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Shakespeare: The Animated Tales

1992 2 Seasons 6.5Series

Animation

An animated adaptation of twelve of Shakespeare's best-known plays. The series was produced by S4C for the BBC, but animated by some of the foremost artists of Soyuzmultfilm, the former Soviet Union's main animation studio. Each 26-minute play is directed by a different animator, in a wide variety of styles: cel animation for Macbeth, stop-motion puppets in Twelfth Night, and paint on glass for Hamlet.

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Christopher Grace

Creator

Nikolay Serebryakov

Director

Natalya Orlova

Director

Stanislav Sokolov

Director

Maria Muat

Director

Robert Sahakyants

Director

Yefim Gamburg

Director

Alexey Karaev

Director

Top Cast

Richard Pearce

Lucentio (voice) / Donalbain (voice) · 2 eps

Alec McCowen

Alec McCowen

Narrator (voice) · 2 eps

John Warner

John Warner

Gremio / Servant / Tailor (voice) / Polonius (voice) · 2 eps

Gerald James

Gerald James

Malvolio (voice) / Baptista (voice) · 2 eps

Stephen Thorne

Stephen Thorne

Stephano (voice) / Hastings / Cardinal (voice) · 2 eps

Brendan Charleson

Brendan Charleson

1st Murderer / Messenger (voice) / Capulet (voice) · 2 eps

Suzanne Burden

Anne (voice) / Olivia (voice) · 2 eps

Jonathan Tafler

Jonathan Tafler

Camillo (voice) / Ferdinand (voice) · 2 eps

Garard Green

Duke Senior / Adam (voice) / Friar Laurence (voice) · 2 eps

Stefan Bednarczyk

Amiens / Lord (voice) / Feste (voice) · 2 eps

Michael Kitchen

Michael Kitchen

Polixenes (voice) / Narrator (voice) · 2 eps

Patrick Brennan

Patrick Brennan

Richmond / 2nd Murderer (voice) / Banquo (voice) · 2 eps

Andrew Wincott

Andrew Wincott

Laertes (voice) / Narrator / Octavius (voice) · 2 eps

Stephen Tompkinson

Stephen Tompkinson

Autolycus (voice) / Sir Andrew (voice) · 2 eps

Roger Allam

Roger Allam

Narrator (voice) / Duke Orsino (voice) · 2 eps

Spike Hood

Shepherd's young son (voice) / Prince Edward (voice) · 2 eps

Hywel Nelson

Duke of York (voice) / Mamillius (voice) · 2 eps

Philip Bond

Philip Bond

Tyrrel (voice) / Narrator (voice) · 2 eps

Daniel Massey

Daniel Massey

Oberon (voice) · 1 ep

Suzanne Bertish

Suzanne Bertish

Titania (voice) · 1 ep