Table of Contents

Part I: 'Degrees of Remove': Translating the Language, Translating the Story
1. An Excellent Dumb Discourse: British and American Shakespeare Films, 1899-1916 2. 'Wresting an Alphabet': Continental European Shakespeare Films, 1907-22 3. Cross-cultural Narrative Rhymes: The Shakespeare Films of Akira Kurosawa 4. Roguish Interventions: American Shakespearean Offshoots
  Part II: Moment and Context: How History Works on Story
5. Historically Juxtaposed Beans (I): A Midsummer Night's Dream on Film
6. Historically Juxtaposed Beans (II): ­ The Tempest on Film
7. Boxing with Ghosts: The Shakespeare Films of Kenneth Branagh
8. Leaves of Brass and Gads of Steel: Cinema as Subject in Shakespeare Films, 1991-2000

Filmography

Bibliography

Index

Promotional Information

Incisive, and covering a broad spectrum of Shakespeare films, Shakespeare on Film places each individual film in its cultural context and looks at its place in the canon of Shakespearean production as a whole.

About the Author

Dr Judith Buchanan is a Lecturer in Film at the Department of English and Related Literature, University of York.

Reviews

"With its twenty-two high-resolution illustrations and on-the-spot introductions to its various parts, Shakespeare on Film represents an invigorating read and establishes a benchmark for subsequent inquiry." "This is a handy reference point for any student; it is also a cornucopia of scholarship for the dedicated critic." "Ramona Wray, Shakespeare Quarterly"