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Book SynopsisThis collection of critical essays and interviews gives an overview of the various kinds of medial manifestations which Shakespeare’s work has been transferred into over the centuries: into a theatrical performance, a printed text, a painting, an opera, an audio book, a film, a radio or television drama, a website. On the whole this overview also provides a history of the general development of Shakespearean media. Practitioners as well as scholars focus on the strengths and weaknesses, the possibilities and limitations of each medium with regard to the representation of Shakespeare’s work.
Table of ContentsContents: Duncan Salkeld: Shakespeare staging Shakespeare – Stefani Brusberg-Kiermeier: «Tis the curse of service»: The Royal Shakespeare Company – «You can’t ignore the fact that you’re choosing to speak in a five-beat line»: An interview with Samuel West – Graham Holderness: Textual Shakespeare – Carol Banks: Picturing Shakespeare’s plays – Christoph Clausen: Shakespeare in opera – Maire Steadman: Audio Shakespeare - «I’ve written the occasional line»: An interview with Russell Jackson – Sabine Schülting: «We can’t hear a word!» - Shakespeare in silent film – Jörg Helbig: Cinematic intertextuality in contemporary Shakespeare films – Manfred Pfister: «If music be the food of comedy»: Screen music in recent film versions of Shakespearean comedy – «Hopefully, the films will be seen again and remembered»: An interview with Sir Derek Jacobi – H. R. Coursen: Shakespeare on television – Hardy M. Cook: Shakespeare on the internet.
