Shakespeare Films in the Making Hardback: Vision, Production and Reception - Tapa dura

'Russell Jackson's bold and engaging Shakespeare Films in the Making takes the study of Shakespeare on film in a rewarding new direction. ... Jackson's book is written in a lively and witty style and manages to scatter its own gold dust over its treatment of these five representative films drawn from the first four decades of Shakespeare on film in the age of sound. Shakespeare Films in the Making will delight the general reader and instruct the grizzled scholar as well as leading the field of Shakespeare on film criticism and theory a productive path from the archives to the viewing room.' Samuel Crowl, Ohio University

'This book is a masterpiece of scholarship and analysis, not to mention lucid prose that distinguishes the argument ... No review can do justice to the excellence of this book, which must be studied firsthand by teachers and scholars of Shakespeare on film, not to mention prospective directors of the plays onstage or on the screen. The single most important contribution of this book is its exposition of the symbiotic and sympathetic connection between creators of an art form and viewers of it.' Albert C. Labriola, Duquesne University

'There is much to be gained from the technical expertise that Jackson imparts to the reader ...' Courtney Lehmann, Shakespeare Quarterly

Russell Jackson is Allardyce Professor of Drama in the Department of Drama and Theatre Arts at the University of Birmingham.