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Shakespeare: The Animated Tales (1992)

Adventure · Animation · Comedy

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.

IMDb rating
7.9 (431 votes)
Seasons
2
Language
EN
Type
TV series

Ratings refreshed Jul 3, 2026 · 2 seasons indexed

Seasons

Season 1 (1992)

7.65 avg 6 episodes 7.4 → 8.0 26 min avg

Ep 1: 7.4 · 66 votesEp 2: 7.9 · 105 votesEp 3: 7.7 · 122 votesEp 4: 7.1 · 104 votesEp 5: 7.8 · 148 votesEp 6: 8.0 · 72 votes
Season 1 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1A Midsummer Night's Dream7.466
2The Tempest7.9105
3Macbeth7.7122
4Romeo and Juliet7.1104
5Hamlet7.8148
6Twelfth Night8.072

Season 2 (1994)

7.83 avg 6 episodes 8.0 → 7.5 26 min avg

Ep 1: 8.0 · 62 votesEp 2: 7.8 · 67 votesEp 3: 7.6 · 58 votesEp 4: 8.5 · 72 votesEp 5: 7.6 · 64 votesEp 6: 7.5 · 53 votes
Season 2 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1King Richard III8.062
2The Taming of the Shrew7.867
3As You Like It7.658
4Julius Caesar8.572
5The Winter's Tale7.664
6Othello7.553