Next

Next (1990)

The Infinite Variety Show.

William Shakespeare, without saying a word, gives a quick run through of all his plays in a very special audition.

Date of release
1990-11-28
TMDB
7.3 / 10 (15)
Runtime
5m
Genres
Animation
Director
Barry JC Purves

Casting

Interesting facts

Next is a short film created by Aardman Animations. Its full title is "Next: The Infinite Variety Show".

Production

The film was commissioned by Channel 4 as part of a 5-part series of Aardman animations titled Lip Synch: Creature Comforts (1989), Going Equipped (1990), Ident (1990), Next (1990) and War Story (1989).

Peter was voiced by Roger Rees and is reading one of Hall's books. The halo indicates that he represents Saint Peter, and that Shakespeare is auditioning to get into Heaven. The film references all of 37 Shakespeare plays.

A clip of this short was shown in the 2003 documentary Animated Century.

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