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Shakespeare on Silent Film - A Strange Eventful History (Paperback)
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Shakespeare on Silent Film - A Strange Eventful History (Paperback)
Series: Routledge Library Editions: Film and Literature
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In 1899, when film projection was barely three years old, Herbert
Beerbohm Tree was filmed as King John. In his highly entertaining
history, Robert Hamilton Ball traces in detail the fate of
Shakespeare on silent films from Tree's first effort until the
establishment of sound in 1929. The silent films brought
Shakespeare to a wide public who had never had the chance to see
his plays in the theatre. And Shakespeare gave the film makers an
air of respectability that was badly needed by a medium with a
reputation for frivolity. This work, first published in 1968,
brings history to life with excerpts from scenarios, from reviews
and from contemporary film journals, and with reproduction of
stills and frames from the films themselves, including unusual
shots of leading screen actors. This is a valuable source book for
film experts, enhanced by full notes, bibliography and indexes; a
fresh approach for Shakespeareans; and a vivid sketch of a world
that has passed for all.
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