A history of Shakespeare on screen : a century of film and television /
Kenneth S. Rothwell.
- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999.
- xiv, 352 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Filmography and title index [p. 308].
Includes bibliographical references (p. 282-298) and index.
Preface; List of illustrations; 1. Shakespeare in silence: in search of the 'best class of people'; 2. Hollywood's four seasons of Shakespeare: Kate is heard as well as seen; 3. Laurence Olivier: marketing Shakespeare for the better classes; 4. Orson Welles, auteur: Shakespeare for the arthouses; 5. Shakespeare in the age of electronics: TV, electronovision, videocassette, laser disk, CD-ROM and WWW; 6. Shakespeare in sunny Italy: spectacle and song in Castellani and Zeffirelli; 7. The darker vision: the Shakespeare movie in the age of angst; 8. 'Other Shakespeares' in other realms: translation, adaptation, transformation and expropriation; 9. Shakespeare movies of different kinds: 'cinema of transgression', derivatives and beyond the fringe; 10. The renaissance of Shakespeare in moving images: across the mall and into the multiplex; Bibliography; Filmography and title index; Name index.
This book chronicles how film-makers have re-imagined Shakespeare's plays in moving images from their earliest exhibition in nickelodeons to today's multi-million dollar productions. A filmography, bibliography and index of names make it invaluable as a one-volume reference work for specialists but it will also appeal to a more general audience.
Television adaptations--History and criticism. English drama--Film adaptations. English drama--Television adaptations. Film adaptations--History and criticism. Motion picture plays--Technique. Teatro inglés --Adaptaciones para televisión Adaptaciones para televisión Adaptaciones cinematográficas --Historia y crítica