Title Filming Shakespeare's plays : the adaptations of Laurence Olivier, Orson Welles, Peter Brook, and Akira Kurosawa / Anthony Davies

Published Cambridge [Cambridgshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1988

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Description xiii, 219 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm Contents Machine derived contents note: List of illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. Theatrical and cinematic space -- 2. Laurence Olivier's Henry V -- 3. Laurence Olivier's Hamlet -- 4. Laurence Olivier's Richard III -- 5. Orson Welles's Macbeth -- 6. Orson Welles's Othello -- 7. Orson Welles's Chimes at Midnight -- 8. Peter Brook's King Lear and Akira Kurosawa's Throne of Blood -- 9. The film actor -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Select filmography -- Bibliography -- Index Summary Davies begins his study with a comparison of theatrical and cinematic space showing that the dramatic resources of cinema are essentially spatial. Central chapters focus on Welles' Macbeth, Othello, and Chimes at Midnight; Olivier's Henry V, Hamlet, and Richard III; Brook's King Lear; and Kurosawa's Throne of Blood. Davies then discusses the dramatic problems the sources for these films pose for the film maker and he examines how these films influenced later theatrical stagings. The book concludes by exploring the demands that distinguish the work of a Shakespearean stage actor from his counterpart's in film Analysis Drama in English Shakespeare, William Adaptations Cinema films Drama in English Shakespeare, William Adaptations: Cinema films Notes Includes index Bibliography Bibliography: pages 202-214 Filmography: pages 199-201 Subject Brook, Peter. Kurosawa, Akira, 1910-1998. Olivier, Laurence, 1907-1989. Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Film adaptations. Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Television adaptations. Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Filmand video adaptations Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Welles, Orson, 1915-1985. English drama -- Film adaptations. English drama -- Filmand video adaptations Film adaptations -- History and criticism. Film adaptations. Genre/Form Film adaptations. LC no. 87037377 ISBN 0521335086 0521399130 (paperback)

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