Cinetrā
Cinetrā
Cinetrā
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.
Cast: Richard Pearce, Alec McCowen, John Warner, Gerald James, Stephen Thorne, Brendan Charleson, Suzanne Burden, Jonathan Tafler, Garard Green, Stefan Bednarczyk, Michael Kitchen, Patrick Brennan, Andrew Wincott, Stephen Tompkinson, Roger Allam, Spike Hood, Hywel Nelson, Philip Bond, Daniel Massey, Suzanne Bertish
Writers: William Shakespeare (Original Story), Leon Garfield (Writer), Leon Garfield (Writer)
Production Designer: Peter Kotov, Yelena Livanova
Production: Soyuzmultfilm, S4C, Christmas Films
Network: BBC Two
