A new William Shakespeare movie directed by an Oscar winner has debuted with a perfect score on Rotten Tomatoes. Shakespeare is perhaps the most notable playwright in the English language, having penned iconic Elizabethan dramas, histories, and comedies including Hamlet , A Midsummer Night's Dream , Richard III , Macbeth , and Romeo and Juliet .

Innumerable movies adapted from Shakespeare plays have hit the screen from the very beginning of the art form. These range from early silent movies like 1916's The Merchant of Venice to modern adaptations such as 1999's 10 Things I Hate About You (reimagining The Taming of the Shrew ) and 2006's She's the Man (reimagining Twelfth Night ).

However, there are also a number of movies telling the story of Shakespeare hims

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