Shakespeare in the Movies From the Silent Era to Today

by Brode, Douglas

• ISBN13: 9780425181768
• ISBN10: 0425181766
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-11-01
• Publisher: Berkley Trade

Summary

"From the Globe to the multiplex, this exhaustive study leaves no stone unturned." (Kirkus Reviews)

William Shakespeare is currently enjoying his most glorious and popular success since the golden days of the Globe Theatre-on Hollywood's silver screen. Here, in one volume, is a comprehensive and entertaining study of the many memorable film versions of Shakespeare's timeless plays. Arranged in the order the plays were written, this extremely readable guide allows readers to follow Shakespeare's development as a playwright (and screenwriter), and to compare the filmed versions of the play side by side. From the cinematic thrills of Kenneth Branagh's star-studded movies, to alternate adaptations like West Side Story, to the recent blockbuster success of Shakespeare in Love, the book will delight film lovers and Bard fans alike.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	ix
Introduction	3	(12)
An Auspicious Opening	15	(11)
The Taming of the Shrew
The Winter of Our Discontent	26	(15)
King Richard III
Star-Crossed Lovers	41	(19)
Romeo and Juliet
A Fairy Tale for Grown-Ups	60	(11)
A Midsummer Night's Dream
The Hollow Crown	71	(14)
Richard II; Henry IV, Parts I and II; Henry V
Sophisticated Comedy	85	(15)
Much Ado About Nothing; As You Like It; Twelfth Night
A Tide in Men's Lives	100	(14)
Julius Caesar
I Know Not Seems	114	(37)
Hamlet
The Green-Eyed Monster	151	(24)
Othello, the Moor of Venice
Fatal Vision	175	(20)
Macbeth
A Woman of Infinite Variety	195	(8)
Anatony and Cleopatra
Sans Everything	203	(15)
King Lear
You Can't Go Home Again	218	(15)
The Winter's Tale and the Tempest
Playing Shakespeare	233	(8)
Epilogue A Shakespeare Odyssey, 2001 and Beyond	241	(16)
Index	257