- Country: Japan, Russia, UK, USA
- Genres: Adventure, Animation, Short
- Release: 1992-11-10
- Director: N/A
- Writers: N/A
- Language: English
- Stars: Alec McCowen , Michael Kitchen (I) , Michael Kitchen (I) , Suzanne Burden , Suzanne Burden , John Warner , John Warner , John Warner , Gerald James , Gerald James , Stephen Tompkinson , Stephen Tompkinson , Jonathan Tafler , Jonathan Tafler , Andrew Wincott , Andrew Wincott , Andrew Wincott , Garard Green , Garard Green , Garard Green
- Runtime: 26 min
- Awards: Won 3 Primetime Emmys. 6 wins total
- AKA: Shakespeare - I capolavori animati (Italy) , Shakespeare: The Animated Tales , Shakespeare: The Animated Tales (Israel) , Shakespeare: The Animated Tales (United Kingdom) , Шекспир: Великие комедии и трагедии (Russian Federation) , Shakespeare: The Animated Tales (United States of America)
- Plot: 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:tt0147788
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales Cast
Alec McCowen
Narrator
Michael Kitchen
(I)
Narrator
Michael Kitchen
(I)
Polixenes
Suzanne Burden
Anne
Suzanne Burden
Olivia
John Warner
Gremio
John Warner
Polonius
John Warner
Servant
Gerald James
Baptista
Gerald James
Malvolio
Stephen Tompkinson
Autolycus
Stephen Tompkinson
Sir Andrew
Jonathan Tafler
Camillo
Jonathan Tafler
Ferdinand
Andrew Wincott
Laertes
Andrew Wincott
Narrator
Andrew Wincott
Octavius
Garard Green
Adam
Garard Green
Duke Senior
Garard Green
Friar Laurence