Streaming Shakespeare: Tragedies

Hamlet in movies: Laurence Olivier’s 1948 version is on YouTube and Amazon etc. 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 Tubi and 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 Amazon ($) etc. Campbell Scott’s 2000 version is on Pluto etc. Michael Mundell’s 2003 version is on Tubi.

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 on Britbox and Amazon ($). Peter Brook’s 2002 version with Adrian Lester is on YouTube. Gregory Doran’s 2009 RSC version with David Tennant and Patrick Stewart (Claudius) is on Amazon ($) etc. Sarah Frankcom’s 2015 Royal Exchange version with Maxine Peake is on Tubi and Pluto etc. Antoni Cimolino and Shelagh O’Brien’s 2016 Stratford version is on Amazon and BroadwayHD ($) etc. Simon Godwin’s 2016 RSC version with Paapa Essiedu is on Marquee ($).

King Lear on film: Ernest C. Warde’s 1916 version survives in a 36-minute cut (Vimeo, Thanhouser) and a 63-minute cut (YouTube, YouTube). Peter Brook’s 1953 version with Orson Welles is on YouTube. Brook’s 1971 version with Paul Scofield is on YouTube. 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 Amazon ($). Richard Eyre’s 2018 version with Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson (Goneril) is on Amazon. Alexander Barnett’s 2018 version is on Filmzie.

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 on Britbox ($). Richard Eyre’s 1998 National Theatre version with Ian Holm is on Amazon. Antoni Cimolino’s 2015 Stratford version is on BroadwayHD and Amazon ($). Gregory Doran’s 2016 RSC version is on Marquee ($).

Romeo & Juliet on film: George Cukor’s 1936 version with John Barrymore (Mercutio) and Basil Rathbone (Tybalt) is on Amazon ($). Renato Castellani’s 1954 version is on Tubi etc. Franco Zeffirelli’s 1968 version with Leonard Whiting and Olivia Hussey is on Amazon ($) etc. Baz Luhrmann’s 1996 version with Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes is on Amazon and Amazon ($) etc. Carlo Carlei’s 2013 version with Hailee Steinfeld and Douglas Booth is on Amazon. Riccardo Donna’s 2014 version is on Freevee. Melissa Chalsma’s 2021 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 on Britbox ($). Dominic Dromgoole’s 2009 Globe version is on Marquee ($). Don Roy King’s 2014 Broadway version with Orlando Bloom and Condola Rashad is on Amazon and BroadwayHD ($). Erica Whyman’s 2018 RSC version is on Marquee ($). Barry Avrich’s 2018 Stratford version is on Amazon ($). Simon Godwin’s 2021 National Theatre version is on Schooltube and Amazon ($).

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

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 on Britbox and Amazon ($). Shelagh O’Brien’s 2017 Stratford version is on BroadwayHD and Amazon ($). Polly Findlay’s 2018 RSC version with Christopher Ecclestone is on Marquee ($).

Othello on film: Orson Welles’s 1952 version with Welles (Othello) and Micheál Mac Liammóir (Iago) is on Plex and Freevee. 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 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 2008 Globe version with Eamonn Walker (Othello) and Tim McInnerny (Iago) is on Amazon ($). Iqbal Khan’s 2016 RSC version with Hugh Quarshie (Othello) and Lucian Msamati (Iago) is on Marquee ($). The 2020 Nigel Shawn Williams / Barry Avrich version with Michael Blake (Othello) and Juan Chioran (Iago) is on BroadwayHD ($).

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 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 ($). Phyllida Lloyd’s 2018 Donmar version with Harriet Walter (Brutus) and Jade Anouka (Antony) is on BroadwayHD ($).

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 (7. “The Serpent” ; 8. “The Alliance” ; 9. “The Monument”). Jonathan Miller’s 1981 BBC version with Colin Blakely and Jane Lapotaire is on Britbox ($). Barry Avrich’s 2015 Stratford version is on BroadwayHD ($) and 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 Schooltube.

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

Coriolanus on stage and TV: Elijah Moshinsky’s 1984 BBC version with Alan Howard is on Britbox ($). Josie Rourke’s 2014 Donmar version with Tom Hiddleston is on Schooltube. Angus Jackson’s 2017 RSC version is on Marquee ($). Robert Lepage’s 2019 Stratford version is on BroadwayHD ($).

Titus Andronicus: Jane Howell’s 1985 BBC version with Trevor Peacock is on Britbox ($). Julie Taymor’s 1999 movie Titus, with Anthony Hopkins, is on YouTube. Blanche McIntyre’s 2017 RSC version with David Troughton is on Marquee ($).

Timon of Athens: Jonathan Miller’s 1981 BBC version with Jonathan Pryce (Timon) is on Britbox ($). Simon Godwin’s 2019 RSC version is on Marquee ($). Stephen Ouimette and Barry Avrich’s 2017 Stratford version is on Amazon ($) and BroadwayHD ($).

Troilus and Cressida: Jonathan Miller’s 1981 BBC version with Anton Lesser (Troilus) and Suzanne Burden (Cressida) is on Britbox ($). Gregory Doran’s 2018 RSC version is on Marquee ($).

Two Noble Kinsmen is not streaming, but Barrie Rutter’s 2018 Globe production is on DVD.

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