The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare on FilmRussell Jackson 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. |
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... 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 cov- erage of Hamlet , Richard ...
... 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 cov- erage of Hamlet , Richard ...
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... Kenneth Branagh SAMUEL CROWL PART 4 . CRITICAL ISSUES 14 Looking at Shakespeare's women on film 135 163 183 199 212 222 241 CAROL CHILLINGTON RUTTER 15 National and racial stereotypes in Shakespeare films 261 NEIL TAYLOR 16 Shakespeare ...
... Kenneth Branagh SAMUEL CROWL PART 4 . CRITICAL ISSUES 14 Looking at Shakespeare's women on film 135 163 183 199 212 222 241 CAROL CHILLINGTON RUTTER 15 National and racial stereotypes in Shakespeare films 261 NEIL TAYLOR 16 Shakespeare ...
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... Kenneth Branagh . As editor of this volume , I have not attempted to influence or alter the contributors ' responses to them . R.J. , Stratford - upon - Avon May , 2000 A NOTE ON REFERENCES Unless otherwise indicated , references to ...
... Kenneth Branagh . As editor of this volume , I have not attempted to influence or alter the contributors ' responses to them . R.J. , Stratford - upon - Avon May , 2000 A NOTE ON REFERENCES Unless otherwise indicated , references to ...
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... Kenneth Branagh's modestly financed Henry V ( $ 5m . negative cost ) in 1989 appears to have inaugurated a new wave of confidence in Shakespearean projects , enhanced by the same director's Much Ado About Nothing ( 1994 ) , which cost ...
... Kenneth Branagh's modestly financed Henry V ( $ 5m . negative cost ) in 1989 appears to have inaugurated a new wave of confidence in Shakespearean projects , enhanced by the same director's Much Ado About Nothing ( 1994 ) , which cost ...
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... Kenneth Branagh's whole - hearted participation in the marketplace has probably contributed to a tendency for his films to be discussed in terms of their cultural politics as much as ( or rather than ) according to any technical or ...
... Kenneth Branagh's whole - hearted participation in the marketplace has probably contributed to a tendency for his films to be discussed in terms of their cultural politics as much as ( or rather than ) according to any technical or ...
Contents
From playscript to screenplay | 15 |
Video and its paradoxes | 35 |
Critical junctures in Shakespeare screen history the case of Richard III | 47 |
Shakespeare and movie genre the case of Hamlet | 72 |
Genres and plays | 83 |
The comedies on film | 85 |
Filming Shakespeares history three films of Richard III | 99 |
Hamlet Macbeth and King Lear on film | 117 |
Grigori Kozintsevs Hamlet and King Lear | 199 |
Franco Zeffirelli and Shakespeare | 212 |
Flamboyant realist Kenneth Branagh | 222 |
Critical issues | 239 |
Looking at Shakespeares women on film | 241 |
National and racial stereotypes in Shakespeare films | 261 |
Shakespeare the illusionist filming the supernatural | 274 |
Shakespeares cinematic offshoots | 295 |
The tragedies of love on film | 135 |
Directors | 161 |
The Shakespeare films of Laurence Olivier | 163 |
Orson Welles and f1lmed Shakespeare | 183 |
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FILMOGRAPHY | 318 |
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