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Summary

Screening Shakespeareprovides the background and analytical tools to become informed, critical viewers of film adaptations of Shakespeare's plays. Focused on a dozen of the most frequently taught plays, this brief guide encourages readers to explore multiple film versions of each play, with discussion and writing prompts that move from formal analysis to historical and cultural contexts for each film. Will help people become skilled reviewers of film adaptations of Shakespeare's plays. Emphasizes critical analysis of the films as both adaptations of the plays and as cultural texts in their own right. Coverage of the histories, tragedies, and comedies. For anyone wanting to think critically about the film adaptations of Shakespeare's plays.

Preface

How to Use This Book

1. Shakespeare on Film

From Play to Film

From Script to Screenplay

Experiencing Drama and Film

Three Approaches to Studying Shakespeare Films

Questions for Analyzing Films

2. The Comedies

Comic Form and Structure

The Comedies on Film

The Taming of the Shrew

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

The Merchant of Venice

Much Ado about Nothing

Twelfth Night; or, What You Will

3. The Histories

The Importance of History to Elizabethan England

Interpreting the Past

The Histories on Film

Richard III

Henry V

A Chronology of Shakespeare’s History Plays

4. The Tragedies

Tragic Form and Structure

The Tragedies on Film

Titus Andronicus

Romeo and Juliet

Hamlet

Othello

King Lear

Macbeth

5. Transformations

Ran

Throne of Blood

Scotland, Pa.

10 Things I Hate about You

Hamlet 2

Additional Resources

Shakespeare’s Life and Works

Internet Resources

General Film Resources

Shakespeare and Film

Select Filmography

Projects for Writing and Research

Glossary

References

Supplemental Materials

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