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

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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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Forsyth, Neil, 1944- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, [2019]
Subjects:
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Film adaptations.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616
Shakespeare, William > 1564-1616
Dreams in motion pictures.
Illusion in motion pictures.
Supernatural in motion pictures.
Film adaptations > History and criticism.
Rêves au cinéma.
Illusion au cinéma.
Surnaturel au cinéma.
Adaptations cinématographiques > Histoire et critique.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies
Dreams in motion pictures
Film adaptations
Illusion in motion pictures
Supernatural in motion pictures
Drama
Verfilmung
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Film adaptations.
Adaptations cinématographiques.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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