Anthony Davies

Filming Shakespeare's Plays

The Adaptations of Laurence Olivier, Orson Welles, Peter Brook, and Akira Kurosawa

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Davies begins his study with a comparison of theatrical and cinematic space showing that the dramatic resources of cinema are essentially spatial. Central chapters focus on Welles' Macbeth, Othello, and Chimes at Midnight; Olivier's Henry V, Hamlet, and Richard III; Brook's King Lear; and Kurosawa's Throne of Blood. Davies then discusses the dramatic problems the sources for these films pose for the film maker and he examines how these films influenced later theatrical stagings. The book concludes by exploring the demands that distinguish the work of a Shakespearean stage actor from his counterpart's in film.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 236
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 1990
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 390g
• ISBN-13: 9780521399135
• ISBN-10: 0521399130
• Artikelnr.: 21293270

Inhaltsangabe

List of illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. Theatrical and cinematic space
2. Laurence Olivier's Henry V
3. Laurence Olivier's Hamlet
4. Laurence Olivier's Richard III
5. Orson Welles's Macbeth
6. Orson Welles's Othello
7. Orson Welles's Chimes at Midnight
8. Peter Brook's King Lear and Akira Kurosawa's Throne of Blood
9. The film actor
Conclusion
Notes
Select filmography
Bibliography
Index.