Movie

Play On! Shakespeare in Silent Film

★ 5.8/10 · 4 votes 2016 1h 3m Released

A compilation of scenes from Shakespeare adaptations made in the earliest days of cinema, including versions of King Lear, Twelfth Night, Hamlet, Richard III and The Merchant of Venice, as well as less frequently filmed plays such as Henry VIII and The Winter's Tale.

Cast

John Gielgud Self Herbert Beerbohm Tree Self Charles Kent Self Asta Nielsen Self