This book chronicles how film-makers have re-imagined Shakespeare's plays from the earliest exhibitions in music halls and nickelodeons to today's multi-million dollar productions shown in megaplexes. The new edition updates the chronology to the year 2003 and includes a new chapter on such recent films as John Madden's Shakespeare in Love, Kenneth Branagh's Love's Labours Lost, Michael Almereyda's Hamlet, and Billy Morrissette's Scotland, Pa. An up-to-date filmography, bibliography, and index of names makes it invaluable as a one-volume reference work. First Edition Hb (1999): 0-521-59404-9 First Edition Pb (2001): 0-521-00028-9
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A History of Shakespeare on Screen: A Great Feast of Moving Images chronicles how film-makers have re-imagined Shakespeare's plays from the earliest exhibitions in music halls and nickelodeons to today's multi-million dollar productions shown in megaplexes. This new edition updates the chronology to the year 2003 and includes a new chapter on such recent films as John Madden's Shakespeare in Love, Kenneth Branagh's Love's Labours Lost, Michael Almereyda's Hamlet, and Billy Morrissette's Scotland, Pa. An up-to-date filmography, bibliography, and index of names makes it invaluable as a one-volume reference work.
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King Lear, New York, Julius Caesar, Orson Welles, Midsummer Night's Dream, King Henry, Twelfth Night, Lady Macbeth, Laurence Olivier, Kenneth Branagh, Throne of Blood, Titus Andronicus, John Gielgud, The Tempest, William Shakespeare, Citizen Kane, Peter Brook, Richard Burton, Sir Toby, United States, Lady Anne, North America, The Merchant of Venice, Charlton Heston, Judi Dench New!
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How best to imagine Shakespeare's words in moving images? Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
tickling commodity, tight framing, duel scene, rude mechanicals, wooing scene, tomb scene Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
King Lear, New York, Julius Caesar, Orson Welles, Midsummer Night's Dream, King Henry, Twelfth Night, Lady Macbeth, Laurence Olivier, Kenneth Branagh, Throne of Blood, Titus Andronicus, John Gielgud, The Tempest, William Shakespeare, Citizen Kane, Peter Brook, Richard Burton, Sir Toby, United States, Lady Anne, North America, The Merchant of Venice, Charlton Heston, Judi Dench New!
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- William Shakespeare's Macbeth: A Routledge Study Guide and Sourcebook (Routledge Guides to Literature) by Alexander Leggatt in Front Matter, and page 111
- The Taming of the Shrew (Shakespeare in Production) by William Shakespeare in Back Matter
- Theater and Film: A Comparative Anthology by Robert Knopf in Back Matter
- King Lear: A Guide to the Play (Greenwood Guides to Shakespeare) by Jay L. Halio in Back Matter
- The Tragedy of King Lear (The New Cambridge Shakespeare) by William Shakespeare in Back Matter
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