Shakespeare: The Animated Tales

Name: Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
Genre: Animation
Rating: 7.5
Cast: Daniel Massey, Suzanne Bertish, Bernard Hill, Abigail McKern, Charles Millham

Shakespeare: The Animated Tales (1992-1994)

Seasons: 2, episodes: 12

Episode runtime: 25 min

Animation

Russia, United Kingdom

BBC Two

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Series poster "Shakespeare: The Animated Tales"

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Production

Soyuzmultfilm, Sianel 4 Cymru (S4C), Christmas Films

Premiere

9 November 1992

Last episode

14 December 1994

Status

Completed

Creators

Christopher Grace

Scenario

Leon Garfield

All team (21)

Actors

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)

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Short description

An animated adaptation of twelve of Shakespeare's best-known plays. The series was produced by S4C for the BBC, but animated by some of the foremost artists of Soyuzmultfilm, the former Soviet Union's main animation studio. Each 26-minute play is directed by a different animator, in a wide variety of styles: cel animation for Macbeth, stop-motion puppets in Twelfth Night, and paint on glass for Hamlet.