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The 50 best stage shows to stream right now: Shakespeare

Top row: Tamsin Greig in Twelfth Night, Catherine Tate and David Tennant in Much Ado About Nothing. Photos: Marc Brenner/Tristram Kenton. Bottom row: Paapa Essiedu in Hamlet and Maxine Peake in Hamlet. Photos: Manuel Harlan/Jonathon Keenan
Top row: Tamsin Greig in Twelfth Night, Catherine Tate and David Tennant in Much Ado About Nothing. Photos: Marc Brenner/Tristram Kenton. Bottom row: Paapa Essiedu in Hamlet and Maxine Peake in Hamlet. Photos: Manuel Harlan/Jonathon Keenan
Lockdown has led to a boom in audiences for digital work. Natasha Tripney has chosen the best of the work streaming now

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