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List of contents
Preface
How to Use This Book
1. Shakespeare on Film
From Play to Film
From Script to Screenplay
Experiencing Drama and Film
Three Approaches to Studying Shakespeare Films
Questions for Analyzing Films
2. The Comedies
Comic Form and Structure
The Comedies on Film
The Taming of the Shrew
A Midsummer Night's Dream
The Merchant of Venice
Much Ado about Nothing
Twelfth Night; or, What You Will
3. The Histories
The Importance of History to Elizabethan England
Interpreting the Past
The Histories on Film
Richard III
Henry V
A Chronology of Shakespeare's History Plays
4. The Tragedies
Tragic Form and Structure
The Tragedies on Film
Titus Andronicus
Romeo and Juliet
Hamlet
Othello
King Lear
Macbeth
5. Transformations
Ran
Throne of Blood
Scotland, Pa.
O
10 Things I Hate about You
Hamlet 2
Additional Resources
Shakespeare's Life and Works
Internet Resources
General Film Resources
Shakespeare and Film
Select Filmography
Projects for Writing and Research
Glossary
References
Summary
Screening Shakespeare gives students the background and analytical tools to become informed, critical viewers of film adaptations of Shakespeare's plays. Focused on a dozen of the most frequently taught plays, this brief guide encourages students to explore multiple film versions of each play, with discussion and writing prompts that move from formal analysis to historical and cultural contexts for each film. Students are introduced to a wide range of cinematic adaptations, from Laurence Olivier to Baz Luhrmann, with an emphasis on critical analysis of the films as both adaptations of the plays and as cultural texts in their own right.
Available at no additional cost when packaged with Bevington, The Complete Works of Shakespeare and The Necessary Shakespeare.
