Shakespeare Classics & Retellings

Plays & Productions

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Great Performances

S51 E7 / 1h 53m / TV-PG

Celebrate the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s First Folio.

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Great Performances

S50 E19 / 2h 19m / TV-14

Experience Shakespeare’s tragedy recorded from Central Park starring Danai Gurira.

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Stratford Festival

S1 E6 / 2h 11m / TV-PG

Academy Award-winning actor Christopher Plummer stars as Prospero in The Tempest.

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Stratford Festival

S1 E5 / 2h 33m

A pop-rock infused interpretation of Shakespeare’s comedy about love and mistaken identity

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Stratford Festival

S1 E1 / 2h 32m

The story of ruler Marc Antony and his affair with Cleopatra, the queen of Egypt.

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Stratford Festival

S1 E4 / 2h 36m

A monarch divides his kingdom amongst his daughters, leading to tragic consequences.

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Stratford Festival

S1 E3 / 2h 47m

Prince Hamlet, haunted by his father’s ghost, suspects murder.

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Stratford Festival

S1 E2 / 2h 36m

The love story of Katherina and Petruchio, a funny battle of wills.

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Great Performances

S50 E1 / 1h 24m / TV-14

Explore Shakespeare’s love life in this ballet featuring music by Rhiannon Giddens.

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Great Performances

S48 E17 / 1h 34m / TV-14

In defiance of their feuding families, Romeo and Juliet risk everything to be together.

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Great Performances

S49 E28 / 1h 49m / TV-14

Experience Shakespeare’s comedy from the Public Theater’s Shakespeare in the Park.

Mortal Wound | A Modern Macbeth

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Mortal Wound

S1 E12 / 1h 7m / TV-MA

After a deliberate fire in the company's tire warehouse, another crisis begins.

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Mortal Wound

S1 E8 / 1h 1m / TV-MA

Maleki enters the company and is welcomed by the staff.

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Mortal Wound

S1 E4 / 1h 3m / TV-MA

Maleki is very happy he was able to make a deal with the Rizabadi family.

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Mortal Wound

S1 E1 / 59m 44s / TV-MA

Maleki is one of the managers of a successful company run by Nemat Rizabadi.

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Mortal Wound

S1 E7 / 1h / TV-MA

Maleki shows documents to Mansoureh and suggests she leave Iran.

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Mortal Wound

S1 E11 / 57m 9s / TV-MA

Meysam's imprisonment in Dubai has created a new crisis for Maleki.

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Mortal Wound

S1 E9 / 1h 2m / TV-MA

Maleki feels threatened by Nasser and Mansoureh's return.

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Mortal Wound

S1 E3 / 1h 1m / TV-MA

Nemat Rizabadi's body is found in the bathtub of Maleki’s villa.

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Mortal Wound

S1 E15 / 1h 9m / TV-MA

Maleki wants to free his family from the evil forces.

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Mortal Wound

S1 E6 / 54m 5s / TV-MA

Mozaffari goes to Akhavan’s office to make him an ally.

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Mortal Wound

S1 E10 / 54m 53s / TV-MA

The first meeting of the company's board of directors is held.

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Mortal Wound

S1 E5 / 54m 58s / TV-MA

Maleki is aware of Nasser's illegal activities under the cover of Rizabadi Company.

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Mortal Wound

S1 E2 / 59m 21s / TV-MA

Nemat Rizabadi asks Maleki to throw a party at his villa.

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Mortal Wound

S1 E14 / 1h 5m / TV-MA

The conflict between Maleki and Rizabadi families reaches its peak.

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Mortal Wound

S1 E13 / 1h 8m / TV-MA

Maleki is secretly preparing to transfer documents and assets to Meysam.

Behind the Bard

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Shakespeare's Tomb

S1 E1 / 54m 11s / TV-PG

Historian Dr. Helen Castor explores the mysteries surrounding Shakespeare’s burial place.

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Crash Course Theater

S1 E15 / 11m 29s

Shakespeare's tragedies had some jokes, and they changed the way tragedies were written.

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Crash Course Theater

S1 E17 / 11m 50s

Thanks, Shakespeare! Let's talk about Ben Jonson, revenge tragedies, and court masques.

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Crash Course Theater

S1 E16 / 10m 46s

Let's take a look at Shakespeare's comedies, romances, problem plays and heroines.

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Crash Course Theater

S1 E13 / 12m 17s

Let's take a look at London theater and the playwrights who set the stage for Shakespeare.

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Crash Course Theater

S1 E14 / 10m 52s

How a young Shakespeare stormed into London's theater – and wrote some pretty good plays.