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Shakespeare the illusionist : magic, dreams, and the supernatural on film / Neil Forsyth.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Furness Shakespeare Library (Van Pelt 628) PR3093 .F67 2019
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Forsyth, Neil, 1944- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Dreams in motion pictures.
- Illusion in motion pictures.
- Supernatural in motion pictures.
- Film adaptations--History and criticism.
- Film adaptations.
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Film adaptations.
- Shakespeare, William.
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Film adaptations.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 223 pages; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, 2019.
- Contents:
- Introduction. Screenplays
- Magic
- Illusion
- Film language. Silent ghosts, speaking ghosts: movies about movies
- MelieÌs and the pioneers
- 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
- The ghost on stage
- The ghost on film
- Macbeth and the supernatural
- Conclusion. A new hybrid: Taymor's dream.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-215) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780821423363
- 0821423363
- OCLC:
- 1031345416
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