CBeebies Shakespeare  - TV series (2016)

1. A Midsummer Night's Dream

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23/04/2016

Fairies, magic, celebration and comical confusion! Join Swashbuckle's Cook and Line as they help William Shakespeare put together a magical production of A Midsummer Night's Dream. Filmed at the Everyman Theatre in Liverpool, the production features lots of CBeebies favourites, including Justin Fletcher as Nick Bottom - the star of the play within a play who undergoes a magical transformation! Whoever heard of a talking and singing donkey?

Fairies, magic, celebration and comical confusion! Join Swashbuckle's Cook and Line as they help William Shakespeare put together a magical production of A Midsummer Night's Dream. Filmed at the Everyman Theatre in Liverpool, the production features lots of CBeebies favourites, including Justin Fletcher as Nick Bottom - the star of the play within a play who undergoes a magical transformation! Whoever heard of a talking and singing donkey?

1. The Tempest

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30/03/2018

A magical island, a stormy shipwreck and a royal mystery! Following on from CBeebies A Midsummer Night's Dream, Steven Kynman is back as William Shakespeare, this time with backstage help from Swashbuckle's Captain Captain. Andy Day takes on the fantastical Shakespearean role of the island monster Caliban, while Justin Fletcher is the king's comical jester, Trinculo. With Patrick Robinson as Prospero and Annette Badland as his good friend Gonzala, CBeebies The Tempest brings together an amazing cast to perform one of Shakespeare's best-loved plays.

A magical island, a stormy shipwreck and a royal mystery! Following on from CBeebies A Midsummer Night's Dream, Steven Kynman is back as William Shakespeare, this time with backstage help from Swashbuckle's Captain Captain. Andy Day takes on the fantastical Shakespearean role of the island monster Caliban, while Justin Fletcher is the king's comical jester, Trinculo. With Patrick Robinson as Prospero and Annette Badland as his good friend Gonzala, CBeebies The Tempest brings together an amazing cast to perform one of Shakespeare's best-loved plays.

1. Romeo & Juliet

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02/04/2021

William Shakespeare is back on CBeebies with an adaptation of one of his most famous plays, Romeo and Juliet. With the help of a host of CBeebies stars and actors, Rebecca the Librarian and William Shakespeare put on a performance of the play in a magical library. The story twists and turns as the Montague and Capulet families squabble, and Romeo and Juliet meet and fall in love. There are songs and dances to join in with as the greatest love story ever told comes to life in CBeebies’ latest stage show performance.

William Shakespeare is back on CBeebies with an adaptation of one of his most famous plays, Romeo and Juliet. With the help of a host of CBeebies stars and actors, Rebecca the Librarian and William Shakespeare put on a performance of the play in a magical library. The story twists and turns as the Montague and Capulet families squabble, and Romeo and Juliet meet and fall in love. There are songs and dances to join in with as the greatest love story ever told comes to life in CBeebies’ latest stage show performance.

1. As You Like It

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07/04/2023

When the Globe’s new owner Archibald Frost threatens to knock down the theatre to build a skyscraper, William Shakespeare and his players spring into action to convince him that plays are fun by staging As You Like It. The story begins with two brothers: kind Orlando and mean Oliver. Oliver refuses to share any of their father’s money with Orlando. Shakespeare introduces two more bickering brothers: nasty Duke Frederick and friendly Duke Senior. Duke Frederick is so nasty that he banishes Duke Senior from court for no reason other than being nicer than him. Frost meets cousins Rosalind and Celia; Rosalind is sad because her father Duke Senior has been banished. Celia tries to cheer up Rosalind, and together they talk about falling in love.

When the Globe’s new owner Archibald Frost threatens to knock down the theatre to build a skyscraper, William Shakespeare and his players spring into action to convince him that plays are fun by staging As You Like It. The story begins with two brothers: kind Orlando and mean Oliver. Oliver refuses to share any of their father’s money with Orlando. Shakespeare introduces two more bickering brothers: nasty Duke Frederick and friendly Duke Senior. Duke Frederick is so nasty that he banishes Duke Senior from court for no reason other than being nicer than him. Frost meets cousins Rosalind and Celia; Rosalind is sad because her father Duke Senior has been banished. Celia tries to cheer up Rosalind, and together they talk about falling in love.

1. CBeebies Twelfth Night at Shakespeares Globe

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24/03/2024

A host of CBeebies stars and actors take to the world’s most famous stage to perform William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night. Expect mix-ups, love, singing and funny yellow stockings!

A host of CBeebies stars and actors take to the world’s most famous stage to perform William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night. Expect mix-ups, love, singing and funny yellow stockings!