Introducing Shakespeare: A Graphic Guide - Nick Groom, Piero 2013

Shakespeare in Cinema

One way the world has moved on is in film. Shakespeare again was there at the beginning. A scene from Herbert Beerbohm Tree’s massive production of King John was filmed in 1899 as an early cinematic spectacle. Shakespeare was thenceforth capitalized by the film industry in scores of silent films, and afterwards when sound came.