Theatres on Film: How the Cinema Imagines the Stage

by Russell Jackson

Book Overview

Theatres on film is an innovative contribution to the study of both theatre and film history, with its detailed discussion of popular and influential films that have taken the theatre as their subject, informed by a strong sense of the cultural and historical background.

This book focuses on the significance and effect of theatrical subject matter in key films in several genres, and ranges from Busby Berkeley to Ingmar Bergman, and from...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0719099927
• ISBN13: 9780719099922
• Release Date: November 2015
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"