A Midwinter's Tale

by Kenneth Branagh

Book Overview

By the acclaimed writer/director/ star of Hamlet, this script is enhanced by Branagh's introduction discussing comedy and writing, 25 stills from the film, and complete cast and crew credits. Winner of the Orsella d'Oro at the 1995 Venice Film Festival. 25 b/w photos. The Newmarket Shooting Script(tm) Series features an attractive 7 x 9 1/4 inch format that includes a facsimile of the film's shooting script, as chosen by the writer and/or director,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1557042748
• ISBN13: 9781557042743
• Release Date: April 1996
• Publisher: Newmarket Press
• Length: 134 Pages
• Weight: 0.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.1" x 9.4"

Customer Reviews

Midwinter's Tale

Are you a wannabe actor? Do you love theatre, supporter of the Arts that you are? You will love this. Hilarious, wonderful performances.

A complete comic delight

While working towards his amazing film of "Hamlet," Kenneth Branagh plus several of his close friends and colleagues took a little time off for a lighthearted "take" on actors playing Hamlet. This film knocked my socks off. If you've ever been an actor, it's true to the bone of the experience, but with such a gentle, hilarious, gay grotesquerie that it's probably one of my favorite works of Branagh's, and surely the most unexpected. No one I've ever met doesn't love this little gem about a bunch of out-of-work actors with dreams of really "doing" Hamlet and getting their lives together - putting the Great Dane together with shoestring, gum, and very little else but heart. Highly recommended. The entire cast is stellar.