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Shakespeare the illusionist : magic, dreams, and the supernatural on film /

In Shakespeare the Illusionist, Neil Forsyth reviews the history of Shakespeare's plays on film, assessing what filmmakers and TV directors have made of the spells, haunts, and apparitions-- Puck and the fairies, ghosts and witches, or Prospero's island--in his plays. A bold step forward i...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Forsyth, Neil, 1944- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, [2019]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : from stage to screen
  • Part one. Film language. Silent ghosts, speaking ghosts : movies about movies
  • Méliès and the pioneers
  • Part two. Shakespeare films. "Stay, illusion"
  • Supernatural comedies : A midsummer night's dream and The tempest
  • "The most unfortunate major film ever produced" : Shakespeare and the talkies
  • Ghosts and courts : the openings of Hamlet
  • Macbeth and the supernatural
  • Conclusion. A new hybrid : Taymor's dream.