| Description |
xiv, 352 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
1. Shakespeare in silence: from stage to screen -- 2. Hollywood's four seasons of Shakespeare -- 3. Laurence Olivier directs Shakespeare -- 4. Orson Welles: Shakespeare for the art houses -- 5. Electronic Shakespeare: from television to the web -- 6. Spectacle and song in Castellani and Zeffirelli -- 7. Shakespeare movies in the age of angst -- 8. Other Shakespeares: translation and expropriation -- 9. Shakespeare in the cinema of transgression, and beyond -- 10. The renaissance of Shakespeare in moving images |
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1. Shakespeare in silence: from stage to screen -- 2. Hollywood's four seasons of Shakespeare -- 3. Laurence Olivier directs Shakespeare -- 4. Orson Welles: Shakespeare for the art houses -- 5. Electronic Shakespeare: from television to the web -- 6. Spectacle and song in Castellani and Zeffirelli -- 7. Shakespeare movies in the age of angst -- 8. Other Shakespeares: translation and expropriation --9. Shakespeare in the cinema of transgression, and beyond -- 10. The renaissance of Shakespeare in moving images |
| Summary |
"A History of Shakespeare on Screen: A Century of Film and Television chronicles how film-makers have re-imagined Shakespeare's plays in moving images from their earliest exhibition in nickelodeons to today's multi-million dollar productions shown in multiplexes."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
Filmography and title index [p. 308] |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 282-298) and index |
| Subject |
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Film adaptations.
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Television adaptations.
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Film adaptations.
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Filmand video adaptations
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Television adaptations.
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Film adaptations.
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English drama -- Television adaptations.
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Film adaptations -- History and criticism.
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Television adaptations -- History and criticism.
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English drama -- Film adaptations.
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English drama -- Filmand video adaptations
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Motion picture plays -- Technique.
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Film adaptations.
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Television adaptations.
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Film adaptations.
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| LC no. |
98050547 |
| ISBN |
0521594049 |
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