John Cleese stars in this adaptation of William Shakespeare’s classic comedy. The roguish Petruchio hopes to charm the temperamental Katherine, while several other suitors vie for the affections of her beautiful sister.

Poor doctor's daughter Helena seeks to win the hand of Bertram the son of the Countess of Rousillon, but despite her success in persuading both his mother and the King of France to agree to her plans, he is unwilling to co-operate.

The King of Sicily is convinced his wife is guilty of adultery with his close friend Polixenes. He imprisons her and tries to kill Polixenes, setting in motion a train of events.

Helen Mirren and Robert Lindsay star in this production of Shakespeare's classic comedy. Confusion reigns as lovers Hermia and Lysander run away to a forest on the outskirts of Athens.

King Cymbeline's daughter, the virtuous Imogen, marries the humble Posthumus in secret much to the disappointment of her stepmother. Posthumus is banished by the King and what follows is a tale of disguise, deceit, poison, and treachery.

Duke Senior's daughter Rosalind disguises herself as a man and sets out to find her banished father while also counseling her clumsy suitor Orlando in the art of wooing.

After the murder of her lover Julius Caesar, Egypt's queen Cleopatra needs a new ally. She seduces his probable successor Mark Antony. This develops into real love and war.

In the final years of Henry IV's reign, the monarch worries about his regal responsibilities and whether his son Hal will ever measure up to them.

While King Henry IV attempts to unite the warring factions making up his kingdom, his son Prince Hal prefers the rumbustious company of Sir John Falstaff.

In this classic Shakespeare play, Hamlet suspects his uncle has murdered his father to claim the throne and the hand of Hamlet's mother, but the Prince cannot decide whether or not he should take vengeance.

The assassination of the would-be ruler of Rome at the hands of Brutus and the company has tragic consequences for Brutus and the republic.

An account of the political machinations surrounding the divorce of Henry VIII from Katharine of Aragon, the subsequent Reformation, and wedding to Anne Bullen and the birth of the future Queen Elizabeth I.

The power vacuum left by Henry V's death cannot be filled by Henry VI. The boy-king is beset by wars in France and internal unrest as the feud escalates into the War of the Roses.

Following French military successes, Henry's hold over his kingdom begins to slip, and his court splits into two warring factions. Meanwhile, a revolutionary insurrection by a disaffected Kentish mob threatens to bring anarchy to London.

With the Wars of the Roses well underway, loyalties are challenged and the crown passed back and forth from Henry to Edward, his would-be successor. But Edward's younger brother Richard has ambitions of his own...

William Shakespeare's classic play completes the story of Prince Hal's transformation from irresponsible rebel to the majestic monarch as he triumphs at the Battle of Agincourt.

Shakespeare's tragic tale of two star-crossed lovers in 14th-century Verona, their romance is doomed by the longstanding blood feud between their respective families.

King Richard II sows the seeds of his own downfall when he exiles Henry Bolingbroke and Thomas Mowbray. The invasion followed forces the vain King to abdicate the throne, and rebellion ensues.