Russell Jackson (1)
Author of The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare on Film
For other authors named Russell Jackson, see the disambiguation page.
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Russell Jackson is Allardyce Nicoll Chair in Drama and Theatre Arts at the University of Birmingham, UK.
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Plays by Henry Arthur Jones : The Silver King, The Case of Rebellious Susan, The Liars (1982) — Editor — 3 copies
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The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare on Film (Cambridge Companions to Literature) by Russell Jackson
Film adaptations of Shakespeare’s plays are increasingly popular and now figure prominently in the study of his work and its reception. This Companion is a lively collection of critical and historical essays on the films adapted from, and inspired by, Shakespeare’s plays. Chapters have been revised and updated from the first edition to include the most recent films and scholarship. An international team of leading scholars discuss Shakespearean films from a variety of perspectives: as show more works of art in their own right; as products of the international movie industry; and as the work of particular directors from Laurence Olivier and Orson Welles to Franco Zeffirelli and Kenneth Branagh. show less
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