The BBC Shakespeare is a unique collection of some of the finest dramas in the English language, each production a celebration of the greatest talents in contemporary British Theatre and Television. These plays feature the cream of the 20th Century's acting talent. Some of the great actors featured in these plays include:

Laurence Olivier, Brenda Blethyn, Colin Blakely, Leo McKern, John Gielgud, Jonathan Pryce, Michael Hordern, Felicity Kendall, Cyril Cusack, Anthony Andrews, Diana Rigg, John Hurt, Bernard Hill, John Cleese, Trevor Peacock, William Hurt, John Fortune, Robert Lindsay, John Bird, Julia Foster, Annette Crosbie, Zo?Wanamaker, Mark Wing-Davey... The list goes ever on. Suffice to say, the finest productions of the Bard's work extant. :

This 37 disc box set includes the following BBC Shakespeare Adaptations: 

1. All's Well That Ends Well - Directed by Elijah Moshinsky (1981)
2. Antony And Cleopatra - Directed by Jonathan Miller (1981)
3. As You Like It - Directed by Basil Coleman (1978)
4. The Comedy Of Errors - Directed by James Cellan Jones (1983)
5. Coriolanus - Directed by Elijah Moshinsky (1984)
6. Cymbeline - Directed by Elijah Moshinsky (1982)
7. Hamlet - Directed by Rodney Bennett (1980)
8. Henry IV: Part I - Directed by David Giles (1979)
9. Henry IV: Part II - Directed by David Giles (1979)
10. Henry V - Directed by David Giles (1979)
11. Henry VI: Part I - Directed by Jane Howell (1983)
12. Henry VI: Part II - Directed by Jane Howell (1983)
13. Henry VI: Part III - Directed by Jane Howell (1983)
14. Henry VIII - Directed Kevin Billington (1979) 
15. Julius Caesar - Directed by Herbert Wise (1979)
16. King Lear - Directed by Jonathan Miller (1982)
17. The Life And Death Of King John - Directed by David Giles (1984)
18. Love's Labour's Lost - Directed by Elijah Moshinsky (1985)
19. Macbeth - Directed by Jack Gold (1983)
20. Measure For Measure - Directed by Desmond Davis (1979)
21. The Merchant Of Venice - Directed by Jack Gold (1980)
22. The Merry Wives of Windsor - Directed by David Hugh Jones (1982)
23. A Midsummer Night's Dream - Directed by Elijah Moshinsky (1981)
24. Much Ado About Nothing - Directed by Stuart Burge (1984)
25. Othello - Directed by Jonathan Miller (1981)
26. Pericles: Prince Of Tyre - Directed by David Hugh Jones (1984)
27. Richard II - Directed by Jane Howell (1983)
28. The Tragedy Of Richard III - Directed by Jane Howell (1983)
29. Romeo And Juliet - Directed by Alvin Rakoff (1978)
30. The Taming Of The Shrew - Directed by Jonathan Miller (1980)
31. The Tempest ?Directed by John Gorrie (1980)
32. Timon of Athens ?Directed by Jonathan Miller (1981)
33. Titus Andronicus ?Directed by Jane Howell (1985)
34. Troilus and Cressida ?Directed by Jonathan Miller (1981)
35. Twelfth Night ?Directed by John Gorrie (1980)
36. The Two Gentlemen of Verona ?Directed by Don Taylor (1983)
37. The Winter's Tale Directed by Jane Howell (1981)