A History of Shakespeare on Screen: A Century of Film and Television

by Kenneth S. Rothwell

Book Overview

A History of Shakespeare on Screen chronicles how film-makers have re-imagined Shakespeare's plays from the earliest exhibitions in music halls and nickelodeons to today's multi-million dollar productions shown in megaplexes. Topics include the silent era, Hollywood in the Golden Age, the films of Laurence Olivier and Orson Welles, the television scene to include the BBC plays, the avant-garde cinema of Jarman and Greenaway, and non-Anglophone contributions...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521543118
• ISBN13: 9780521543118
• Release Date: November 2004
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 8.9"