Shakespeare on film
By: edited by Robert Shaughnessy.
Contributors: Shaughnessy, Robert, 1962-
Series: New casebooks
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 206
Subjects: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Film and video adaptations; English drama -- Film and video adaptations; Film adaptations -- History and criticism
Description: This collection of contemporary criticism highlights the ways in which recent discussion of Shakespeare on film has drawn upon the theoretical perspectives of Marxism, feminism, psychoanalysis and poststructuralism, generating a radical reappraisal of a Shakespearean cinema which has itself experienced a revival in the last decade.

Ranging widely across the canon of Shakespeare films, from Max Reinhardt's A Midsummer Night's Dream to Peter Greenaway's Prospero's Books, the essays address the cultural politics of film adaptation from a variety of angles, offering readings of individual films - Hamlet, Henry V, The Tempest - but also raising larger questions about the nature, purpose and future direction of Shakespearean cinema.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 196-198) and index.