Shakespeare on Silent Film - An Excellent Dumb Discourse

Klappentext Tells the story of the many Shakespeare films made in the silent era! analysing a wide selection in detail. Zusammenfassung Why was Shakespeare such attractive source material for the silent film industry? How were silent Shakespeare films marketed! distributed! exhibited and received? Drawing on a wealth of primary research! this book analyses in detail a selection of both popular and little-known Shakespeare films made in the silent era. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Introduction: wresting an alphabet; 1. Shakespeare without words: the nineteenth-century legacy; 2. Biograph's pioneering film of King John (1899); 3. Conflicted allegiances in Shakespeare films of the transitional era; 4. Corporate authorship: the Shakespeare films of the Vitagraph Company of America; 5. Pedigree and performance codes in silent films of Hamlet; 6. Shakespeare films of the 1916 tercentenary; 7. Asta Nielsen and Emil Jannings: stars of German Shakespeare films of the early 1920s; 8. Afterword: 'No tongue, all eyes! Be silent': performing wordless Shakespeare today; Filmography: A. Commercially available Shakespeare films of the silent era; B. General filmography; Bibliography.

Product details

• Authors: Judith Buchanan, Judith (University of York) Buchanan, Judith R. Buchanan, Buchanan Judith
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.10.2011
• EAN: 9781107403727
• ISBN: 978-1-107-40372-7
• No. of pages: 342
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Photography, film, video, TV; English, LITERARY CRITICISM / Drama, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / General, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / Genres / General, Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800, Film: styles & genres, Shakespeare Studies & Criticism, Film: styles and genres, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / Guides & Reviews, Literary studies: plays and playwrights, Film guides and reviews, Film Guides & Reviews, Relating to Shakespeare / Shakespearean