Shakespeare: The Animated Tales

Genres: Animation

Counries: Russia, United Kingdom

Companies: Soyuzmultfilm, S4C, Christmas Films

Seasons: 2 (12 episodes)

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.