Shakespeare on Film
25 Jan 06

The works of Shakespeare have inspired many brilliant films, both as faithful adaptations and as the basis for imaginative re-workings of the timeless stories.

Directors from Wells to Zefferelli, Kurosawa to Luhrmann have succumbed to the lure of the bard. The resulting classics stand as a testament to the genius of this greatest of British playwrights.

This carefully researched, accessibly written book offers a textual and contextual analysis of the films of Shakespeare’s works, ranging from the silent era to the present day.

Nine lively and thought-provoking chapters examine the films as indicators of the cultural moment of their production.  Each is analysed in terms of its technical and interpretive mechanisms and considered as part of a wider Shakespeare performance history.

	Shakespeare on Film
	Author	Judith Buchanan
	Pub Date	22 Sep 2005
	Price	£20.99
	Publisher	Longman
	ISBN	0582437164
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