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Author : Victoria Bladen
Release : 2019-09-26
Genre : Drama
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Book Rating : 921/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Shakespeare on Screen: King Lear by : Victoria Bladen
Download or read book Shakespeare on Screen: King Lear written by Victoria Bladen. This book was released on 2019-09-26. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An up-to-date survey of Shakespeare's King Lear on screen and the aesthetic, social and political issues raised by screen versions.
Author : Jeffrey Kahan
Release : 2008-04-18
Genre : Literary Criticism
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Book Rating : 652/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis King Lear by : Jeffrey Kahan
Download or read book King Lear written by Jeffrey Kahan. This book was released on 2008-04-18. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is King Lear an autonomous text, or a rewrite of the earlier and anonymous play King Leir? Should we refer to Shakespeare’s original quarto when discussing the play, the revised folio text, or the popular composite version, stitched together by Alexander Pope in 1725? What of its stage variations? When turning from page to stage, the critical view on King Lear is skewed by the fact that for almost half of the four hundred years the play has been performed, audiences preferred Naham Tate's optimistic adaptation, in which Lear and Cordelia live happily ever after. When discussing King Lear, the question of what comprises ‘the play’ is both complex and fragmentary. These issues of identity and authenticity across time and across mediums are outlined, debated, and considered critically by the contributors to this volume. Using a variety of approaches, from postcolonialism and New Historicism to psychoanalysis and gender studies, the leading international contributors to King Lear: New Critical Essays offer major new interpretations on the conception and writing, editing, and cultural productions of King Lear. This book is an up-to-date and comprehensive anthology of textual scholarship, performance research, and critical writing on one of Shakespeare's most important and perplexing tragedies. Contributors Include: R.A. Foakes, Richard Knowles, Tom Clayton, Cynthia Clegg, Edward L. Rocklin, Christy Desmet, Paul Cantor, Robert V. Young, Stanley Stewart and Jean R. Brink
Author : Yvonne Griggs
Release : 2014-09-26
Genre : Performing Arts
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Book Rating : 00X/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Screen Adaptations: Shakespeare's King Lear by : Yvonne Griggs
Download or read book Screen Adaptations: Shakespeare's King Lear written by Yvonne Griggs. This book was released on 2014-09-26. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This close study of film adaptations of King Lear looks at several different versions (mainstream, art-house and cinematic `offshoots') and discusses: the literary text in its historical context, key themes and dominant readings of the text, how the text is adapted for screen and how adaptations have changed our reading of the original text. There are many references to the literary text and screenplays and the book also features quotations from directors and critics. There is plenty of discursive material here to support student work on both film and literature courses.
Author : Sarah Hatchuel
Release : 2017-04-27
Genre : Literary Criticism
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Book Rating : 699/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Shakespeare on Screen by : Sarah Hatchuel
Download or read book Shakespeare on Screen written by Sarah Hatchuel. This book was released on 2017-04-27. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second volume in the re-launched series Shakespeare on Screen is devoted to The Tempest and Shakespeare's late romances, offering up-to-date coverage of recent screen versions as well as new critical reviews of older, canonical films. An international cast of authors explores not only productions from the USA and the UK, but also translations, adaptations and appropriations from Poland, Italy and France. Spanning a wide chronological range, from the first cinematic interpretation of Cymbeline in 1913 to The Royal Ballet's live broadcast of The Winter's Tale in 2014, the volume provides an extensive treatment of the plays' resonance for contemporary audiences. Supported by a film-bibliography, numerous illustrations and free online resources, the book will be an invaluable resource for students, scholars and teachers of film studies and Shakespeare studies.
Author : Russell Jackson
Release : 2020-12-17
Genre : Literary Criticism
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Book Rating : 26X/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare on Screen by : Russell Jackson
Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare on Screen written by Russell Jackson. This book was released on 2020-12-17. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare on Screen provides a lively guide to film and television productions adapted from Shakespeare's plays. Offering an essential resource for students of Shakespeare, the companion considers topics such as the early history of Shakespeare films, the development of 'live' broadcasts from theatre to cinema, the influence of promotion and marketing, and the range of versions available in 'world cinema'. Chapters on the contexts, genres and critical issues of Shakespeare on screen offer a diverse range of close analyses, from 'Classical Hollywood' films to the BBC's Hollow Crown series. The companion also features sections on the work of individual directors Orson Welles, Akira Kurosawa, Franco Zeffirelli, Kenneth Branagh, and Vishal Bhardwaj, and is supplemented by a guide to further reading and a filmography.
