The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare on Film (Cambridge Companions to Literature) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 052168501X ISBN 13: 9780521685016

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2007

Synopsis

Film adaptations of Shakespeare's plays are increasingly popular and now figure prominently in the study of his work and its reception. This Companion is a lively collection of critical and historical essays on the films adapted from, and inspired by, Shakespeare's plays. Chapters have been revised and updated from the first edition to include the most recent films and scholarship. An international team of leading scholars discuss Shakespearean films from a variety of perspectives: as works of art in their own right; as products of the international movie industry; and as the work of particular directors from Laurence Olivier and Orson Welles to Franco Zeffirelli and Kenneth Branagh. They also consider specific issues such as the portrayal of Shakespeare's women and the supernatural. The emphasis is on feature films for cinema, rather than television, with strong coverage of Hamlet, Richard III, Macbeth, King Lear and Romeo and Juliet.

About this title

Book Description:

Film adaptations of Shakespeare's plays are increasingly popular and now figure prominently in the study of his work and its reception. This updated Companion is a lively collection of critical and historical essays by an international team of leading scholars on the films adapted from, and inspired by, Shakespeare's plays.

About the Author:

Russell Jackson is Allardyce Nicoll Professor of Drama, Department of Drama and Theatre Arts at the University of Birmingham.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 052168501X
• ISBN 13: 9780521685016
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 366
• Editor: Jackson Russell