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Early Shakespeare films: scripts, stars, and souvenirs
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Shakespeare & Beyond
These recent additions to the Folger collection relate to a range of early Shakespeare films that represented important firsts, won awards, and witnessed the transition from silent films to “talkies.”
Was it the first Shakespeare film? The silent King John
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Michael Anderegg
With Herbert Beerbohm Tree as the king, the four-minute silent movie “King John” (1899) is often called “the first Shakespeare film,” as Michael Anderegg explains. Watch the surviving one-minute fragment and learn more about its theatrical star.
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