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As you Like It

[cert 12A, 127 mins]
Kenneth Branagh’s film adaptation of Shakespeare's play, set in the Meiji era in Japan.
Director: Kenneth Branagh
Starring: Brian Blessed, Kevin Kline, Alfred Molina, Richard Briers
Level: AS, A2, KS4
Subjects: Creative & Media, Drama, English, Film Studies, Media Studies

As You Like It study guide

Hamlet (Branagh)

[cert PG, 242 mins]
Kenneth Branagh’s classy Shakespeare adaptation, which unusually uses practically the entire text of the play as its basis.
Director: Kenneth Branagh
Starring: Kenneth Branagh, Julie Christie
Level: AS, A2
Subjects: English

Hamlet (Branagh) study guide

Hamlet (Zeffirelli)

[cert PG, 130 mins]
Zeffirelli's 1990 film adaptation of Shakespeare's play of revenge and tragedy.
Director: Franco Zeffirelli
Starring: Mel Gibson, Glenn Close, Alan Bates, Ian Holm, Helena Bonham Carter
Level: AS, A2, GCSE
Subjects: English, Film Studies

Hamlet (Zeffirelli) study guide

Merchant of Venice, The

[cert PG, 138 mins] A study guide on
Shakespeare's timeless comedy/drama which follows the fates and fortunes of a group of noblemen and their interactions with the moneylender Shylock.
Director: Michael Radford
Starring: Jeremy Irons, Al Pacino, Joseph Fiennes, Mackenzie Crook
Level: AS, A2, KS3, KS4
Subjects: Drama, English, Film Studies, Media Studies, Theatre Studies

Merchant of Venice study guide

Much Ado About Nothing

[cert PG, 111 mins]
Kenneth Branagh's film, based on William Shakespeare's comedy, involving two sets of lovers. The first, Claudio and Hero, are destined to be almost torn apart by the treachery of others. The second, Benedick and Beatrice, are almost kept apart by the treachery of their own hearts.
Director: Kenneth Branagh
Starring: Kenneth Branagh, Emma Thompson, Keanu Reeves
Level: GCSE
Subjects: English

Much Ado About Nothing study guide

Othello

[cert 12, 124 mins] A study guide on
Parker's highly engaging first feature film of Shakespeare's domestic tragedy.
Director: Oliver Parker
Starring: Laurence Fishburne, Kenneth Branagh
Level: AS, A2, GCSE
Subjects: Drama, English, Media Studies

Othello study guide

Richard III

[cert 15, 104 mins]
The film of Shakespeare's most famous villain – the conquering hero turned ruthless power-monger, who creates hell in peacetime when he sets his sights on the throne – is set in an imaginary England of the 1930s, embracing all the richness of style and music of the period, as well as the political overtones of rising tyranny in Europe.
Director: Richard Loncraine
Starring: Ian McKellen, Annette Bening, Kristin Scott-Thomas
Level: AS, A2, GCSE
Subjects: English, Film Studies, Media Studies, Theatre Studies

Richard III study guide

Romeo + Juliet

[cert 12, 120 mins] A study guide of
Baz Luhrmann’s film set in the created world of Verona Beach- a violent other-world set neither in the future nor in the past, where the Montagues and Capulets share an enmity that has become the birthright of their offspring.
Director: Baz Luhrmann
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Claire Danes, John Leguizamo
Level: AS, A2, GCSE, Scottish Highers
Subjects: English, Media Studies

Romeo & Juliet study guide

Titus

[cert 18, 162 mins]
Julie Taymor’s bloody film adaptation of Titus Andronicus.
Director: Julie Taymor
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Jessica Lange
Level: AS, A2
Subjects: Film Studies, History

Titus study guide