Orson Welles on Shakespeare
Subtitle: The W.P.A. and Mercury Theatre Playscripts (Contributions in Drama and Theatre Studies)
Publisher: Greenwood Press
Published: December 30, 1990
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 312
ISBN-13: 9780313273346
Subjects: Film & television screenplays; Shakespeare plays, texts; Theater; Performing Arts; Performing Arts/Dance; Drama; Theater - History & Criticism; 1800-1950; New York (N.Y.); Performing Arts / Theater / General; Shakespeare, William; Stage history; Theater - General; 1564-1616; 1915-; 1915-1985; 20th century; Adaptations; Criticism and interpretation; History; New York; New York (State); Shakespeare, William,; Welles, Orson,
First sentence: In fashioning his text for the 'Voodoo' Macbeth, Welles, at the tender age of twenty, already showed himself to be a true descendent of the noblest tradition of Shakespearean adaptation.