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

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Forsyth, Neil, 1944- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Athens : Ohio University Press, [2019]
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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.