The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare on Film
The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare on Film
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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.
- 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
Reviews & endorsements
'Cogently organised … anyone wishing to purchase a single volume on the subject would do well to go for (this).' The Times Literary Supplement
'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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June 2006Adobe eBook Reader
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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.
