Shakespeare in Production: Whose History?

by Herbert R. Coursen and H.R. Coursen

Shakespeare in Production examines a number of plays in context. Included are the 1936 Romeo and Juliet, unpopular with critics of filmed Shakespeare, but very much a "photoplay" if its time; the opening sequences of filmed Hamlets which span more than seventy years; The Comedy of Errors on television, where production of this script is almost impossible; and the Branagh Much Ado About Nothing, a "popular" film discussed...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0821411403
• ISBN13: 9780821411407
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Ohio University Press
• Length: 301 Pages
• Weight: 1.53 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.4"