Title: Shakespeare at the cineplex : the Kenneth Branagh era /
Authors: Crowl, Samuel.
Publisher: Ohio University Press,
Year: 2003
Subjects: Shakespeare, William, Film adaptations.; Branagh, Kenneth; Shakespeare, William, Film adaptations.; English drama Film and video adaptations.; Film adaptations; English drama Film adaptations; Film adaptations History and criticism
Abstract: Samuel Crowl's 'Shakespeare at the Cineplex' explores the major Shakespeare films released since the surprising success of Kenneth Branagh's 'Henry V' in 1989.
Contents: The Long Decade: 1989-2001 -- The Words of Mercury and the Songs of Apollo: Branagh's Journey from Henry V to Love's Labour's Lost -- The Golden Girl and a Fistful of Dust: Zeffirelli's Hamlet -- Shakespeare and Hollywood: Branagh's Much Ado About Nothing -- Song, Sea, and Sexual Mystery: Nunn's Twelfth Night -- Checkmate: Parker's Othello -- Changing Colors Like the Chameleon: Loncraine's Richard III -- Shooting Stars: Luhrmann's William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet -- A Clean, Well-Spoken Place: Branagh's Hamlet -- Bankside Shakespeare: Edzard's As You Like It and The Children's Midsummer Night's Dream -- Shakespeare and Hollywood Revisited: The Dreams of Noble and Hoffman -- The Prince of Manhattan: Almereyda's Hamlet -- A Wilderness of Tigers: Taymor's Titus -- Conclusion: The Abrupt Edge.