In this lively study of both modern film and stage productions of
Shakespeare, Samuel Crowl provides fascinating insights into the
ways in which these productions have been influenced by one another
as well as by contemporary developments in critical approaches to
Shakespeare's plays.
Crowl's study demonstrates the surprising resonances between Roman
Polanski's 1971 film of Macbeth and Adrian Noble's heralded recent
production of the play for The Royal Shakespeare Company; argues
that Orson Welles's films of Othello and Cabins at Midnight are not
only brilliant remaining of Shakespeare in another art form but
make a powerful contribution to our contemporary understanding of
performance as interpretation; and chronicles the impact of Peter
Hall's creation of the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1960 on
performance approaches to Shakespeare in the past thirty years.
Shakespeare Observed provides full interpretative readings of key
recent Shakespeare productions in England and includes an intimate
behind-the-scenes glimpse into the rehearsal process which produced
Ron Daniels's emotionally charged version of Romeo and Juliet for
the RSC in 1980. The final chapter uses Kenneth Branagh's highly
successful film of Henry V as a summary example of the trends and
influences Crowl's study traces, seeing the film as gathering its
interpretative energies from both Olivier's famous film version of
the play and Adrian Noble's stage production featuring Branagh as
the king.
Written in a style which places a premium on capturing the vivid
and often dazzling moments of stage and film performances of
Shakespeare, Crowl's study will be of interest to the avid film and
theatergoer as well as to the scholar and student. Shakespeare
Observed joins a growing list of recent critical works which have
significantly expanded and redefined the boundaries of Shakespeare
studies in our time.
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