Filming Shakespeare's Plays : The Adaptations of Laurence Olivier, Orson Welles, Peter Brook and Akira Kurosawa - Anthony  Davies

Filming Shakespeare's Plays

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

By: Anthony Davies

Paperback | 3 September 1990

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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.
Industry Reviews
'It would surely be unlikely for anyone to be well informed on both Shakespeare and the screen, yet here, and urgently welcome, is Anthony Davies ... Anyone who has attempted to analyse a film for writing purposes from memory or notes must pay tribute to the observation displayed in this book.' Times Higher Education Supplement 'Davies' intelligent and lucid study is based upon the films of Olivier, Welles, Brook and Kurosawa, and represents another valuable addition to the academic study of Shakespeare in performance, reflecting a greater degree of collaboration between the university and the theatre.' The Stage and Television Today

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