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Next is a short film created by Aardman Animations. Its full title is "Next: The Infinite Variety Show."[2]

Next
Directed by	Barry Purves[1]
Written by	Barry Purves
Based on	Plays of William Shakespeare
Produced by	Sara Mullock
Cinematography	Dave Alex Riddett David Sproxton
Edited by	Helen Garrard David McCormick
Music by	Stuart Gordon The Hautboys
Production company	Aardman Animations
Release dates	28 November 1990 (UK) 14 December 2002 (Olomouc Animation Film Festival, Czech Republic) 7 June 2003 (Worldwide Short Film Festival, Canada)
Running time	5 min
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Plot

William Shakespeare auditions for an undetermined role in front of a bored Peter Hall with references to his play in under five minutes.[3]

Cast

• Barry Purves - Will, a poor player (animation)
• Roger Rees - Peter, a Producer (voice)

Production

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

Peter was voiced by Roger Rees[5] 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.[4]

A clip of this short was shown in the 2003 documentary Animated Century.[6]

Critical reception

On imdb, Next received a rating of 7.3/10 from 188 users.[2]

References

External links

• Next on IMDB
• Excerpt on Vimeo
• Next on YouTube

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