Shakespeare: The Animated Tales (1992)
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales (1992)


Plot.
Where to Watch.
Cast & Crew.

Christopher Grace
Creator

William Shakespeare
Original Story

Peter Kotov
Production Design

Nikolay Serebryakov
Production Design / Director

Vladimir Morozov
Production Design

Viktor Chuguevskiy
Production Design

Igor Makarov
Production Design

Galina Melko
Production Design

Yelena Livanova
Production Design

Valentin Olshvang
Production Design

Natalia Demidova
Production Design

Natalya Orlova
Director

Stanislav Sokolov
Director

Robert Sahakyants
Director

Yefim Gamburg
Director

Aida Zyablikova
Director

Yuri Kulakov
Director

Alexey Karaev
Director

Maria Muat
Director

Leon Garfield
Writer

Leon Garfield
Writer

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
Donalbain (voice) / Lucentio (voice)

Peter Guinness
Antonio (voice)

Alec McCowen
Narrator (voice)

Brian Cox
Macbeth (voice)

Zoë Wanamaker
Lady Macbeth (voice)

Laurence Payne
Duncan (voice)

Clive Merrison
Macduff (voice)

John Warner
Polonius (voice) / Gremio / Servant / Tailor (voice)

Mary Wimbush
Witch (voice)

Val Lorraine
Witch (voice)

Emma Gregory
Witch (voice)

Gerald James
Malvolio (voice) / Baptista (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)

Nicholas Farrell
Hamlet (voice)

Stephen Thorne
Stephano (voice) / Hastings / Cardinal (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)

Suzanne Burden
Anne (voice) / Olivia (voice)

Hugh Grant
Sebastian (voice)

Garard Green
Friar Laurence (voice) / Duke Senior / Adam (voice)

Antony Sher
Richard (voice)

Jonathan Tafler
Ferdinand (voice) / Camillo (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)

Stefan Bednarczyk
Amiens / Lord (voice) / Feste (voice)

Andrew Wincott
Laertes (voice) / Narrator / Octavius (voice)

Patrick Brennan
Richmond / 2nd Murderer (voice) / Banquo (voice)

Michael Kitchen
Narrator (voice) / Polixenes (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)

Stephen Tompkinson
Sir Andrew (voice) / Autolycus (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)

John Miers
Lucius (voice)

Philip Bond
Tyrrel (voice) / Narrator (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)

Timothy Bateson
Antigonus (voice)

Jonathan Firth
Florizel (voice)

Colin McFarlane
Othello (voice)

Gerard McSorley
Iago (voice)

Philip Franks
Cassio (voice)

Sian Thomas
Desdemona (voice)

Dinah Stabb
Emilia / Bianca (voice)

Terry Dauncey
Brabantio (voice)

Ivor Roberts
Duke / Lodovico (voice)

Simon Ludders
Roderigo (voice)
Media.

Details.
Release DateNovember 9, 1992
StatusEnded
Seasons2
Episodes12
Running Time25m
Genres
Last updated:
This TV Show Is About.
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 coordinated 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.
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