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 (439 votes)
Episode average: 7.8 -0.1 vs IMDb
Seasons: 2
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 2 seasons indexed

Seasons

Season 1 (1992)

7.65 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	68
2	The Tempest	8.0	108
3	Macbeth	7.6	126
4	Romeo and Juliet	7.1	108
5	Hamlet	7.8	150
6	Twelfth Night	8.0	74

Season 2 (1994)

7.88 avg 6 episodes 8.0 → 7.6 26 min avg

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	King Richard III	8.0	64
2	The Taming of the Shrew	7.8	69
3	As You Like It	7.6	60
4	Julius Caesar	8.6	76
5	The Winter's Tale	7.7	66
6	Othello	7.6	56

Shakespeare: The Animated Tales (1992)

Seasons

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