Filming Shakespeare's Plays 
Subtitle: The Adaptions of Laurence Olivier, Orson Welles, Peter Brook and Akira Kurosawa
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: June 29, 1990
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 233
ISBN-13: 9780521399135
Subjects: Shakespeare studies & criticism; Performing Arts/Dance; Performing Arts; Pop Arts / Pop Culture; English; Film & Video - Direction & Production; Film & Video - History & Criticism; Theater - General; Performing Arts / Film / Direction & Production; Performing Arts / Theater / General; Performing Arts-Film & Video - History & Criticism; Performing Arts-Theater - General
First sentence: The temptation and the tendency to judge Shakespearean film in terms of some sort of theatrical achievement stems partly from that critical tendency to impose old criteria on new artistic fields, partly from the appearance on the screen of established stage actors in Shakespearean roles and partly from a persistent belief - which intelligent criticism has done little to shift - that cinema is really 'canned' and transportable theatre.