'Hamlet' and World Cinema

by Mark Thornton Burnett

Book Overview

'Hamlet' and World Cinema reveals a rich history of cinematic production extending across the globe. Making a case for Hamlet as the world's most frequently filmed text, and using specially commissioned interviews with cast, directors and screenwriters, it discusses films from Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America and the Middle East. The book argues that the play has been taken up by filmmakers world-wide to allegorise the energies, instabilities,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107135508
• ISBN13: 9781107135505
• Release Date: August 2019
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 294 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.7" x 8.7"