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This Knol should be cited as : '"Chairpotato Presents : Classic Literature on YouTube", by Will Johnson, wjhonson@aol.com, at knol.google.com. Copyright 2009, Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License'
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Hamlet (1948) classic literature drama (playlist - complete), produced and directed by Laurence Olivier
Starring Laurence Olivier, Jean Simmons
And notice Peter Cushing as "Osric"
Won Best Picture Oscar for 1948, Best Actor for Laurence Olivier
Shakespeare Retold on YouTube
Jane Austen on YouTube
- Pride and Prejudice (1940) classic literature, based on the novel by Jane Austen
starring Greer Garson, Laurence Olivier - Persuasion (1995) Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10
- Persuasion (2007) Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10
- Sense and Sensibility (1995) starring Hugh Grant
- Episode 1: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7
- Episode 2: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7
- Emma starring Gwyneth Paltrow Part 1, Part 2, Part 3
Charles Dickens on YouTube
- David Copperfield (1999)
- Oliver Twist (1948)
- Oliver Twist (1999)
- The Signal Man
- Scrooge (1935) classic literature fantasy drama added 23 Dec 2010
starring Seymour Hicks as Scrooge
First sound version of the classic Dickens' story "A Christmas Carol" - A Christmas Carol (1951)
- Nicholas Nickleby (2001)
- Great Expectations (1946)
- Little Dorrit (1988) classic literature (playlist - complete)
from the novel by Charles Dickens
starring Derek Jacobi, Joan Greenwood, Patricia Hayes, Max Wall, Alec Guinness, Cyril Cusack
Sarah Pickering, Amelda Brown, Daniel Chatto, and a host of others - Scrooge (1970) fantasy musical classic literature (playlist - complete)
starring Albert Finney, Alec Guinness, Edith Evans, Kenneth More
- Warning: Although this is a "musical", the music was so utterly horrible it made my ears bleed. You are welcome to fast-forward through it.
Oscar Wilde on YouTube
Other Classic Literature on YouTube
- Thomas Hardy's "Tess of the d'Urbervilles", (2008) Watch it on YouTube
- Episode 1 Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9
- Episode 2 Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9
- Edith Wharton's "The Age of Innocence", Watch the 1993 production with Wynona Ryder on YouTube
- Episode 1 Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8
- Episode 2 Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7
- Wuthering Heights (1939)
- directed by William Wyler, starring Merle Oberon as Cathy, Laurence Olivier as Heathcliff
- David Niven as Edgar, Geraldine FitzGerald as Isabella and Hugh Williams as Hindley
- Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8
- Part 9, Part 10, Part 11, Part 12, Part 13, Part 14, Part 15
- Little Women (1994), by Louisa May Alcott
- starring Winona Ryder, Gabriel Byrne, Trini Alvarado, Samantha Mathis, Kirsten Dunst, Claire Danes
- Christian Bale, Eric Stoltz, John Neville, Mary Wickes and Susan Sarandon
- Part 1
The Taming of the Shrew (1967) classic literature comedy (playlist - complete) added 11 Aug 09
directed by Franco Zeffirelli
starring Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, and note the premier of Michael York (as Lucentio)
Twelfth Night (1996) classic literature comedy added 14 Aug 09
starring Helena Bonham Carter, Richard E Grant, Nigel Hawthorne, Ben Kingsley, Mel Smith
Imelda Staunton, Toby Stephens, Imogen Stubbs
Shakespeare's classic tale of disguises, mistaken identifies and romantic twists
directed by Franco Zeffirelli
starring Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, and note the premier of Michael York (as Lucentio)
Shakespeare's classic tale of a fortune-hunting husband, who through patient nonsense ends by taming his newly-married wife's shrewish tongue.
Doctor Faustus (1967) classic literature drama fantasy added 14 Sep 09
starring Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor
Life of Brian (1979) classic literature comedy added 05 Aug 09starring Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor
A learned man, decides to study the art of magic. He agrees to sell his soul to Lucifer in exchange for a long life and power.
Moody, dark, atmospheric. Not however one of their better pairings.starring Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin
playlist created 3 months ago, from videos uploaded 10 months ago
With the story of Jesus as background, this movie tells the story of his contemporary Brian, an unwilling "holy man".
playlist created 3 months ago, from videos uploaded 10 months ago
With the story of Jesus as background, this movie tells the story of his contemporary Brian, an unwilling "holy man".
Twelfth Night (1996) classic literature comedy added 14 Aug 09
starring Helena Bonham Carter, Richard E Grant, Nigel Hawthorne, Ben Kingsley, Mel Smith
Imelda Staunton, Toby Stephens, Imogen Stubbs
Shakespeare's classic tale of disguises, mistaken identifies and romantic twists