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.
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Richard Pearce
Lucentio (voice)
Alec McCowen
Narrator (voice)
John Warner
Gremio / Servant / Tailor (voice)
Gerald James
Malvolio (voice)
Stephen Thorne
Hastings / Cardinal (voice)
Brendan Charleson
1st Murderer / Messenger (voice)
Suzanne Burden
Anne (voice)
Jonathan Tafler
Ferdinand (voice)
Garard Green
Friar Laurence (voice)
Stefan Bednarczyk
Feste (voice)
Michael Kitchen
Narrator (voice)
Patrick Brennan
Banquo (voice)
Andrew Wincott
Laertes (voice)
Stephen Tompkinson
Autolycus (voice)
Roger Allam
Duke Orsino (voice)
