ROBERT SHAUGHNESSY is Senior Lecturer in English at the University of the West of England, Bristol. His previous publications include Three Socialist Plays and Representing Shakespeare: England, History and the RSC.

'Excellent anthology of many hard to find articles.' - Dr Midel J. Koven, University of Wales, Aberystwyth 'One of the strongest aspects of the book is its cohesive structure. Though each essay has been printed elsewhere in separate sources, together they make up a narrative that begins in the realm of 'traditional' criticism and progresses to contemporary theories and issues...this collection documents the status of the discipline at the time of its publication and will likely become one of the important works in the field.' - Jeff W. Marker, Shakespeare Bulletin 'Robert Shaughnessy handles the broad spectrum of critical approaches adroitly, so that the essays actually build on each other and reflect the divided schools of thought.' - Nicholas Waywell, Times Literary Supplement 'An admirable introduction to Shakespeare on film.' - Peter Heaney, Staffordshire University

• AcknowledgementsGeneral Editor's PrefaceIntroduction; R.ShaughnessyRealising Shakespeare on Film; J.J.JorgensLaurence Olivier's Henry V; A.DaviesShakespeare and Film: A Question of Perspective; C.BelseyRadical Potentiality and Institutional Closure; G.HoldernessSymbolism in Shakespeare Film; J.CollickOlivier, Hamlet and Freud; P.S.DonaldsonBranagh and the Prince, or a 'royal fellowship of death'; C.BreightA Post-National European Cinema: A Consideration of Derek Jarman's The Tempest and Edward II; C.MacCabeKatherina Bound; or Play(K)ating the Strictures of Everyday Life; B.HodgdonDrowning the Book: Prospero's Books and the Textual Shakespeare; D.LanierFurther ReadingNotes on ContributorsIndex.

ROBERT SHAUGHNESSY is Senior Lecturer in English at the University of the West of England, Bristol. His previous publications include Three Socialist Plays and Representing Shakespeare: England, History and the RSC.

'Excellent anthology of many hard to find articles.' - Dr Midel J. Koven, University of Wales, Aberystwyth 'One of the strongest aspects of the book is its cohesive structure. Though each essay has been printed elsewhere in separate sources, together they make up a narrative that begins in the realm of 'traditional' criticism and progresses to contemporary theories and issues...this collection documents the status of the discipline at the time of its publication and will likely become one of the important works in the field.' - Jeff W. Marker, Shakespeare Bulletin 'Robert Shaughnessy handles the broad spectrum of critical approaches adroitly, so that the essays actually build on each other and reflect the divided schools of thought.' - Nicholas Waywell, Times Literary Supplement 'An admirable introduction to Shakespeare on film.' - Peter Heaney, Staffordshire University

• AcknowledgementsGeneral Editor's PrefaceIntroduction; R.ShaughnessyRealising Shakespeare on Film; J.J.JorgensLaurence Olivier's Henry V; A.DaviesShakespeare and Film: A Question of Perspective; C.BelseyRadical Potentiality and Institutional Closure; G.HoldernessSymbolism in Shakespeare Film; J.CollickOlivier, Hamlet and Freud; P.S.DonaldsonBranagh and the Prince, or a 'royal fellowship of death'; C.BreightA Post-National European Cinema: A Consideration of Derek Jarman's The Tempest and Edward II; C.MacCabeKatherina Bound; or Play(K)ating the Strictures of Everyday Life; B.HodgdonDrowning the Book: Prospero's Books and the Textual Shakespeare; D.LanierFurther ReadingNotes on ContributorsIndex.

ROBERT SHAUGHNESSY is Senior Lecturer in English at the University of the West of England, Bristol. His previous publications include Three Socialist Plays and Representing Shakespeare: England, History and the RSC.

'Excellent anthology of many hard to find articles.' - Dr Midel J. Koven, University of Wales, Aberystwyth 'One of the strongest aspects of the book is its cohesive structure. Though each essay has been printed elsewhere in separate sources, together they make up a narrative that begins in the realm of 'traditional' criticism and progresses to contemporary theories and issues...this collection documents the status of the discipline at the time of its publication and will likely become one of the important works in the field.' - Jeff W. Marker, Shakespeare Bulletin 'Robert Shaughnessy handles the broad spectrum of critical approaches adroitly, so that the essays actually build on each other and reflect the divided schools of thought.' - Nicholas Waywell, Times Literary Supplement 'An admirable introduction to Shakespeare on film.' - Peter Heaney, Staffordshire University

• AcknowledgementsGeneral Editor's PrefaceIntroduction; R.ShaughnessyRealising Shakespeare on Film; J.J.JorgensLaurence Olivier's Henry V; A.DaviesShakespeare and Film: A Question of Perspective; C.BelseyRadical Potentiality and Institutional Closure; G.HoldernessSymbolism in Shakespeare Film; J.CollickOlivier, Hamlet and Freud; P.S.DonaldsonBranagh and the Prince, or a 'royal fellowship of death'; C.BreightA Post-National European Cinema: A Consideration of Derek Jarman's The Tempest and Edward II; C.MacCabeKatherina Bound; or Play(K)ating the Strictures of Everyday Life; B.HodgdonDrowning the Book: Prospero's Books and the Textual Shakespeare; D.LanierFurther ReadingNotes on ContributorsIndex.