Shakespeare Behind Bars

At an elite, old-fashioned boarding school in New England, a passionate English teacher inspires his students to rebel against convention and seize the potential of every day, courting the disdain of the stern headmaster.

Runtime

2h 9m

Director

Peter Weir

Cast

Robin Williams, Robert Sean Leonard, Ethan Hawke

Young William Shakespeare is forced to stage his latest comedy, 'Romeo and Ethel, the Pirate's Daughter', before it's even written. When lovely noblewoman Viola de Lesseps auditions for a role, they fall into forbidden love — and Shakespeare's play finds a new life (and title). As their relationship intensifies, the comedy soon transfo...

Runtime

2h 4m

Director

John Madden

Cast

Joseph Fiennes, Gwyneth Paltrow, Geoffrey Rush

Stranded in the heat of a barren African desert, eleven bus-passengers shelter in the remnants of an abandoned town. As rescue grows more remote by the day and anxiety deepens, an idea emerges: why not stage a play. However the choice of King Lear only manages to plunge this disparate group of travelers into turmoil as they struggle to...

Runtime

1h 50m

Director

Kristian Levring

Cast

Romane Bohringer, David Calder, David Bradley

Modern day adaptation of Shakespeare's immortal story about Hamlet's plight to avenge his father's murder in New York City.

Runtime

1h 52m

Director

Michael Almereyda

Cast

Ethan Hawke, Kyle MacLachlan, Diane Venora

In 1415, in the midst of the Hundred Years' War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of France.

Runtime

2h 17m

Director

Kenneth Branagh

Cast

Derek Jacobi, Brian Blessed, James Larkin