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Shakespeare films in the making : vision, production and reception / Russell Jackson.

  • Accession number

    83428022

  • Class

    Reading Room - 72.86/JAC

  • ISBN

    9780521815475 (hbk.), 0521815479 (hbk.)

  • Language

    English

  • Physical description

    280 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

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General note: Covers: Max Reinhardt's A Midsummer Night's Dream, Laurence Olivier's Henry V, MGM's Romeo and Juliet, Renato Castellani's Giulietta e Romeo, and Franco Zeffirelli's Romeo and Juliet. Includes an appendix detailing unpublished script materials, a filmography and bibliography. Summary, etc: Investigating the production and reception of five feature-length Shakespeare films, focussing on the ways in which such films articulate visions of the fictional worlds in which they are set and of the movie-makers' own society.