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The BFI presents Silent Shakespeare
Discover why filmmakers in the silent era adapted 100s of Shakespeare’s plays
  1. The BFI presents Silent Shakespeare
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    The BFI presents Silent Shakespeare
  2. Romeo and Juliet
    07:44
    Romeo and Juliet
  3. BBC TV Shakespeare Macbeth (1983)
    07:36
    BBC TV Shakespeare Macbeth (1983)
  4. Early appearances: Patsy Byrne as Audrey - As You Like It (BBC, 1963)
    01:37
    Early appearances: Patsy Byrne as Audrey - As You Like It (BBC, 1963)
  5. Rapping The Merchant of Venice
    01:21
    Rapping The Merchant of Venice
  6. What would you ask Shakespeare? Salman Rushdie
    00:27
    What would you ask Shakespeare? Salman Rushdie
  7. Alec McCowen
    00:30
    Alec McCowen
  8. King Lear: Lear divides his kingdom
    08:22
    King Lear: Lear divides his kingdom
  9. BBC Television Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet: Death Scene
    05:40
    BBC Television Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet: Death Scene
  10. King Lear: As flies to wanton boys...
    00:06
    King Lear: As flies to wanton boys...
  11. The Macbeths get a (damned) spot of advice from Dr Bard
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    The Macbeths get a (damned) spot of advice from Dr Bard
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