The Cinema of Tony Richardson: Essays and Interviews (Suny Series, Cultural Studies in Cinema/Video) (Paperback)

~ James Michael Welsh (Editor), John C. Tibbetts (Editor)

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The Cinema of Tony Richardson examines for the first time the stage and screen achievements of Academy Award-winning director Tony Richardson, and includes recent interviews with his colleagues as well as a complete bibliography and filmography of his work.

An important cultural trend-setter both in Britain and America, Richardson is here given his due as an influential and inventive film director who specialized in literary adaptations and worked constantly in theater, film, and television production. Richardson (1928-1991) worked with George Devine at the Royal Court Theatre during the 1950s where he revolutionized British theater through his productions of John Osborne's plays Look Back in Anger (1956) and The Entertainer (1957). Both plays were then adapted to the cinema, launching Richardson's career as a feature film director. Richardson and Osborne later founded Windfall Film Productions, Ltd. to extend the concerns of "kitchen sink" realism from stage to screen and to make films that display the reality of British life. The Osborne projects were followed by screen adaptations of Shelagh Delaney's A Taste of Honey (1961) and Alan Sillitoe's The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962), which became benchmark films for the British New Wave. Richardson went on to a distinguished career in Hollywood as a result of his Academy Award-winning 1963 adaptation of Henry Fielding's satiric novel Tom Jones. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

About the Author

James M. Welsh is Professor of English at Salisbury State University. He is the author of Peter Watkins: A Guide to References and Resources and the editor of Literature/Film Quarterly. John C. Tibbetts is Assistant Professor of Theatre and Film at the University of Kansas. He is the author of The American Theatrical Film: Stages in Development. Welsh and Tibbets are also coeditors of The Encyclopedia of Novels into Film. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: State University of New York Press (August 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0791442500
• ISBN-13: 978-0791442500
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.9 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,306,614 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Interesting and accessible, November 22, 2000

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A good range of essays about Richardson's key films. Most of the essays are easily read (not overly academic)--the work with TOM JONES is especially solid. Recommended as an overview of a talented man's career