Shakespeare: The Animated Tales Season 2 Episodes

Episode 1

King Richard III

Embittered by his deformed appearance, Richard of Gloucester schemes, seduces and murders his way to the throne of England.

Episode 2

The Taming of the Shrew

26 mins

The swaggering Petruchio agrees to marry the spitting hellcat, Katherine.

Episode 3

As You Like It

25 mins

After the overthrowing of Duke Senior by his tyrannical brother, Senior's daughter Rosalind disguises herself as a man and sets out to find her banished father while also counseling her clumsy suitor Orlando in the art of wooing.

Episode 4

Julius Caesar

25 mins

The growing ambition of Julius Caesar is a source of major concern to his close friend Brutus. Cassius persuades him to participate in his plot to assassinate Caesar but they have both sorely underestimated Mark Antony.

Episode 5

The Winter's Tale

26 mins

King Leontes of Bohemia suspects his wife, Hermione, and his friend, Polixenes, of betraying him. When he forces Polixenes to flee for his life, Leontes sets in motion a chain of events that lead to death, a ferocious bear, an infant left in the snow, young love, and a statue coming to life.

Episode 6

Othello

The Moorish general Othello is manipulated into thinking that his new wife Desdemona has been carrying on an affair with his lieutenant Michael Cassio when in reality it is all part of the scheme of a bitter ensign named Iago.