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What are some good movies of Shakespeare's plays that stay true to the text?
I am on a bit of a Shakespeare bender...I love his works. I have a hard time simply reading through the plays, and there aren't many on stage around where I live. I really want to watch movies that use his original language so that I can read along, but I am having a really hard time finding them. For some reason the internet seems to think that Shakespearian movies and Shakespearian ADAPTIONS are the same thing...I can't find a good list that just has films that are true to his language.
Reminder: I am looking for TRUE to the TEXT versions, not adaptions. Thanks in advance, I am looking forward to your answers!
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- BuzzyBeeLv 710 years agoFavorite Answer
I know Kenneth Branagh's films follow the text very closely. I particularly like Much Ado About Nothing. Zeffirelli's Romeo and Juliet is one of my favorite movies. The BBC has all the plays, I believe, in very well acted programs.
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=azs_osd_dpff?tag=amzns...
Oh, and you could try the classic version of Julius Caesar with Marlon Brando!
- Anonymous10 years ago
The BBC did a series of all of the plays, which are available on video. They're pretty definitive.
