakespeare DVD collection will make sure you own some of the Bard’s most famous works.
Included in this set are four films:
Hamlet (1996)starring Kenneth Branagh. Two disc special edition. Sprawling, sumptuous, adventurous - the first full-text filming of the Bard's masterwork. With director/star Kenneth Branagh and spot-the-star cast of Julie Christie, Billy Crystal, Charlton Heston, Jack Lemmon, Robin Williams, Kate Winslet and more.
A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1935) Starring James Cagney, Olivia de Havilland, Mickey Rooney and other plays foolish mortals and immortals in this winner of two Academy Awards. Max Reinhardt's fabled stage production becomes movie magic. Erich Wolfgang Korngold adapts Felix Mendelssohn's music.
Othello (1965) starring Laurence Olivier in a bravura portrayl of the proud general brought low. It remains a screen touchstone in this bold National Theatre of Great Britain staging. With Maggie Smith as faithful Desdemona peter Rainer of the Los Angeles Times - "Regarded by many critics and actors as the greatest performance of the 20th century."
Romeo and Juliet (1936) starring Norma Shear and Leslie Howard as the famous couple divided by family and united by love in classic Hollywood's lavish retelling of the world's foremost romantic tale. With John Barrymore as a witty, swaggering Mercutio. Declared the "best of the pre-Olivier Shakespeare films" by David Shipman, The Story of Cinema
