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The Worst Episodes of Shakespeare: The Animated Tales

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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.

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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Shakespeare: The Animated Tales Season 1 Episode 4 - Romeo and Juliet
    7.1/10(111 votes)

    S1:E4

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    Director:Yefim Gamburg
    Writer:Leon Garfield

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  2. Shakespeare: The Animated Tales Season 1 Episode 1 - A Midsummer Night's Dream
    7.4/10(69 votes)

    S1:E1

    Four young lovers, trying to resolve their passions, and six worthy workmen, trying to rehearse a play, stumble about in a dark, haunted wood, while the powerful spirits play havoc with their hearts and minds.

    Director:Robert Sahakyants
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Shakespeare: The Animated Tales Season 1 Episode 3 - Macbeth
    7.6/10(131 votes)

    S1:E3

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    Director:Nikolay Serebryakov
    Writer:Leon Garfield

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  4. Shakespeare: The Animated Tales Season 2 Episode 3 - As You Like It
    7.6/10(61 votes)

    S2:E3

    This bright and comic tale is famed as the only play written by Shakespeare in which he is known to have appeared himself - playing Adam, the old retainer to the hero Orlando. The sunniest of his comedies, the play tells of a group of courtiers escaping to the Forest of Arden where they meet, philosophise and fall in love.

    Director:Alexey Karaev
    Writer:Leon Garfield

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  5. Shakespeare: The Animated Tales Season 2 Episode 5 - The Winter's Tale
    7.7/10(66 votes)

    S2:E5

    Exquisitely sculptured Russian puppets perform this powerful and enchanting story full of regal and rustic characters. A fit of temper has tragic results for King Leontes. Sixteen years later, the gods and humbler mortals intervene to craft a happy, magical ending.

    Director:Stanislav Sokolov
    Writer:Leon Garfield

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  6. Shakespeare: The Animated Tales Season 2 Episode 6 - Othello
    7.7/10(58 votes)

    S2:E6

    In the last in the series, the playwright's most famous dramatic study of jealousy and its tragic effects are conveyed vividly in a striking drawn animation style. The warmth of the Mediterranean contrasts with the coldness in lago's heart as he turns his noble master, Othello, against the beautiful and innocent Desdemona.

    Director:Nikolay Serebryakov
    Writer:Leon Garfield

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  7. Shakespeare: The Animated Tales Season 1 Episode 5 - Hamlet
    7.8/10(154 votes)

    S1:E5

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    Director:Natalya Orlova
    Writer:Leon Garfield

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  8. Shakespeare: The Animated Tales Season 2 Episode 2 - The Taming of the Shrew
    7.8/10(70 votes)

    S2:E2

    Shakespeare's witty battle of the sexes is given a fresh airing in puppet animation. The unlikely bonding of a headstrong Kate and domineering Petruchio is only one aspect of a play about change and the magical transformations that theatre can produce.

    Director:Aida Zyablikova
    Writer:Leon Garfield

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  9. Shakespeare: The Animated Tales Season 1 Episode 2 - The Tempest
    8.0/10(109 votes)

    S1:E2

    Prospero, a powerful magician, lives on an island with his daughter Miranda. They are served by Caliban, a hideous monster, and Ariel, a wild, discontented spirit.

    Director:Stanislav Sokolov
    Writer:Leon Garfield

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  10. Shakespeare: The Animated Tales Season 1 Episode 6 - Twelfth Night
    8.0/10(76 votes)

    S1:E6

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    Director:Maria Muat
    Writer:Leon Garfield

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  11. Shakespeare: The Animated Tales Season 2 Episode 1 - King Richard III
    8.0/10(65 votes)

    S2:E1

    A portrayal of Shakespeare's darkest villain Richard, Duke of Gloucester, and his unquenchable thirst for the throne.

    Director:Natalya Orlova
    Writer:Leon Garfield

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  12. Shakespeare: The Animated Tales Season 2 Episode 4 - Julius Caesar
    8.6/10(77 votes)

    S2:E4

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

    Director:Yuri Kulakov
    Writer:Leon Garfield

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Romeo and Juliet" is the worst rated episode of "Shakespeare: The Animated Tales". It scored 7.1/10 based on 111 votes. Directed by Yefim Gamburg and written by Leon Garfield, it aired on 11/30/1992. This episode scored 0.3 points lower than the second lowest rated, "A Midsummer Night's Dream".