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William Shakespeare on-screen: Romeo + Juliet, Hamlet, Macbeth, more
Published Friday, Jan 20 2012, 11:26 GMT | By Simon Reynolds | 2 comments

Hollywood has been revisiting Shakespeare for decades - often times faithfully lifting his text, and occasionally figuring out new ways to tell an old classic.
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The likes of Baz Luhrmann, Kenneth Branagh and Gus Van Sant all tackle William Shakespeare in our in-pictures look at the Bard's movie adaptations...

Forbidden Planet (1956): In this sci-fi spin on The Tempest, Prospero becomes exiled scientist Dr. Edward Morbius (Walter Pidgeon).
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