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The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare on Film (Cambridge Companions to Literature) (Paperback)

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Paperback: 354 pages
Publisher: Cambridge University Press (26 Oct 2000)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0521639751
ISBN-13: 978-0521639750
Product Dimensions: 22.7 x 15.3 x 2.3 cm

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‘Cogently organised … anyone wishing to purchase a single volume on the subject would do well to go for (this).’ Times Literary Supplement

‘A well-priced, intelligently written collection which brings together familiar strands of critical analysis.’ Shakespeare Yearbook

'Thanks to the diversity of approaches the Companion can be recommended as a valuable source of information and sound introduction to the state of the art.' Zeitschrift für Anglistik und Amerikanistik

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Film adaptations of Shakespeare’s plays are increasingly popular and now figure prominently in the study of his work and its reception. This lively Companion is a collection of critical and historical essays on the films adapted from, and inspired by, Shakespeare’s plays. An international team of leading scholars discuss Shakespearean films from a variety of perspectives: as works of art in their own right; as products of the international movie industry; in terms of cinematic and theatrical genres; and as the work of particular directors from Laurence Olivier and Orson Welles to Franco Zeffirelli and Kenneth Branagh. They also consider specific issues such as the portrayal of Shakespeare’s women and the supernatural. The emphasis is on feature films for cinema, rather than television, with strong coverage of Hamlet, Richard III, Macbeth, King Lear and Romeo and Juliet. A guide to further reading and a useful filmography are also provided.

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3.0 out of 5 stars And no, Shakespeare wouldn't have been a scriptwriter..., 15 May 2004

By	Stuart Burns (Liverpool, UK) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare on Film is a string of essays describing the problems involved in adapting what is essentially a thearical form to cinema. It's an academic work and so the writing is quite dry at times and because we have essays we have repetition - how many times you can write about Olivier's 'Richard III'?

There are three essays of note. 'Videos and its paradoxes' looks at the use of video as a study aid, and how the prouctions on show can colour the student's view of the play - so Anthony Hopkins characterisation of Othello in the BBC production is wildly different to Lawrence Fishburne's in the recent film - neither is necessarily correct, but the student might not make that connection.

'Filming Shakespeare;s history: three films of Richard III' offers the best and most honest review of Paccino's 'Looking for Richard' I've read, treating the film on its own merits and not as a version of the actual play. Finally, 'Flambiyant realist: Kenneth Branagh' again tries to re-dress the critical mauling his films have been subjected to - there really isn't anything like the four hour 'Hamlet'. The one disappointment is 'Shakespeare's cinematic offshoots' which looks at adaptations which are re-imaginings of the text. It's cursary, anodine and misses out 'In The Bleak Midwinter' and 'Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead'. Why?

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4.0 out of 5 stars You should buy this book!, 19 Jun 2009

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This book was great! It really helped me with an essay as it dealt with all the major film productions of Shakespeare.

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