Filming Shakespeare's Plays - The Adaptations of Laurence Olivier, Orson Welles, Peter Brook and Akira Kurosawa (Paperback, New ed)

Davies begins his study with a comparison of theatrical and cinematic space showing that the dramatic resources of cinema are essentially spatial. Central chapters focus on Welles' Macbeth, Othello, and Chimes at Midnight; Olivier's Henry V, Hamlet, and Richard III; Brook's King Lear; and Kurosawa's Throne of Blood. Davies then discusses the dramatic problems the sources for these films pose for the film maker and he examines how these films influenced later theatrical stagings. The book concludes by exploring the demands that distinguish the work of a Shakespearean stage actor from his counterpart's in film.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	June 1990
First published:	1988
Authors:	Anthony Davies
Dimensions:	228 x 151 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	236
Edition:	New ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-39913-5
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Plays & playwrights > 16th to 18th centuries > Shakespeare studies & criticism
LSN:	0-521-39913-0
Barcode:	9780521399135

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