The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare on Film
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- Editor: Russell Jackson, Shakespeare Institute, University of Birmingham
- Date Published: June 2006
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Film adaptations of Shakespeare's plays are increasingly popular and now figure prominently in the study of his work and its reception. This lively Companion is a collection of critical and historical essays on the films adapted from, and inspired by, Shakespeare's plays. An international team of leading scholars discuss Shakespearean films from a variety of perspectives: as works of art in their own right; as products of the international movie industry; in terms of cinematic and theatrical genres; and as the work of particular directors from Laurence Olivier and Orson Welles to Franco Zeffirelli and Kenneth Branagh. They also consider specific issues such as the portrayal of Shakespeare's women and the supernatural. The emphasis is on feature films for cinema, rather than television, with strong coverage of Hamlet, Richard III, Macbeth, King Lear and Romeo and Juliet. A guide to further reading and a useful filmography are also provided.
Read more- Provides a broad range of perspectives on Shakespearean films including coverage of particular directors
- Lively topic attracting growing academic interest
- Attention both to the medium and the source material
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'Cogently organised … anyone wishing to purchase a single volume on the subject would do well to go for (this).' The Times Literary Supplement
See more reviews'A well-priced, intelligently written collection which brings together familiar strands of critical analysis.' Shakespeare Yearbook
'Thanks to the diversity of approaches the Companion can be recommended as a valuable source of information and sound introduction to the state of the art.' Zeitschrift für Anglistik und Amerikanistik
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- Date Published: June 2006
- format: Adobe eBook Reader
- isbn: 9780511221613
- availability: This ISBN is for an eBook version which is distributed on our behalf by a third party.
Table of Contents
Introduction: Shakespeare, films and the marketplace Russell Jackson
Part I. Adaptation and its Contexts:
1. From play-script to screenplay Russell Jackson
2. Video and its paradoxes Michèle Willems
3. Critical junctures in Shakespeare screen history: the case of Richard III Barbara Freedman
4. Shakespeare and movie genre: the case of Hamlet Harry Keyishian
Part II. Genres and Plays:
5. The comedies on film Michael Hattaway
6. Filming Shakespeare's history: three films of Richard III H. R. Coursen
7. Hamlet, Macbeth and King Lear on film Lawrence Guntner
8. The tragedies of love on film Patricia Tatspaugh
Part III. Directors:
9. The Shakespeare films of Laurence Olivier Anthony Davies
10. Orson Welles and filmed Shakespeare Pamela Mason
11. Grigori Kozintsev's Hamlet and King Lear Mark Sokolyansky
12. Franco Zeffirelli and Shakespeare Deborah Cartmell
13. Flamboyant realist: Kenneth Branagh Samuel Crowl
Part IV. Critical Issues:
14. Looking at Shakespeare's women on film Carol Chillington Rutter
15. National and racial stereotypes in Shakespeare films Neil Taylor
16. Shakespeare the illusionist: filming the supernatural Neil Forsyth
17. Shakespeare's cinematic offshoots Tony Howard
Further reading
Filmography.
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