Shakespeare is one of the world's most widely taught and most demanding authors. Fortunately, many of his plays have been adapted for film and television, and these productions are a valuable aid for helping students understand and respond to his works. This reference shows teachers and students how to master the techniques of discussing productions of his plays on film and television. It distinguishes the advantages and limitations of film and television as media for representing Shakespeare's dramas. The book then examines strategies for incorporating film and television productions in...
Shakespeare is one of the world's most widely taught and most demanding authors. Fortunately, many of his plays have been adapted for film and tele...
"The Tempest" was first published in 1623 and is probably the last play Shakespeare wrote by himself. The product of his artistic maturity, it has inspired a variety of modern adaptations and remains one of his most popular plays. While its plot is fairly straightforward, "The Tempest" addresses numerous issues and topics current in the 17th century, such as magic and colonialism. Scholars, in turn, have responded by generating a vast body of criticism. This reference is a comprehensive guide to the play.
The volume begins with a brief consideration of the play's textual history,...
"The Tempest" was first published in 1623 and is probably the last play Shakespeare wrote by himself. The product of his artistic maturity, it has ...
"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 in the context of comedy as a genre. In considering "Henry V, " this study looks at fifty years of Pistol on film and television to illustrate how changing times...
"Shakespeare in Production" examines a number of plays in context. Included are the 1936 "Romeo and Juliet," unpopular with critics of filmed Shakespe...
Shakespeare s works are constantly being translated into new contexts, a fact which demonstrates the vitality of his plots in contemporary settings. Shakespeare Translated looks at the way certain plays particularly Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Othello, and King Lear have been recontextualized into films like O and King of Texas, or television shows such as -The Gilmore Girls-, -Cheers-, and -Clueless-. This book illustrates how Romeo and Juliet is the most shamelessly appropriated of Shakespeare s scripts for contemporary use because its...
Shakespeare s works are constantly being translated into new contexts, a fact which demonstrates the vitality of his plots in contemporary settings. <...
