Updated February 24, 2026

More Shakespeare Tragedies on YouTube here

Hamlet in movies: Laurence Olivier’s 1948 version is on YouTube. Grigori Kozintsev’s 1964 version is on YouTube. Tony Richardson’s 1969 version with Nicol Williamson, Anthony Hopkins (Claudius), and Marianne Faithfull (Ophelia) is on Amazon ($) etc. Franco Zeffirelli’s 1990 version with Mel Gibson, Glenn Close (Gertrude), Paul Scofield (Ghost), Ian Holm (Polonius), and Helena Bonham Carter (Ophelia) is … not streaming?? Kenneth Branagh’s 1996 version is on Amazon ($) etc. Michael Almereyda’s 2000 version with Ethan Hawke, Kyle MacLachlan (Claudius), Sam Shepard (Ghost), Liev Schreiber (Laertes), Julia Stiles (Ophelia), and Bill Murray (Polonius) is on Apple ($). Campbell Scott’s 2000 version is on Roku. Michael Mundell’s 2003 version is on Tubi. Aneil Karia’s 2025 film is coming.

Hamlet on stage and TV: John Gielgud’s 1964 Broadway version with Richard Burton is on YouTube. Philip Saville’s 1964 BBC version with Christopher Plummer, Donald Sutherland (Fortinbras), and Michael Caine (Horatio) is on YouTube. Rodney Bennett’s 1980 BBC version with Derek Jacobi and Patrick Stewart (Claudius) is no longer on Britbox. Peter Brook’s 2002 version with Adrian Lester is on YouTube. Gregory Doran’s 2009 RSC version with David Tennant and Patrick Stewart (Claudius) is on Amazon ($). Sarah Frankcom’s 2015 Royal Exchange version with Maxine Peake is on Digital Theatre ($). Antoni Cimolino and Shelagh O’Brien’s 2016 Stratford version is on Amazon ($). Simon Godwin’s 2016 RSC version with Paapa Essiedu is on Digital Theatre ($). Federay Holmes and Elle While’s 2018 version is on GlobePlayer ($).

 

King Lear on film: Ernest C. Warde’s 1916 version survives in a 36-minute cut (Vimeo, Thanhouser) and a 63-minute cut (unavailable?). Peter Brook’s 1953 version with Orson Welles is on YouTube. Brook’s 1971 version with Paul Scofield is on Apple ($). Grigori Kozintsev’s 1971 version with Jüri Järvet is on YouTube. Jonathan Miller’s 1975 version with Michael Hordern is on YouTube. Michael Elliot’s 1983 version with Laurence Olivier is on YouTube. Brian Blessed’s 1999 version with Blessed is on Tubi. Trevor Nunn’s 2008 version with Ian McKellen is on YouTube. Richard Eyre’s 2018 version with Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson (Goneril) is on Amazon and Amazon. Alexander Barnett’s 2018 version is on Filmzie. Bernard Rose’s Lear Rex is coming.

King Lear on stage and TV: Edwin Sherin’s 1974 PBS version with James Earl Jones is on YouTube. Jonathan Miller’s 1982 BBC version with Michael Hordern is no longer on Britbox. Richard Eyre’s 1998 National Theatre version with Ian Holm is on YouTube. Michael Attenborough’s 2012 Almeida version with Jonathan Pryce is on Digital Theatre ($). Antoni Cimolino’s 2015 Stratford version is on Alexander Street ($). Gregory Doran’s 2016 RSC version is on Marquee/Amazon ($).  Jonathan Munby’s 2018 version with Ian McKellen is on Apple and National Theatre. Nancy Meckler’s 2017 version is on GlobePlayer ($).

 

Romeo & Juliet on film: George Cukor’s 1936 version with John Barrymore (Mercutio) and Basil Rathbone (Tybalt) is on Amazon ($). Renato Castellani’s 1954 version is on Amazon ($). Franco Zeffirelli’s 1968 version with Leonard Whiting and Olivia Hussey is on Amazon ($) etc. Baz Luhrmann’s 1996 version with Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes is on Amazon ($) etc. Carlo Carlei’s 2013 version with Hailee Steinfeld and Douglas Booth is on Amazon. Riccardo Donna’s 2014 version is on Amazon. 

Romeo & Juliet on stage and TV: Joan Kemp-Welch’s 1976 version is on YouTube. Alvin Rakoff’s 1978 BBC version with John Gielgud (chorus) and Alan Rickman (Tybalt) is no longer on Britbox. Dominic Dromgoole’s 2009 Globe version is on Digital Theatre ($). Don Roy King’s 2014 Broadway version with Orlando Bloom and Condola Rashad is on Amazon ($). Erica Whyman’s 2018 RSC version is on Amazon ($). Scott Wentworth and Barry Avrich’s 2018 Stratford version is on Amazon ($). Simon Godwin’s 2021 National Theatre version is on Amazon and Alexander Street and National Theatre and Apple ($). Kenneth Branagh’s 2016 version is not online. Versions by Dominic Dromgoole (2009) and Ola Ince (2021) are on GlobePlayer.

 

Macbeth on film: Orson Welles’s 1948 version is on YouTube. Roman Polanski’s 1971 version is on Amazon ($) etc. Jeremy Freeston’s 1997 version is on Tubi. Geoffrey Wright’s 2006 version is on YouTube. Rupert Goold’s 2010 BBC/PBS version with Patrick Stewart is on Amazon and Apple ($). Justin Kurzel’s 2015 version with Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard is on Amazon and Tubi etc. Kit Monkman’s 2018 version is on Tubi. Joel Coen’s 2021 version with Denzel Washington and Frances McDormand is on Apple and Amazon ($).

Macbeth on stage and TV: Paul Almond’s 1971 version with Sean Connery is on YouTube. Trevor Nunn’s 1978 version with Ian McKellen is on YouTube. Jack Gold’s 1983 BBC version with Nicol Williamson is no longer on Britbox and Amazon ($). Shelagh O’Brien’s 2017 Stratford version is on Amazon ($). Polly Findlay’s 2018 RSC version with Christopher Ecclestone is on Amazon and Apple ($). Gemma Bodinetz’s Liverpool version is on Digital Theatre ($). Eve Best’s 2013 version is on GlobePlayer.

 

Othello on film: Orson Welles’s 1952 version with Welles (Othello) and Micheál Mac Liammóir (Iago) is on Plex. Oliver Parker’s 1995 version with Laurence Fishburne (Othello) and Kenneth Branagh (Iago) is on Amazon ($).

Othello on stage and TV: Stuart Burge’s 1965 version with Laurence Olivier (Othello) and Frank Finlay (Iago) is on YouTube. Jonathan Miller’s 1981 BBC version with Anthony Hopkins (Othello) and Bob Hoskins (Iago) is no longer on Britbox and Amazon ($). Trevor Nunn’s 1990 RSC version with Willard White (Othello) and Ian McKellen (Iago) is on YouTube.  Wilson Milam and Derek Bailey’s 2007 Globe version with Eamonn Walker (Othello) and Tim McInnerny (Iago) is on Digital Theatre ($). Iqbal Khan’s 2015 RSC version with Hugh Quarshie (Othello) and Lucian Msamati (Iago) is on Digital Theatre ($). The 2020 Nigel Shawn Williams / Barry Avrich version with Michael Blake (Othello) and Juan Chioran (Iago) is on Amazon and Apple ($). Versions by Wilson Milam (2007) and Ola Ince (2024) are on GlobePlayer.

 

Julius Caesar on film: David Bradley’s 1950 student film with Charlton Heston (Antony) is on YouTube. Joseph L. Mankiewicz’s 1953 version with James Mason (Brutus), Marlon Brando (Antony), and John Gielgud (Cassius) is on Amazon ($). Stuart Burge’s 1970 version with Jason Robards (Brutus), Charlton Heston (Antony), and John Gielgud (Caesar) is on Amazon ($). 

Julius Caesar on stage and TV: Herbert Wise’s 1979 BBC version with Richard Pasco (Brutus) and Keith Michell (Antony) is no longer on Britbox. Gregory Doran’s 2012 RSC/BBC version with Paterson Joseph (Brutus) and Ray Fearon (Antony) is on Amazon ($). Angus Jackson’s 2017 RSC/BBC version with Alex Waldmann (Brutus) and James Corrigan (Antony) is on Marquee ($). Phyllida Lloyd’s 2018 Donmar version with Harriet Walter (Brutus) and Jade Anouka (Antony) is on Digital Theatre ($). Dominic Dromgoole’s 2014 version is on GlobePlayer.

 

Antony & Cleopatra on film: Charlton Heston’s 1972 version with Heston and Hildegard Neil is on Tubi etc. 

Antony & Cleopatra on stage and TV: Peter Dews’s 1963 BBC version, “The Spread of the Eagle,” with Keith Michell and Mary Morris, is on YouTube. The 1974 RSC version with Janet Suzman and Richard Johnson is on YouTube. Jonathan Miller’s 1981 BBC version with Colin Blakely and Jane Lapotaire is no longer on Britbox. Barry Avrich’s 2015 Stratford version is on Amazon ($). Iqbal Khan’s 2017 RSC version is on MarqueeTV ($). Simon Godwin’s 2018 National Theatre version with Ralph Fiennes and Sophie Okonedo is on National Theatre. Jonathan Munby’s 2014 version is on GlobePlayer.

 

Coriolanus on film: Ralph Fiennes’s 2011 version is on Fandango.

Coriolanus on stage and TV: Elijah Moshinsky’s 1984 BBC version with Alan Howard is no longer on Britbox. Josie Rourke’s 2014 Donmar version with Tom Hiddleston is on OK.RU (part-one part-two). Angus Jackson’s 2017 RSC version is on Marquee ($). Robert Lepage’s 2019 Stratford version is on Digital Theatre ($). Lyndsey Turner’s version with David Oyelowo is on National Theatre.

 

Titus Andronicus: Jane Howell’s 1985 BBC version with Trevor Peacock is no longer on Britbox. Julie Taymor’s 1999 movie Titus, with Anthony Hopkins, is on Apple. Blanche McIntyre’s 2017 RSC version with David Troughton is on Amazon and Digital Theatre ($). Lucy Bailey’s 2014 version is on GlobePlayer.

Timon of Athens: Jonathan Miller’s 1981 BBC version with Jonathan Pryce (Timon) is no longer on Britbox. Simon Godwin’s 2019 RSC version is on Amazon ($). Stephen Ouimette and Barry Avrich’s 2017 Stratford version is on Amazon ($).

Troilus and Cressida: Jonathan Miller’s 1981 BBC version with Anton Lesser (Troilus) and Suzanne Burden (Cressida) is no longer on Britbox. Gregory Doran’s 2018 RSC version is on Marquee ($).

Two Noble Kinsmen: Barrie Rutter’s 2018 Globe production is on GlobePlayer.