The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare on Screen

The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare on Screen
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 299
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ISBN-10 : 9781108369268
ISBN-13 : 110836926X
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Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare on Screen written by Russell Jackson and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020-12-17 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare on Screen provides a lively guide to film and television productions adapted from Shakespeare's plays. Offering an essential resource for students of Shakespeare, the companion considers topics such as the early history of Shakespeare films, the development of 'live' broadcasts from theatre to cinema, the influence of promotion and marketing, and the range of versions available in 'world cinema'. Chapters on the contexts, genres and critical issues of Shakespeare on screen offer a diverse range of close analyses, from 'Classical Hollywood' films to the BBC's Hollow Crown series. The companion also features sections on the work of individual directors Orson Welles, Akira Kurosawa, Franco Zeffirelli, Kenneth Branagh, and Vishal Bhardwaj, and is supplemented by a guide to further reading and a filmography.


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