Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet : a close study of the relationship between text and film

Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet : a close study of the relationship between text and film / Courtney Lehmann.

The Screen Adaptations series provides an in-depth look at how classic pieces of literature have been adapted for screen. It assesses the ways in which alternative screen interpretations offer up different readings of the original text as well as the methodologies and approaches of filmmakers. Each...

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Main Author: Lehmann, Courtney (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London [England] ; New York, New York : Bloomsbury Methuen Drama, 2010.
Series:Screen adaptations.
Subjects:
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Film adaptations.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616. > Romeo and Juliet.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616
Romeo and Juliet (Shakespeare, William)
Film adaptations
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; A note on the texts; Timeline: cinematic adaptations of Romeo and Juliet; Part One: Literary contexts; A tale of adaptation; The 'bad', the 'good', and the ugly: the complex text(s) of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet; 'What more in the name of love?' Issues for adaptation; Part Two: From text to screen; A brief history of Romeo and Juliet on screen; Now showing: West Side Story; Shakespeare with a view: Zeffirelli's Romeo and Juliet; William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet: A cinematic detour through the play's textual origins.
  • Part Three: Critical responses and the afterlife of the play''s adaptationsWest Side success; Zeffirelli's Romeo and Juliet: then and now; Romeo + Juliet takes the ''A'' train; Afterlives: the never-ending story; Select bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z.

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