Films and Adaptations

Ernst Lubitsch. To Be or Not to Be. (1942)

John Barton. Playing Shakespeare. (1982)

Alan Johnson. To Be or Not to Be. (1983)

Mark Cullingham and Robert Knights. Will Shakespeare. (1978)

Paul Kafno. The Reduced Shakespeare Company: The Complete Works of Shakespeare, abridged. (2001)

Michael Wood. In Search of Shakespeare. (PBS, 2003)

Peter Wellington. Slings & Arrows. (2003-2006)

Charles Palmer. Doctor Who: The Shakespeare Code. (2007)

Criticism

Anderegg, Michael. “Electronic Shakespeares: Televisual Histories.” Cinematic Shakespeare. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2004. 148-176.

---. “Finding the Playwright on Film.” Cinematic Shakespeare. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2004. 27-53.

---. “In and Out of Hollywood: Shakespeare in the Studio Era.” Cinematic Shakespeare. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2004. 86-117.

---. “Introduction: The Shakespeare Film and Genre.” Cinematic Shakespeare. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2004. 1-26.

---. “Post-Shakespeares.” Cinematic Shakespeare. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2004. 177-206.

Banham, Martin. “BBC Television’s Dull Shakespeares.” Shakespeare on Television: An Anthology of Essays and Reviews. Eds. J. C. Bulman and H. R. Coursen. Hanover: University of New England, 1988. 213-220.

Bingham, Dennis. “Jane Howell’s First Tetralogy: Brechtian Break-Out or Just Good Television?” Shakespeare on Television: An Anthology of Essays and Reviews. Eds. J. C. Bulman and H. R. Coursen. Hanover: University of New England, 1988. 221-229.

Bulman, J. C. “The BBC Shakespeare and ‘House Style.’” Shakespeare on Television: An Anthology of Essays and Reviews. Eds. J. C. Bulman and H. R. Coursen. Hanover: University of New England, 1988. 50-60.

---, and H. R. Coursen. “Reviewing Shakespeare: An Introduction.” Shakespeare on Television: An Anthology of Essays and Reviews. Eds. J. C. Bulman and H. R. Coursen. Hanover: University of New England, 1988. 233-315. (includes reviews of TV productions from 1949-1985)

Burnett, Mark Thornton. “Globalization: Figuring the Global/Historical in Filmic Shakespearean Tragedy.” A Concise Companion to Shakespeare on Screen. Ed. Diana E. Henderson. Malden: Blackwell Publishing Ltd., 2006. 133-154.

Burt, Richard. “Shakespeare, ‘Globalization,’ Race, and the Small Screens of Post-Popular Culture.” Shakespeare, the Movie II: Popularizing the Plays on Film, TV, Video, and DVD. Eds. Richard Burt and Lynda E. Boose. London: Routledge, 2003. 14-36.

---, and Lynda E. Boose. “Introduction: Editor’s Cut.” Shakespeare, the Movie II: Popularizing the Plays on Film, TV, Video, and DVD. Eds. Richard Burt and Lynda E. Boose. London: Routledge, 2003. 1-13.

Castaldo, Annalisa. “The Film’s the Thing: Using Shakespearean Film in the Classroom.” Spectacular Shakespeare: Critical Theory and Popular Cinema. Eds. Courtney Lehmann and Lisa S. Starks. Cranbury, NJ: Rosemount Publishing and Printing Corp., 2002. 187-204.

Coursen, H. R. “Editing the Script.” Watching Shakespeare on Television. Cranbury, NJ: Associated UP, 1993. 93-112.

---. “Epilogue: The Stage in the Global Village.” Watching Shakespeare on Television. Cranbury, NJ: Associated UP, 1993. 177-182.

---. “Some Problems, Some Responses.” Watching Shakespeare on Television. Cranbury, NJ: Associated UP, 1993. 11-32.

---. “The Bard and the Tube.” Shakespeare on Television: An Anthology of Essays and Reviews. Eds. J. C. Bulman and H. R. Coursen. Hanover: University of New England, 1988. 3-10.

---. “Why Measure for Measure?” Shakespeare on Television: An Anthology of Essays and Reviews. Eds. J. C. Bulman and H. R. Coursen. Hanover: University of New England, 1988. 179-184.

Crowl, Samuel. “Babes in the Woods: Shakespearean Comedy on Film.” Shakespeare Observed: Studies in Performance on Stage and Screen. Athens: Ohio UP, 1992. 64-80.

---. “Minding Giddy Business: Michael Bogdanov’s The Wars of the Roses.” Shakespeare Observed: Studies in Performance on Stage and Screen. Athens: Ohio UP, 1992. 142-164.

---. “The Art of Observation.” Shakespeare Observed: Studies in Performance on Stage and Screen. Athens: Ohio UP, 1992. 3-18.

---. “Watching the Torches Burn Bright: The Diary of a Royal Shakespeare Company Observer.” Shakespeare Observed: Studies in Performance on Stage and Screen. Athens: Ohio UP, 1992. 102-121.

David, Richard. “Shakespeare in Miniature: The BBC Anthony and Cleopatra.” Shakespeare on Television: An Anthology of Essays and Reviews. Eds. J. C. Bulman and H. R. Coursen. Hanover: University of New England, 1988. 139-143.

Díaz-Fernández, José Ramón. “The Reel Shakespeare: A Selective Bibliography of Criticism.” The Reel Shakespeare: Alternative Cinema and Theory. Eds. Lisa S. Sparks and Courtney Lehmann. Cranbury, NJ: Rosemont Publishing & Printing Corp., 2002. 229-287.

Hatchuel, Sarah. “From Theatre Showing to Cinema Telling.” Shakespeare: From Stage to Screen. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2004. 33-65.

---. “Masking Film Construction: Toward a Real World.” Shakespeare: From Stage to Screen. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2004. 66-93.

---. “Reflexive Constructions: From Meta-Theatre to Meta-Cinema?” Shakespeare: From Stage to Screen. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2004. 94-126.

---. “Shakespeare, from Stage to Screen: A Historical and Aesthetic Approach.” Shakespeare: From Stage to Screen. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2004. 1-32.

Hattaway, Michael. “The Comedies on Film.” The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare on Film. Ed. Russell Jackson. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2000. 85-98.

Henderson, Diana E. “Introduction: Through a Camera, Darkly.” A Concise Companion to Shakespeare on Screen. Ed. Diana E. Henderson. Malden: Blackwell Publishing Ltd., 2006. 1-7.

Hodgdon, Barbara. “Cinematic Performance: Spectacular Bodies: Acting + Cinema + Shakespeare.” A Concise Companion to Shakespeare on Screen. Ed. Diana E. Henderson. Malden: Blackwell Publishing Ltd., 2006. 96-111.

Howard, Tony. “Shakespeare’s Cinematic Offshoots.” The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare on Film. Ed. Russell Jackson. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2000. 295-313.

Hunter, G. K. “The BBC’s All’s Well That Ends Well.” Shakespeare on Television: An Anthology of Essays and Reviews. Eds. J. C. Bulman and H. R. Coursen. Hanover: University of New England, 1988. 185-187.

Jackson, Russell. “From Play-Script to Screenplay.” The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare on Film. Ed. Russell Jackson. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2000. 15-34.

---. “Introduction: Shakespeare, Films, and the Market Place.” The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare on Film. Ed. Russell Jackson. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2000. 1-14.

Jorgens, Jack J. “Realizing Shakespeare on Film.” Shakespeare on Film. Bloomington: Indiana UP, 1977. 1-35.

Kliman, Bernice W. “The Setting in Early Television: Maurice Evans’ Shakespeare Productions.” Shakespeare on Television: An Anthology of Essays and Reviews. Eds. J. C. Bulman and H. R. Coursen. Hanover: University of New England, 1988. 91-100.

Lanier, Douglas. “Popular Culture: Will of the People: Recent Shakespeare Film Parody and the Politics of Popularization.” A Concise Companion to Shakespeare on Screen. Ed. Diana E. Henderson. Malden: Blackwell Publishing Ltd., 2006. 176-196.

Lehmann, Courtney, and Lisa S. Starks. “Introduction: Are We in Love with Shakespeare?” Spectacular Shakespeare: Critical Theory and Popular Cinema. Eds. Courtney Lehmann and Lisa S. Starks. Cranbury, NJ: Rosemount Publishing and Printing Corp., 2002. 9-24.

---. “Introduction: The Author Formerly Known as Shakespeare.” Shakespeare Remains: Theater to Film, Early Modern to Postmodern. Ithaca: Cornell UP, 2002. 1-24.

---. “Conclusion: Postmortem: ‘By William Shakespeare.’” Shakespeare Remains: Theater to Film, Early Modern to Postmodern. Ithaca: Cornell UP, 2002. 234-238.

---. “Dead Again? Or, the Cultural Logic of Late Auteurism.” Shakespeare Remains: Theater to Film, Early Modern to Postmodern. Ithaca: Cornell UP, 2002. 161-189.

Manvell, Roger. “Shakespeare: From the Open Stage to the Screen.” Shakespeare and the Film. London: Praeger Publishers, 1971. 1-16.

---. “The Arrival of Sound: The First Phase of Adaptation.” Shakespeare and the Film. London: Praeger Publishers, 1971. 23-36.

---. “Theater into Film.” Shakespeare and the Film. London: Praeger Publishers, 1971. 114-132.

McLuskie, Kathleen. “Unending Revels: Visual Pleasure and Compulsory Shakespeare.” A Concise Companion to Shakespeare on Screen. Ed. Diana E. Henderson. Malden: Blackwell Publishing Ltd., 2006. 238-249.

McMillin, Scott. “The Moon in the Morning and the Sun at Night: Perversity and the BBC Shakespeare.” Shakespeare on Television: An Anthology of Essays and Reviews. Eds. J. C. Bulman and H. R. Coursen. Hanover: University of New England, 1988. 76-85.

Osborne, Laurie. “Mixing Media and Animating Shakespeare Tales.” Shakespeare, the Movie II: Popularizing the Plays on Film, TV, Video, and DVD. Eds. Richard Burt and Lynda E. Boose. London: Routledge, 2003. 140-153.

Pearson, Roberta B., and William Uricchio. “Television Studies: Brushing Up Shakespeare: Relevance and Televisual Form.” A Concise Companion to Shakespeare on Screen. Ed. Diana E. Henderson. Malden: Blackwell Publishing Ltd., 2006. 197-215.

Rosenberg, Marvin. “Shakespeare on TV: An Optimistic Survey.” Shakespeare on Television: An Anthology of Essays and Reviews. Eds. J. C. Bulman and H. R. Coursen. Hanover: University of New England, 1988. 85-90.

Rothwell, Kenneth S. (1999). “Electronic Shakespeare: From Television to the Web.” A History of Shakespeare on Screen: A Century of Film and Television. 2^nd Ed. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2004. 91-119.

---. (1999). “Hollywood’s Four Seasons of Shakespeare.” A History of Shakespeare on Screen: A Century of Film and Television. 2^nd Ed. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2004. 27-46.

---. (1999). “Other Shakespeares: Translation and Expropriation.” A History of Shakespeare on Screen: A Century of Film and Television. 2^nd Ed. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2004. 160-191.

---. (1999). “Shakespeare in the Cinema of Transgression, and Beyond.” A History of Shakespeare on Screen: A Century of Film and Television. 2^nd Ed. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2004. 192-218.

---. (1999). “Shakespeare Movies in the Age of Angst.” A History of Shakespeare on Screen: A Century of Film and Television. 2^nd Ed. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2004. 136-159.

---. (1999). “The Renaissance of Shakespeare in Moving Images.” A History of Shakespeare on Screen: A Century of Film and Television. 2^nd Ed. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2004. 219-247.

Rutter, Carol Chillington. “Looking at Shakespeare’s Women on Film.” The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare on Film. Ed. Russell Jackson. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2000. 241-260.

Saccio, Peter. “The Historicity of the BBC History Plays.” Shakespeare on Television: An Anthology of Essays and Reviews. Eds. J. C. Bulman and H. R. Coursen. Hanover: University of New England, 1988. 208-212.

Scott-Douglass, Amy. “Dogme Shakespeare 95: European Cinema, Anti-Hollywood Sentiment, and the Bard.” Shakespeare, the Movie II: Popularizing the Plays on Film, TV, Video, and DVD. Eds. Richard Burt and Lynda E. Boose. London: Routledge, 2003. 252-264.

Starks, Lisa S., and Courtney Lehmann. “Introduction: Images of the ‘Reel’: Shakespeare and the Art of Cinema.” The Reel Shakespeare: Alternative Cinema and Theory. Eds. Lisa S. Sparks and Courtney Lehmann. Cranbury, NJ: Rosemont Publishing & Printing Corp., 2002. 9-24.

Tatspaugh, Patricia. “The Tragedies of Love on Film.” The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare on Film. Ed. Russell Jackson. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2000. 135-162.

Taylor, Neil. “National and Racial Stereotypes in Shakespeare Films.” The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare on Film. Ed. Russell Jackson. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2000. 261-273.

Walker, Elsie. “Authorship: Getting Back to Shakespeare: Whose Film is it Anyway?” A Concise Companion to Shakespeare on Screen. Ed. Diana E. Henderson. Malden: Blackwell Publishing Ltd., 2006. 8-30.

Waller, Gary F. “Decentering the Bard: The BBC-TV Shakespeare and Some Implications for Criticism and Teaching.” Shakespeare on Television: An Anthology of Essays and Reviews. Eds. J. C. Bulman and H. R. Coursen. Hanover: University of New England, 1988. 18-30.

Wells, Stanley. “Television Shakespeare: Jonathan Miller and ‘Director’s Theatre.’” Shakespeare on Television: An Anthology of Essays and Reviews. Eds. J. C. Bulman and H. R. Coursen. Hanover: University of New England, 1988. 188-191.

Willems, Michèle. “Video and its Paradoxes.” The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare on Film. Ed. Russell Jackson. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2000. 35-46.

Willis, Susan. “The British Shakespeare Series: The Prolegomenon.” Shakespeare on Television: An Anthology of Essays and Reviews. Eds. J. C. Bulman and H. R. Coursen. Hanover: University of New England, 1988. 61-68.

Zitner, Sheldon P. “Wooden O’s in Plastic Boxes: Shakespeare and Television.” Shakespeare on Television: An Anthology of Essays and Reviews. Eds. J. C. Bulman and H. R. Coursen. Hanover: University of New England, 1988. 31-40.