Selling Shakespeare to Hollywood
Title | Selling Shakespeare to Hollywood PDF eBook |
Author | Emma French |
Publisher | Univ of Hertfordshire Press |
Total Pages | 248 |
Release | 2006 |
Genre | Performing Arts |
ISBN | 9781902806518 |
Filmed Shakespeare criticism has largely centred on aesthetic critiques of filmic devices, or on comparisons between the film and the source text. Employing a new angle, this book explores the reasons why contemporary filmed Shakespeare prompts cultural anxiety about high-culture adaptation.
Shakespeare in Hollywood
Title | Shakespeare in Hollywood PDF eBook |
Author | Ken Ludwig |
Publisher | Samuel French, Inc. |
Total Pages | 124 |
Release | 2005 |
Genre | American drama (Comedy) |
ISBN | 9780573633423 |
"It's 1934, and Shakespeare's most famous fairies, Oberon and Puck, have magically materialized on the Warner Bros. Hollywood set of Max Reinhardt's A Midsummer Night's Dream. Instantly smitten by the glitz and glamour of show biz, the two are ushered onto the silver screen to play (who else?) themselves. With a little help from a feisty flower, blonde bombshells, movie moguls, and arrogant "asses" are tossed into loopy love triangles, with raucous results. The mischievous magic of moviedom sparkles in this hilarious comic romp."--Publisher's website.
The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare on Screen
Title | The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare on Screen PDF eBook |
Author | Russell Jackson |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | 299 |
Release | 2020-12-17 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 110836926X |
The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare on Screen provides a lively guide to film and television productions adapted from Shakespeare's plays. Offering an essential resource for students of Shakespeare, the companion considers topics such as the early history of Shakespeare films, the development of 'live' broadcasts from theatre to cinema, the influence of promotion and marketing, and the range of versions available in 'world cinema'. Chapters on the contexts, genres and critical issues of Shakespeare on screen offer a diverse range of close analyses, from 'Classical Hollywood' films to the BBC's Hollow Crown series. The companion also features sections on the work of individual directors Orson Welles, Akira Kurosawa, Franco Zeffirelli, Kenneth Branagh, and Vishal Bhardwaj, and is supplemented by a guide to further reading and a filmography.
Hollywood and the Invention of England
Title | Hollywood and the Invention of England PDF eBook |
Author | Jonathan Stubbs |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Total Pages | 224 |
Release | 2019-02-21 |
Genre | Performing Arts |
ISBN | 1501305840 |
Drawing on new archival research into Hollywood production history and detailed analysis of individual films, Hollywood and the Invention of England examines the surprising affinity for the English past in Hollywood cinema. Stubbs asks why Hollywood filmmakers have so frequently drawn on images and narratives depicting English history, and why films of this type have resonated with audiences in America. Beginning with an overview of the cultural interaction between American film and English historical culture, the book proceeds to chart the major filmmaking cycles which characterise Hollywood's engagement with the English past from the 1930s to the present, assessing the value of English-themed films in the American film industry while also placing them in a broader historical context.
Cowboy Hamlets and zombie Romeos
Title | Cowboy Hamlets and zombie Romeos PDF eBook |
Author | Kinga Földváry |
Publisher | Manchester University Press |
Total Pages | 442 |
Release | 2020-12-15 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 1526142112 |
The book presents a systematic method of interpreting Shakespeare film adaptations based on their cinematic genres. Its approach is both scholarly and reader-friendly, and its subject is fundamentally interdisciplinary, combining the findings of Shakespeare scholarship with film and media studies, particularly genre theory. The book is organised into six large chapters, discussing films that form broad generic groups. Part I looks at three genres from the classical Hollywood era (western, melodrama and gangster-noir), while Part II deals with three contemporary blockbuster genres (teen film, undead horror and biopic). Beside a few better-known examples of mainstream cinema, the volume also highlights the Shakespearean elements in several nearly forgotten films, bringing them back to critical attention.
Performing Shakespearean Appropriations
Title | Performing Shakespearean Appropriations PDF eBook |
Author | Darlena Ciraulo |
Publisher | Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | 253 |
Release | 2022-06-29 |
Genre | Literary Collections |
ISBN | 1683933613 |
This collection of essays brings together innovative scholarship on Shakespeare’s afterlives in tribute to Christy Desmet. Contributors explore the production and consumption of Shakespeare in acts of adaptation and appropriation across a range of performance topics, from book history to the novel to television, cinema, and digital media.
Shakespeare on Screen: Othello
Title | Shakespeare on Screen: Othello PDF eBook |
Author | Sarah Hatchuel |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | 261 |
Release | 2015-06-30 |
Genre | Drama |
ISBN | 1107109736 |
An up-to-date survey of the key themes and debates surrounding screen adaptations and productions of Shakespeare's Othello.