Inmates at a prison in Rome rehearse for a performance of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar.

BBC2历史电视电影系列《空王冠》（The Hollow Crown）4部经典莎士比亚作品的新演绎，分别是：《理查二世》Richard II、《亨利四世：第一部》Henry IV, Part 1、《亨利四世：第二部》Henry IV, Part 2和《亨利五世》Henry V。在2012年伦敦奥运会期间，为了向全世界展现英国文化，这四部电视电影将作为伦敦文化奥运的重点推荐剧目向全世界推行，在2012年6月播出。 《亨利五世》是该系列的最后一部，也是莎士比亚被翻拍的作品中绝不容小觑的一部。汤姆·希德勒斯顿 Tom Hiddleston将登上王位，饰演亨利五世。而为这部掌镜的则是非常著名舞台剧导演Thea Sharrock。在《亨利五世》中，年轻的王子成长为成熟男人，致力于征服法国。莎士比亚基于英格兰亨利五世国王生平，于1599年创作了这部著名历史剧，着重描写百年战争期间的阿金库尔战役。年轻的亨利五世长于谋略，善于用兵，深得部属爱戴。由于不甘法国王子的侮辱，他出兵法国，远征艾吉宫战场。凭着过人的勇气，他率领王公贵族及市井小民在大战中击溃法军，逼法王签下和约并娶得法国公主凯萨琳为妻，成为法国王位继承人。

At the tyrannical court of Athens, pitiless dictator Theseus plans his wedding to Hippolyta, a prisoner of war, while young Hermia is sentenced to death by her own father for loving the wrong man. Meanwhile, in the town below, an amateur theatre group rehearses. And beyond Athens, in the wild woods, dark forces are stirring...

In director Baz Luhrmann's contemporary take on William Shakespeare's classic tragedy, the Montagues and Capulets have moved their ongoing feud to the sweltering suburb of Verona Beach, where Romeo and Juliet fall in love and secretly wed. Though the film is visually modern, the bard's dialogue remains.

2004 film by Michael Radford

The RSC puts a modern spin on Shakespeare's Hamlet in this filmed-for-television version of their stage production. The Prince of Denmark seeks vengeance after his father is murdered and his mother marries the murderer.

Feature film adaptation of Shakespeare's Scottish play about General Macbeth whose ambitious wife urges him to use wicked means in order to gain power of the throne over the sitting king, Duncan.