The Guinness Book of Records lists 410 feature-length film and TV versions of William Shakespeares plays, making Shakespeare the most filmed author ever in any language. , the Internet Movie Database lists Shakespeare as having writing credit on 1,500 films, including those under production but not yet released. The earliest known production is King John from 1899. Comedies All's Well That Ends Well As You Like It The Comedy of Errors Love's Labour's Lost Measure for Measure The Merchant of Venice The Merry Wives of Windsor A Midsummer Night's Dream Much Ado About Nothing The Taming of the Shrew Twelfth Night The Two Gentlemen of Verona Tragedies Antony and Cleopatra Coriolanus Hamlet Julius Caesar King Lear Macbeth Othello Romeo and Juliet Timon of Athens Titus Andronicus Troilus and Cressida Histories Henry IV, Part 1 Henry IV, Part 2 Henry V Henry VI, Part 1 Henry VI, Part 2 Henry VI, Part 3 Henry VIII King John Richard II Richard III Romances Pericles Cymbeline The Winter's Tale The Tempest Other Shakespeare as a character Acting Shakespeare Television series NOTE: "ShakespeaRe-Told", "The Animated Shakespeare" and "BBC Television Shakespeare" series have been covered above, under the respective play performed in each episode. Playing Shakespeare (TV, UK, 1979–1984) began as two consecutive episodes of the UK arts series The South Bank Show, and developed into a nine-part series of its own. It features director John Barton, then a leading light of the Royal Shakespeare Company, putting a host of actors through their paces. Many of those actors are now household names, including Judi Dench, Michael Pennington, Patrick Stewart, Ben Kingsley, David Suchet and Ian McKellen. The episodes were: The South Bank Show: "Speaking Shakespearean Verse" The South Bank Show: "Preparing to Perform Shakespeare" 1. "The Two Traditions" 2. "Using the Verse" 3. "Language and Character" 4. "Set Speeches and Soliloquies" 5. "Irony and Ambiguity" 6. "Passion and Coolness" 7. "Rehearsing the Text" 8. "Exploring a Character" 9. "Poetry and Hidden Poetry" Three further episodes were filmed but never edited or screened. They were to be called "Using the Prose", "Using the Sonnets" and "Contemporary Shakespeare". Their text can be read in the book "Playing Shakespeare" by John Barton. The Shakespeare Sessions (USA 2003): An American spin-off from Playing Shakespeare (above) in which John Barton directs notable American actors in Shakespeare scenes. Conjuring Shakespeare (TV, UK, 199?): A series of half-hour documentaries hosted by Fiona