Shakespeare and the Moving Image: The Plays on Film and Television - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521435730 ISBN 13: 9780521435734

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1994

Synopsis

Toward the end of the 1980s it looked as if television had displaced film as the photographic medium for bringing Shakespeare to the modern audience. In recent years there has been a renaissance of Shakespearean film by directors such as Kenneth Branagh, Franco Zeffirelli, Peter Greenaway, and Christina Ezard. In this volume, a range of writers study the best known and most entertaining film, television and video versions of Shakespeare's plays, with particular attention given to the work of Olivier, Zeffirelli and Kurosawa, and to the BBC television series. The volume also includes a survey of previous scholarship and criticism as well as a comprehensive filmography.

About this title

Book Description:

A range of writers study the best known and most entertaining film, television and video versions of Shakespeare's plays, paying particular attention to the work of Olivier, Zeffirelli and Kurosawa and the BBC television series. A comprehensive filmography is included.

From the Back Cover:

In this volume a range of writers study the best known and most entertaining film, television and video versions of Shakespeare's plays. Particular attention is given to the work of Olivier, Zeffirelli and Kurosawa, and to the BBC Television series. In addition the volume includes a survey of previous scholarship and criticism and an invaluable filmography.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0521435730
• ISBN 13: 9780521435734
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 280
• Editor: Davies Anthony, Wells Stanley