Next: The Infinite Variety Show

The complete works of William Shakespeare in 5 minutes! All 34 of his plays are depicted in the following order:

Henry V; Julius Caesar; Antony & Cleopatra; Coriolanus; Henry VIII; Romeo & Juliet; Henry IV; Richard II; Henry VI; Richard III; Troilus & Cressida; A Midsummer Night's Dream; Hamlet; Othello; Titus Andronicus; Timon Of Athens; The Tempest; As You Like It; Macbeth; All's Well That Ends Well; Taming Of The Shrew; Much Ado About Nothing; Merry Wives Of Windsor; The Merchant Of Venice; King John; Pericles; King Lear; Comedy Of Errors; Love's Labour's Lost; Twelfth Night; Two Gentlemen Of Verona; Winter's Tale; Measure For Measure & Cymbeline.

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[omphalosceptic]

Correction to order of plays: Timon of Athens is between Titus Andronicus and The Tempest. (It's the scene where he throws water on his dinner guests.) And the last 10 are King John (fall from castle) Pericles (dream of Diana) Lear (dividing England) Comedy of Errors (twins) Love's Labour's Lost (disguised men) Twelfth Night (yellow stockings) Two Gentlemen (dog) Winter's Tale (bear) Measure for Measure (seducing nun) Cymbeline (Jupiter)

[opulent7]

Thank you for your corrections to the running order. I have amended the video information accordingly.

[Hoddersrevenge]

This short is available on the Aardman Classics Video/DVD.

[milograamans]

That is really cool. But are all the plays really in there? Just curious. Great job!

[kixeylix]

... the oie bi still scares the crap outta me... my granma had this on video... it had ident this and bare footin' before the actual creature comforts.... good ol' days :D

[GCmediacourse]

0:41 Julius Ceasar 0:47 Antony and Cleoparta 1:34 Richard III 1:44 A Midsummers Night Dream 1:56 Hamlet 2:27 A Midsummers Night Dream 2:32 Macbeth 3:11 King John 3:15 Pericles 3:22 King Lear 3:28 A comedy of Errors 3:37 Love Labours Lost 3:40 Twelth Night 3:47 Two Gentlemen of Verona 3:56 A Winters Tale 4:04 Measure for Measure 4:06 The Tempest Thats as many I can guess. 2:17 The Tempest

[GCmediacourse]

@milograamans I'm not sure as well. I cannot find Henry V in the video.

[GCmediacourse]

@omphalosceptic You missed out Richard III ( He opens the basket and pops two baloons with faces and crowns on there head). Thanks for doing a list like this.

[luanvlw]

beautiful x

[GayGeisha]

Watching this makes me feel so ALIVE

[IlaughedIcried]

@Supersandwich72 I LOVE the music for this! In fact, I looked up "Next" just now on YouTube specifically to listen to the music -- I 'm writing a Shakespearean ballad spoof and wanted to hear this as inspiration.

[IlaughedIcried]

I've LOVED this short for years and years! My ex-boyfriend and I (who met in a Shakespeare company!) used to sit in front of the VCR with a pen and notebook, playing the tape over and over and trying to get the plays in the right order! Ah, good times, good times...

[Achilles544]

hi there, and there are a few errors there in the running order......that's not love's Labours Lost after Comedy. That play comes earlier. If you my the DVD a menu subtitle has all the references as a subtitle. Barry P. Glad you enjoy the film though.

[Nimmynimmypinkpoo]

Brilliant. Haven't seen this in years. Thanks for posting.