Screening the Royal Shakespeare Company: A Critical History

by John Wyver

Book Overview

No theatre company has been involved in such a broad range of adaptations for television and cinema as the Royal Shakespeare Company. Starting with Richard III filmed in the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre before World War One, the RSC's accomplishments continue today with highly successful live cinema broadcasts. The Wars of the Roses (BBC, 1965), Peter Brook's film of King Lear (1971), Channel 4's epic version of Nicholas...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1350006580
• ISBN13: 9781350006584
• Release Date: June 2019
• Publisher: Arden Shakespeare
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.3"