Filming Shakespeare's Plays: The Adaptations of Laurence Olivier, Orson Welles, Peter Brook, and Akira Kurosawa (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521399135)

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.

Author: Anthony Davies
ISBN-10: 0521399130
ISBN-13: 9780521399135
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 06/29/1990
Pages: 236
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.89lbs
Size: 8.97h x 5.99w x 0.56d