William Shakespeare – Scripts on Screen

Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead Script

celluloid — Sun, 20 Nov 2022 00:49:02 +0000

Year:1990

Director:Tom Stoppard

Written by:Tom Stoppard (Writer), William Shakespeare (Theatre Play)

Script Synopsis:Two minor characters from the play "Hamlet" stumble around unaware of their scripted lives and unable to deviate from them.

Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead Script Resources:

Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead Script at Amazon ($)
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead Transcript at Script-O-Rama

Note: Multiple links are listed since (a) different versions exist and (b) many scripts posted become unavailable over time. Please notify me if you encounter a stale link.

Other Links:

Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead ( tt0100519 ) at IMDb
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead ( 18971 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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The Merchant of Venice Script

celluloid — Thu, 16 Jun 2022 00:49:25 +0000

Year:2004

Director:Michael Radford

Written by:William Shakespeare (Theatre Play), Michael Radford (Screenplay), William Shakespeare (Writer)

Script Synopsis: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.

The Merchant of Venice Script Resources:

The Merchant of Venice Transcript at Script-O-Rama

Other Links:

The Merchant of Venice ( tt0379889 ) at IMDb
The Merchant of Venice ( 11162 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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The Tragedy of Macbeth Script

celluloid — Sat, 12 Feb 2022 00:48:57 +0000

Year:2021

Director:Joel Coen

Written by:Joel Coen (Screenplay), William Shakespeare (Theatre Play), William Shakespeare (Author)

Script Synopsis:Macbeth, the Thane of Glamis, receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day he will become King of Scotland. Consumed by ambition and spurred to action by his wife, Macbeth murders his king and takes the throne for himself.

The Tragedy of Macbeth Script Resources:

The Tragedy of Macbeth Script PDF at deadline.com
The Tragedy of Macbeth Script PDF at Script Slug
The Tragedy of Macbeth Script PDF - [Coen][Blue Rev, 1/16/2020] at Script Fly ($)
The Tragedy of Macbeth Script PDF - REVISED DRAFT. 1/16/2020. at Script City ($)
The Tragedy of Macbeth Transcript at subslikescript.com

Note: Multiple links are listed since (a) different versions exist and (b) many scripts posted become unavailable over time. Please notify me if you encounter a stale link.

Other Links:

The Tragedy of Macbeth ( tt10095582 ) at IMDb
The Tragedy of Macbeth ( 591538 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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Haider Script

celluloid — Sun, 04 Oct 2020 21:22:23 +0000

Year:2014

Director:Vishal Bhardwaj

Written by:Vishal Bhardwaj (Screenplay), Basharat Peer (Screenplay), William Shakespeare (Theatre Play), Vishal Bhardwaj (Dialogue)

Script Synopsis:A young man returns to Kashmir after his father's disappearance to confront his uncle - the man he suspects to have a role in his father's fate.

Haider Script Resources:

Haider Script PDF at The Script Savant
Haider Script at Amazon ($)

Note: Multiple links are listed since (a) different versions exist and (b) many scripts posted become unavailable over time. Please notify me if you encounter a stale link.

Other Links:

Haider ( tt3390572 ) at IMDb
Haider ( 280795 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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Julius Caesar Script

celluloid — Thu, 02 Apr 2020 01:20:14 +0000

Year:1953

Director:Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Written by:William Shakespeare (Theatre Play), Joseph L. Mankiewicz (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:The assassination of the would be ruler of Rome at the hands of Brutus and company has tragic consequences for the idealist and the republic.

Julius Caesar Script Resources:

Julius Caesar Script PDF - [7-7-1952] at Script Fly ($)
Julius Caesar Transcript at scripts.com

Note: Multiple links are listed since (a) different versions exist and (b) many scripts posted become unavailable over time. Please notify me if you encounter a stale link.

Other Links:

Julius Caesar ( tt0045943 ) at IMDb
Julius Caesar ( 18019 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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Macbeth (2015) Script

celluloid — Thu, 14 Jan 2016 23:58:50 +0000

Year:2015

Director:Justin Kurzel

Written by:Jacob Koskoff (Writer), Todd Louiso (Writer), William Shakespeare (Theatre Play)

Script Synopsis: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.

Macbeth Script Resources:

Macbeth Script PDF at The Script Savant
Macbeth Script PDF at archive.org
Macbeth Script PDF - [Awards Consideration Draft] at Script Fly ($)

Note: Multiple links are listed since (a) different versions exist and (b) many scripts posted become unavailable over time. Please notify me if you encounter a stale link.

Other Links:

Macbeth ( tt2884018 ) at IMDb
Macbeth ( 225728 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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Ran Script

celluloid — Wed, 26 Feb 2014 01:05:54 +0000

Year:1985

Director:Akira Kurosawa

Written by:Akira Kurosawa (Screenplay), Hideo Oguni (Screenplay), William Shakespeare (Theatre Play)

Script Synopsis:With Ran, legendary director Akira Kurosawa reimagines Shakespeare's King Lear as a singular historical epic set in sixteenth-century Japan. Majestic in scope, the film is Kurosawa's late-life masterpiece, a profound examination of the folly of war and the crumbling of one family under the weight of betrayal, greed, and the insatiable thirst for power.

Ran Script Resources:

Ran Script PDF at The Script Savant
Ran Transcript at Script-O-Rama

Note: Multiple links are listed since (a) different versions exist and (b) many scripts posted become unavailable over time. Please notify me if you encounter a stale link.

Other Links:

Ran ( tt0089881 ) at IMDb
Ran ( 11645 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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Looking For Richard Script

celluloid — Fri, 21 Feb 2014 02:16:15 +0000

Year:1996

Director:Al Pacino

Written by:Al Pacino (Writer), Frederic Kimball (Writer), William Shakespeare (Original Story)

Script Synopsis:Al Pacino's deeply-felt rumination on Shakespeare's significance and relevance to the modern world through interviews and an in-depth analysis of "Richard III."

Looking For Richard Script Resources:

Looking For Richard Transcript at Script-O-Rama

Other Links:

Looking For Richard ( tt0116913 ) at IMDb
Looking For Richard ( 42314 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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Tempest Script

celluloid — Fri, 25 Oct 2013 10:00:42 +0000

Year:1982

Director:Paul Mazursky

Written by:Leon Capetanos (Writer), Paul Mazursky (Writer), William Shakespeare (Author)

Script Synopsis:A sobering mid-life crisis fuels dissatisfaction in Philip Dimitrius, to the extent where the successful architect trades his marriage and career in for a spiritual exile on a remote Greek island where he hopes to conjure meaning into his life - trying the patience of his new girlfriend and angst-ridden teenage daughter.

Tempest Script Resources:

Tempest Script PDF - [REV FINAL 2/17/1981] at Script Fly ($)
Tempest Script PDF - 2/17/81 FINAL REVISED at Script City ($)

Note: Multiple links are listed since (a) different versions exist and (b) many scripts posted become unavailable over time. Please notify me if you encounter a stale link.

Other Links:

Tempest ( tt0084776 ) at IMDb
Tempest ( 48249 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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King Lear Script

celluloid — Wed, 02 Oct 2013 21:53:12 +0000

Year:1987

Director:Jean-Luc Godard

Written by:Peter Sellars (Writer), Jean-Luc Godard (Writer), Norman Mailer (Writer), William Shakespeare (Author)

Script Synopsis:A descendant of Shakespeare tries to restore his plays in a world rebuilding itself after the Chernobyl catastrophe obliterates most of human civilization.

King Lear Script Resources:

King Lear Script PDF at Script Fly ($)

Other Links:

King Lear ( tt0093349 ) at IMDb
King Lear ( 50012 ) at TheMovieDB.org

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