Buchanan , Judith R. R.

Shakespeare on Film / Judith R. R. Buchanan - 1st ed. - New York : Routledge , 2014. - 288 p. : ills. ; 23 cm.

includes index and bibliographies.

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-

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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616—Film adaptations
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616—Stage history
Motion pictures—Adaptations
Film and literature
English drama—Film and video adaptations

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