Series

Shakespeare: The Animated Tales

1992 · 2 seasons · Animation

IMDb

7.9

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.

First aired

November 9, 1992

Last aired

December 14, 1994

Status

Ended

Original language

English

Episodes

12

Genres

Animation

• Series 16 episodes · 1992
• Series 26 episodes · 1994