The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare on Screen

Lively and up-to-date critical introductions to a rich range of Shakespeare adaptations for film, video and television.

The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare on Screen offers critical introductions by a team of distinguished scholars on a diverse range of screen adaptations of Shakespeare from around the world. The volume provides crucial contexts for undergraduate and graduate students of Shakespeare and media.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.