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 (437 votes)
Seasons: 2
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Seasons

Season 1 (1992)

7.62 avg 6 episodes 7.4 → 8.0 26 min avg

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	A Midsummer Night's Dream	7.4	67
2	The Tempest	7.9	107
3	Macbeth	7.6	124
4	Romeo and Juliet	7.0	106
5	Hamlet	7.8	149
6	Twelfth Night	8.0	73

Season 2 (1994)

7.83 avg 6 episodes 8.0 → 7.5 26 min avg

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	King Richard III	8.0	63
2	The Taming of the Shrew	7.8	68
3	As You Like It	7.6	59
4	Julius Caesar	8.5	75
5	The Winter's Tale	7.6	65
6	Othello	7.5	55

Shakespeare: The Animated Tales (1992)

Seasons

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