Shakespeare: The Animated Tales (1992)
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales (1992)
Plot.
Where to Watch.
This TV Show Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Christopher Grace
Creator
Alec McCowen
Narrator
William Shakespeare
Original Story
Michael Kitchen
Narrator / Polixenes
Suzanne Burden
Anne / Olivia
Gerald James
Baptista / Malvolio
John Warner
Gremio / Polonius / Servant
Stephen Tompkinson
Autolycus / Sir Andrew
Jonathan Tafler
Camillo / Ferdinand
Andrew Wincott
Laertes / Narrator / Octavius
Stefan Bednarczyk
Amiens / Feste / Lord
Garard Green
Adam / Duke Senior / Friar Laurence
Peter Kotov
Production Design
Vladimir Morozov
Production Design
Viktor Chuguevskiy
Production Design
Galina Melko
Production Design
Natalia Demidova
Production Design
Nikolay Serebryakov
Production Design / Director
Yelena Livanova
Production Design
Igor Makarov
Production Design
Valentin Olshvang
Production Design
Natalya Orlova
Director
Stanislav M. Sokolov
Director
Alexey Karaev
Director
Maria Muat
Director
Yuri Kulakov
Director
Robert Sahakyants
Director
Yefim Gamburg
Director
Aida Zyablikova
Director
Daniel Massey
Oberon (voice)
Suzanne Bertish
Titania (voice)
Bernard Hill
Bottom (voice)
Abigail McKern
Hermia (voice)
Charles Millham
Demetrius (voice)
Kathryn Pogson
Helena (voice)
Kim Wall
Lysander (voice)
Anthony Jackson
Puck (voice)
Pete Postlethwaite
Quince (voice)
Menna Trussler
Narrator (voice)
Martin Jarvis
Narrator (voice)
Timothy West
Prospero (voice)
Amanda Root
Kate (voice)
Nigel Le Vaillant
Petruchio (voice)
Malcolm Storry
Sly / Nathaniel (voice)
Manon Edwards
Bianca (voice)
Lawmary Champion
Hostess / Widow (voice)
Hilton McRae
Hortensio / Peter (voice)
Mick Walter
Narrator (voice)
Alun Armstrong
Caliban (voice)
Ella Mood
Ariel (voice)
Katy Behean
Miranda (voice)
John Moffatt
Alonzo (voice)
James Greene
Gonzalo (voice)
Sion Probert
Sebastian (voice)
Richard Pearce
Lucentio (voice) / Donalbain (voice)
Peter Guinness
Antonio (voice)
Brian Cox
Macbeth (voice)
Zoë Wanamaker
Lady Macbeth (voice)
Laurence Payne
Duncan (voice)
Clive Merrison
Macduff (voice)
Mary Wimbush
Witch (voice)
Val Lorraine
Witch (voice)
Emma Gregory
Witch (voice)
David Acton
Malcolm (voice)
John Baddeley
Lennox (voice)
Felicity Kendal
Narrator (voice)
Linus Roache
Romeo (voice)
Clare Holman
Juliet (voice)
Jonathan Cullen
Benvolio (voice)
Greg Hicks
Mercutio (voice)
Brenda Bruce
Nurse (voice)
Maggie Steed
Lady Capulet (voice)
Stephen Thorne
Stephano (voice) / Hastings / Cardinal (voice)
Nicholas Farrell
Hamlet (voice)
John Shrapnel
Claudius / The Ghost (voice)
Susan Fleetwood
Gertrude (voice)
Tilda Swinton
Ophelia (voice)
Dorien Thomas
Horatio (voice)
Rosemary Leach
Narrator (voice)
Fiona Shaw
Viola (voice)
William Rushton
Toby Belch (voice)
Brendan Charleson
Capulet (voice) / 1st Murderer / Messenger (voice)
Alice Arnold
Maria (voice)
Hugh Grant
Sebastian (voice)
Antony Sher
Richard (voice)
Eleanor Bron
Duchess of York (voice)
Tom Wilkinson
Buckingham (voice)
James Grout
Catesby / Ely (voice)
Sorcha Cusack
Queen Elizabeth (voice)
Michael Maloney
Clarence / Norfolk (voice)
Patrick Brennan
Banquo (voice) / Richmond / 2nd Murderer (voice)
Sylvestra Le Touzel
Rosalind (voice)
Maria Miles
Celia / Audrey (voice)
John McAndrew
Orlando (voice)
Peter Gunn
Touchstone / Messenger (voice)
David Holt
Silvius / Hymen (voice)
Nathaniel Parker
Jacques / Oliver (voice)
Roger Allam
Duke Orsino (voice) / Narrator (voice)
Christopher Benjamin
Duke Frederick / Corin (voice)
Eiry Thomas
Phoebe (voice)
David Burke
Narrator (voice)
Joss Ackland
Caesar (voice)
Frances Tomelty
Calphurnia (voice)
David Robb
Brutus (voice)
Spike Hood
Shepherd's young son (voice) / Prince Edward (voice)
Hywel Nelson
Duke of York (voice) / Mamillius (voice)
Hugh Quarshie
Cassius (voice)
Jim Carter
Mark Antony (voice)
Judith Sharp
Portia (voice)
Peter Woodthorpe
Casca (voice)
Dillwyn Owen
Soothsayer / Trebonius (voice)
Tony Leader
Cinna / Decius (voice)
Philip Bond
Tyrrel (voice) / Narrator (voice)
John Miers
Lucius (voice)
Anton Lesser
Leontes (voice)
Jenny Agutter
Hermoine (voice)
Sally Dexter
Paulina (voice)
Adrienne O'Sullivan
Perdita (voice)
Philip Voss
Shephered / Judge (voice)
Simon Harrison
Shepherd's Son / Servant (voice)
Media.
Details.
Wiki.
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales (also known as The Animated Shakespeare) is a series of twelve half-hour animated television adaptations of the plays of William Shakespeare, originally broadcast on BBC2 and S4C between 1992 and 1994.
The series was commissioned by the Welsh language channel S4C. Production was co-ordinated by the Dave Edwards Studio in Cardiff, although the shows were animated in Moscow by Soyuzmultfilm, using a variety of animation techniques. The scripts for each episode were written by Leon Garfield, who produced heavily truncated versions of each play. The academic consultant for the series was Professor Stanley Wells. The dialogue was recorded at the facilities of BBC Wales in Cardiff.
The show was both a commercial and a critical success. The first series episode "Hamlet" won two awards for "Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation" (one for the animators and one for the designers and director) at the 1993 Emmys, and a Gold Award at the 1993 New York Festival. The second-season episode "The Winter's Tale" also won the "Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation" at the 1996 Emmys. The episodes continue to be used in schools as teaching aids, especially when introducing children to Shakespeare for the first time. However, the series has been critiqued for the large number of scenes cut to make the episodes shorter in length.In the United States, the series aired on HBO and featured live-action introductions by Robin Williams.