Shakespeare: The Animated Tales 31 years old

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.

Credits

Cast

Name Character
Pete Postlethwaite He was 46 , 64 years old when he died
Bernard Hill He was 47 , now 79 years old
Daniel Massey He was 59 , 64 years old when he died
Suzanne Bertish She was 41 , now 72 years old
Timothy West He was 58 , now 89 years old
Menna Trussler as Narrator (voice)
Martin Jarvis He was 51 , now 82 years old
Kathryn Pogson She was 38 , now 70 years old

Crew

Name Job title
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales poster
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales (31 years)

Ended

  • First Air Date: 1992-11-09
  • Runtime: [25] minutes
  • Number of Episodes: 12