Shakespeare On Screen

By Daniel Rosenthal

The best of the Bard on the silver screen! Cinema's love affair with Shakespeare began almost with the start of moving pictures and has continued passionately and unabated to this day. From the most... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0600601153
• ISBN13: 9780600601159
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Hamlyn
• Length: 207 Pages
• Weight: 2.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.0" x 0.8" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

This is not your average coffee table book.

Release Date: January 2001. So, a quarter-century of newer productions is missing. At first glance, this looks like one of those coffee table books that people buy to look like they'd know what they're talking about. But upon further examination, you'll find that it has everything you ever want to know about "Shakespeare on screen.” There is a comprehensive table of contents and an index. Today, if the film is an adaptation of Shakespeare or just inspired by Shakespeare, is in this book, grouped under the different plays of Shakespeare. For example, under chapter two of Hamlet, seven different entries start with the famous Lawrence Oliver 1948 classic down to the infamous Michael Almereyda 2000 modern adaptation. Be sure to look for my review of most of these. In each section or chapter, there is a breakdown of the basic play and some background information on that play. Then for each movie, there is a list of the Cast, director, producer, Photography, and music. Each movie is then further broken down into its elements. Even though all this information is available in different books, Daniel Rosenthal was able to design this comprehensive and beautiful book to make you feel that you know all there is to know about Shakespeare in the movies.