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View More From The BFI presents Silent Shakespeare
Discover why filmmakers in the silent era adapted 100s of Shakespeare’s plays
  1. Watch the full documentary
    09:15
    Watch the full documentary
  2. King Lear: The Storm
    02:15
    King Lear: The Storm
  3. 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)
  4. Welcome to Shakespeare Land!
    14:01
    Welcome to Shakespeare Land!
  5. Sir Ian McKellen performs a speech from Sir Thomas More
    05:36
    Sir Ian McKellen performs a speech from Sir Thomas More
  6. What would you ask Shakespeare? Tony Robinson
    00:08
    What would you ask Shakespeare? Tony Robinson
  7. The Tragedy of Hamlet
    02:31
    The Tragedy of Hamlet
  8. Queen Lear: The Archers meets Shakespeare
    02:26
    Queen Lear: The Archers meets Shakespeare
  9. Behind the scenes at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre
    01:03
    Behind the scenes at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre
  10. Early appearances: Bob Hoskins - Othello (BBC, 1981)
    02:04
    Early appearances: Bob Hoskins - Othello (BBC, 1981)
  11. Shakespeare's EastEnders - remixed theme tune
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    Shakespeare's EastEnders - remixed theme tune
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