An Honourable Murder

The Merchant of Venice

December 2004 •English

Venice, 1596. Bassanio begs his friend Antonio, a prosperous merchant, to lend him a large sum of money so that he can woo Portia, a very wealthy heiress; but Antonio has invested his fortune abroad, so they turn to Shylock, a Jewish moneylender, and ask him for a loan.

Caesar and Cleopatra

December 1945 •English

The aging Caesar finds himself intrigued by the young Egyptian queen. Adapted by George Bernard Shaw from his own play.

King Lear

March 1975 •English

King Lear, old and tired, divides his kingdom among his daughters, giving great importance to their protestations of love for him. When Cordelia, youngest and most honest, refuses to idly flatter the old man in return for favor, he banishes her and turns for support to his remaining daughters. But Goneril and Regan have no love for him and instead plot to take all his power from him. In a parallel, Lear's loyal courtier Gloucester favors his illegitimate son Edmund after being told lies about his faithful son Edgar. Madness and tragedy befall both ill-starred fathers.

King Lear

January 1997 •Swedish

A tragedy by William Shakespeare about King Lear who intends to abdicate, and therefore wants to carve the kingdom up between his three daughters.

Juliet & Romeo

May 2025 •English

Set in 1301 at the end of Medieval times, our most famous star-crossed lovers turn the tides on the history Shakespeare based his own story on, as they reveal the truth to the very future of the Empire. But the biggest twist in this most beloved of tales, is leaving the poetry of Iambic Pentameter in the past, for the original pop music that rockets these ever-present themes right to the heart of our characters in the most surprising, and perhaps most powerful way that has ever been seen, or heard, before... The greatest love story of all time, set to the greatest music of our time.

Macbeth

March 1964 •English

Hallmark Hall of Fame's second version of Shakespeare's classic play, with the same two stars and the same director as its first version, but a different supporting cast.

The Saga of Macbeth

July 2025 •English

The classic story of Macbeth from legendary writer William Shakespeare with a norse rooted interpretation

Julius Cheezer: An Orison for a Glorious Life

May 2025 •English

After uniting the entire Brodenthood under his rule, valiant Emperodent Julius Cheezer sets out to prove his worth by stealing a forbidden block of cheese from the dreaded Realm of Giants - defying the pleas of his squeakheart Cleoratra. His curdsade takes an unexpected turn when he encounters Romeo Montague, a desolate human coming off a certain life tragedy. Together, they explore the meaning of love, legacy, and life itself.

These Violent Delights

Invalid date •English

Juliet awakens from a fever dream. The lines between hallucination and memory blur as cinema and dance collide in a kaleidoscopic journey of belonging, defiance, and self-discovery. A vivid retelling of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet brought to life by Scottish Ballet.

Julius Caesar

November 1994 •English

A compelling study of personal ambition versus the good of the state.

William Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus

August 2000 •English

A modern telling of William Shakespeare's darkest drama set against the backdrop of a corporate Rome.

King Lear

February 1974 •English

James Earl Jones delivers a riveting performance as paranoid patriarch King Lear, an aging monarch who insists that his three daughters prove their love for him, only to learn he's exalted the two who seek to destroy him. This live performance recording of Joseph Papp's New York Shakespeare Festival production deftly envisions the bard's haunting tragedy with a fine supporting cast, including Raul Julia, Paul Sorvino and Rene Auberjonois.

Quarter to Two Before Jesus Christ

October 1982 •French

In antique Rome, a simple pepboy for chars becomes involved in a coup against Cesar. Rahatlocum is a North African Roman colony where Julius Caesar came to spend an expensive holiday. The revolt rumbles among the small people who find a leader in the person of Ben-Hur Marcel.

Catarina

April 2025 •Portuguese

I Cinna

July 2012 •English

An interactive play, inspired by Julius Caesar, about Cinna the Poet in monologue and a chance to tell his story

Et Tu

July 2025 •English

A stage director is driven to madness during a regional production of Julius Caesar.

Caesar The Conqueror

September 1962 •Italian

In 54 B.C. Julius Caesar seeks to solidify his position in Rome by putting down a rebellion in Gaul led by a tribal chieftain named Vercingetorix. Vercingetorix has rallied many tribes to his cause, including one led by the beautiful Queen Asterid and others who'd once pledged allegiance to Rome.

The Hobart Shakespeareans

September 2005 •English

Rafe Esquith, 1992 American Teacher of the Year and National Medal of Arts recipient, teaches 5th-grade children whose parents don't speak English at a school in a dangerous, poor, drug-infested 100% Latino/Asian neighborhood in Los Angeles.

The Real Antony and Cleopatra

January 2016 •English

Expert interviews, dramatic reconstructions and location shooting bring to life the iconic legend of Egyptian Queen Cleopatra in this historical documentary.

Palm to Palm: Love. Home. Family

December 2019 •English

"Everybody should have a home. If you punish a nation, this is so abstract, it's very mean to use your power to put another country in your control... Instead of punishment, maybe we should have love." Eliane from Chile, Milad from Iran, and Georgia from Greece, three migrants in the UK and their thoughts on love, home, family, and Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.