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Shakespeare: The Animated Tales

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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.

Nov 9, 19922 seasons12 episodesEndedEN

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Seasons

Series 1

6 episodes

Premiered Nov 9, 1992

Series 2

6 episodes

Premiered Nov 2, 1994

Episodes

1–6 of 6

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Ep 1

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Nov 9, 1992

25m

Four young lovers, trying to resolve their passions, and six worthy workmen, trying to rehearse a play, stumble about in a dark, haunted wood, while the powerful spirits play havoc with their hearts and minds.

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Ep 2

The Tempest

Nov 16, 1992

25m

Prospero, a powerful magician, lives on an island with his daughter Miranda. They are served by Caliban, a hideous monster, and Ariel, a wild, discontented spirit.

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