Updated February 24, 2026

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A Midsummer Night’s Dream on film: Max Reinhardt’s 1935 version with James Cagney (Bottom) and Mickey Rooney (Puck) is on Amazon ($). Peter Hall’s 1968/69 version with Judi Dench (Titania) is on Amazon ($). Michael Hoffman’s 1999 film with Michelle Pfeiffer (Titania), Rupert Everett (Oberon), Kevin Kline (Bottom), and Stanley Tucci (Puck) is on Amazon ($). David Kerr’s 2016 BBC version is on Apple and Alexander Street ($). Casey Wilder Mott’s 2018 film is on Tubi and Amazon etc.

A Midsummer Night’s Dream on stage and TV: The 1965 ITV version with Benny Hill (Bottom) is on YouTube. Elijah Moshinsky’s 1981 BBC version with Helen Mirren (Titania) is no longer on Britbox. Adrian Noble’s 1996 RSC version is on Plex and Tubi ($). Julie Taymor’s 2014/15 version is on PBS until May 2026. Nicholas Hytner’s 2019 National Theatre version is not online. Versions by Dominic Dromgoole (2013), Emma Rice (2016), and Sean Holmes (2021) are on GlobePlayer ($).

 

Twelfth Night on film: Trevor Nunn’s 1996 version with Helena Bonham Carter (Olivia) and Ben Kingsley (Feste) is on Amazon ($) etc. Adam Smethurst’s 2018 version is on Amazon ($). Aimée Emma Kwan’s 2020 version is on Amazon ($).

Twelfth Night on stage: John Sichel’s 1970 version with Alec Guinness (Malvolio) is on YouTube and Freevee. John Gorrie’s 1980 BBC version with Alex McCowen (Malvolio) is no longer on Britbox. Neil Armfield’s 1986 Australian version with Geoffrey Rush (Aguecheek) is on YouTube. Christopher Luscombe’s 2017 RSC version is on Digital Theatre ($). Versions by Tim Carroll (2012), Emma Rice (2017), and Sean Holmes (2021) are on GlobePlayer ($).

 

The Merchant of Venice on film: Michael Radford’s 1994 version with Al Pacino (Shylock) is on Amazon etc. ($).

The Merchant of Venice on stage: John Sichel’s 1973 version with Laurence Olivier (Shylock) is on YouTube and YouTube and YouTube. Jack Gold’s 1980 BBC version is no longer on Britbox. Trevor Nunn’s 2001 version with Henry Goodman (Shylock) is not online. Robin Lough & Jonathan Munby’s 2016 Globe version is not online. Polly Findlay’s 2017 RSC version with Makram J. Khoury (Shylock) is on Marquee ($). Abigail Graham’s 2022 version is on GlobePlayer ($).

 

Love’s Labours Lost on film: Kenneth Branagh’s 2000 movie is on Amazon ($). Jennifer Sturley’s 2020 movie is on Amazon ($).

Love’s Labours Lost on stage and TV: Basil Coleman’s 1975 BBC version is on YouTube. Elijah Moshinsky’s 1985 BBC version is no longer on Britbox. Dominic Dromgoole’s 2009 Globe version is on Marquee/Amazon and GlobePlayer ($). Christopher Luscombe’s 2015 RSC version is on Marquee / Amazon ($). John Caird & Barry Avrich’s 2017 Stratford version is on Amazon ($).

 

Much Ado About Nothing on film: Kenneth Branagh’s 1993 version with Branagh (Benedick) and Emma Thompson (Beatrice) is on Plex, Google Play, Apple ($) etc. Joss Whedon’s 2012 version with Alexis Denisof (Benedick) and Amy Acker (Beatrice) is on Amazon, Plex, Tubi, etc. etc. 

Much Ado About Nothing on stage: Joseph Papp’s 1972 Delacorte-CBS version with Sam Waterston (Benedick) and Kathleen Widdoes (Beatrice) is on Alexander Street ($). Stuart Burge’s 1984 BBC version is no longer on Britbox. Christopher Luscombe’s 2015 RSC version (“Love’s Labours Won“) is on Marquee ($). Jeremy Herrin’s 2011 version is on GlobePlayer ($).

 

The Taming of the Shrew on film: Sam Taylor’s 1929 version with Mary Pickford (Katherine) and Douglas Fairbanks (Petruchio) is on Tubi and Amazon etc. Franco Zeffirelli’s 1967 version with Elizabeth Taylor (Katherine) and Richard Burton (Petruchio) is on Amazon ($) etc.

The Taming of the Shrew on stage: Jonathan Miller’s 1980 BBC version with Sarah Badel (Katherine) and John Cleese (Petruchio) is no longer on Britbox. Barry Avrich’s 2016 Stratford version is on Amazon ($) Justin Audibert’s 2019 RSC version is on Marquee / Amazon ($). Toby Frow’s 2012 version is on GlobePlayer ($).

 

As You Like It on film: Paul Czinner’s 1936 version with Elizabeth Bergner (Rosalind) and Laurence Olivier (Orlando) is on Tubi etc. Kenneth Branagh’s 2006 version with Bryce Dallas Howard (Rosalind) is on HBO ($).

As You Like It on stage and TV: Basil Coleman’s 1978 BBC version with Helen Mirren (Rosalind) is no longer on Britbox. Thea Sharrock’s 2009 Globe version with Naomi Frederick (Rosalind) is on GlobePlayer and Digital Theatre ($). Michael Boyd’s 2010 RSC version with Katy Stephens (Rosalind) is on Digital Theatre ($). Kimberly Sykes’s 2019 RSC version is on Marquee/Amazon ($).

 

Measure for Measure: Paul Ireland’s 2020 film is on Amazon. Desmond Davis’s 1979 BBC version is no longer on Britbox. Gregory Doran’s 2019 RSC version is on Marquee ($). Dominic Dromgoole’s 2015 version is on GlobePlayer ($).

Merry Wives of Windsor: David Jones’s 1982 BBC version with Richard Griffiths (Falstaff) is no longer on Britbox. Fiona Laird’s 2018 RSC version is on Marquee ($). Antoni Cimolino & Barry Avrich’s 2019 Stratford version is on Amazon ($) etc. Elle While’s 2019 version is on GlobePlayer ($).

The Comedy of Errors: James Cellan Jones’s 1983 BBC version with Michael Kitchen (Antipholus) and Roger Daltrey (Dromio) is no longer on Britbox. Paul Hunter’s 2009 RSC version is on Digital Theatre ($). Philip Breen’s 2021 RSC version (Guardian) is on Marquee (Amazon). Blanche McIntyre’s 2014 version is on GlobePlayer ($).

The Two Gentlemen of Verona: Don Taylor’s 1983 BBC version with Tyler Butterworth (Proteus) and John Hudson (Valentine) is on Kanopy no longer on Britbox. Simon Godwin’s 2014 RSC version with Michael Marcus (Valentine) and Mark Arends (Proteus) is on Marquee ($). 

All’s Well That Ends Well: Elijah Moshinsky’s 1981 BBC version with Donald Sinden (King of France) is on Kanopy no longer on Britbox. Blanche McIntyre’s 2022 RSC version (Guardian) is on Marquee on Amazon and on Digital Theatre ($). John Dove’s 2011 version is on GlobePlayer ($).