It’s surprising, then, that there have been so few movies made about the Bard himself! There have been 410 movie and TV adaptations of his plays, according to the Guinness Book of Records, and IMDB lists Shakespeare as having a writing credit on 1,371 films, dating way back to a filmed production of King John in 1899. Shakespeare’s 39 plays have been translated into every major living language and they’re still performed more often than those of any other playwright. The works of William Shakespeare have been brought to life on screen countless times.īorn in April 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon, the English poet, playwright and actor went on to become widely regarded as the world’s greatest dramatist.
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