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Shakespeare On Screen

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If you are a lover of the various shakespeare film adaptations then you will certainly love this book. Mr. Rosenthal describes numerous films some direct adaptions and some which are just plan fun (Joe Macbeth for instance ). The bard should not be taken so seriously that fun cannot included in his study. This book explores the good and not so good. A great reference source.

If you love Shakespeare and you love his movies, even the bad ones, this book is great!

At first glance this looks like one of those coffee table books that people buy to look like they'd know what they're talking about. But upon further examination, you'll find that it has everything you ever want to know about "Shakespeare on screen." There is a comprehensive table of contents and it index. Today if the film is an adoption of Shakespeare or just inspired by Shakespeare is in this book, grouped under the different plays of Shakespeare. For example, under chapter two on hamlet there are seven a different entries starting with the famous Lawrence Oliver 1948 classic down to the infamous Michael Almereyda 2000 modern adaptation. Be sure to look for my review of most of these.

In each section or chapter there is a breakdown of the basic play and some background information on that play. Then for each movie there is a list of the Cast, Directed by, Produced by, Photography, and music. Beach movies then further broken down into its elements.

Even though all this information is available in different books, Daniel Rosenthal was able to design this comprehensive and beautiful book to make you feel that you know all there is to know about Shakespeare in the movies.