Shakespeare
Sites in this category:
- Absolute Shakespeare - Film Adaptations
- Section of the extensive Absolute Shakespeare site, providing a select filmography of the most notable of the 250+ Shakespeare films produced. Titles listed cover 61 film, and 21 TV adaptations from 1907 6o 2000. Site also provides helpful online study guides on 10 of Shakespeare's most popular titles, focusing on character, plot and character analysis. Most usefully, a scene by scene description/transcription is provided for each of the 10 titles, with direct references to the lines of the text and including pertinent quotes. Also holds the option to view, full text, Samuel T Coleridge's famous Shakespeare essays, covering all 10 titles. Other options include overviews on Shakespeare's life, the Globe Theatre and the debate on the authorship of the plays. User-friendly, impressive and informative site for film students new to Shakespeare.
- Shakespeare on Film and Television
- Straightforward, but largely comprehensive, alphabetical list of film and TV versions of Shakespeare's plays. Plus films and programmes based on the plays. Details include time, format, brief synopsis, date and country of origin. Dates of titles from beginning of 1990s. Site is part of the Library of Congress website and is named as 'Motion Picture and Television Reading Room.'
- Shakespeare on Film and Video
- A largely comprehensive list of Shakespeare adaptations on film and video, compiled by independent publisher Bill McClain and from his own website. Each entry includes a concise, personal but informative essay/overview of the adaptation and links to purchasing the film on DVD/video, if available. List is arranged alphabetically by title and then chronologically by production. Full credits/cast are provided via link to IMDB's database. Helpful, informative resource with straightforward conversational critiques on many of the film adaptations of Shakesapeare.
- Shakespeare on Screen - Resources
- Web site holding details of journal - 'Early Modern Literary Studies' May 2000 issue, dedicated to numerous articles, reviews and a detailed bibliography on Shakespeare on Screen. Covers film and television adaptations. Filmographies and audiovisual material are included. Provides abstracts and articles and reviews are available full text. Useful research resource on Shakespeare in the media.
