Shakespeare in the cinema : ocular proof /

A comprehensive look at strategies that filmmakers have employed in adapting Shakespeare's plays to the cinema, this book investigates what the task of adaptation reveals about film in general and focuses on patterns and approaches shared by various cinematic works. It spans more than a century...

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator: Buhler, Stephen M., 1954-
Format: eBook Electronic
Language:English
Imprint: Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2002.
Series:SUNY series, cultural studies in cinema/video.
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Online Access:Click here for full text at Project MUSE
Table of Contents:
  • List of Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Chapter 1. Introduction: The Shakespeare Test
  • Chapter 2. Ocular Proof: Three Versions of Othello
  • Chapter 3. Documentary Shakespeare
  • Chapter 4. Shakespeare and the Screen Idol
  • Chapter 5. Shakespeare the Filmmaker
  • Chapter 6. The Revenge of the Actor-Manager
  • Chapter 7. Transgressive, in Theory
  • Chapter 8. Gaining in Translation
  • Chapter 9. Conclusion: The Next Century of Shakespeare
  • Works Cited
  • Index of Shakespearean Plays and Films
  • General Index