Annotated Bibliography
Anderegg, Michael. Cinematic Shakespeare. New York: Rowman &Littlefield, 2004.
This source was good for getting background about a variety of Shakespeare films. This gave me a solid basis for my research and unit. However, I found only a few bits of his analysis of the films I use to be helpful.
The Boydell Shakespeare Prints. London, 1968.
This book has an amazing series of prints from a show produced in the late 1780s. John Boydell sponsored a series of painting of scenes from Shakespeare plays. He then commissioned etching of those paintings. The paintings were put on display in The Shakepeare Gallery, and the etchings were produced in giant prints. Later the prints were produced in a more manageable size and they appear in this book. These prints are a great way to examine stills of scenes from Shakespeare. These prints may even help the students with their storyboards.
Corrigan, Timothy J. A Short Guide to Writing about Film. New York: Pearson
Longman, 2007.
This book covers the basics of film writing. It was my initiation into this genre of writing, and I found it extremely helpful. Corrigan breaks the terms and ideas down in such a way that a layperson can easily acquire an understanding of film and film writing.
Crowl, Samuel. Shakespeare at the Cineplex. Athens: Ohio UP, 2003.
This book was incredibly helpful in my analysis of the Zeffirelli Hamlet. I found it difficult to find solid analysis of Zeffirelli's film, but Crowl takes this film very seriously. He dedicates a good chunk of the book to this film and has interesting theories about Zeffirelli's approach.
Hamlet. Dir. Michael Almereyda. Perf. Ethan Hawke, Julia Stiles, and Diane Verona. DVD Miramax Films, 2000.
This is the version of Hamlet starring Ethan Hawke as Hamlet, Julia Stiles as Ophelia, and Diane Verona as Gertrude.
Hamlet. Dir. Grigori Kozintsev. Perf. Innokenti Smoktunovsky, Anastasiya Vertinskaya, and Elsa Radzin-Szolkonis. DVD Facets Multimedia, 2006.
This is the Russian version of the play. It is in black and white and has subtitles.
Hamlet. Dir. Franco Zeffirelli. Perf. Mel Gibson, Helena Bonham-Carter, Glenn Close. DVD Warner Home Video, 2004.
This is the version starring Mel Gibson as Hamlet, Glenn Close as Gertrude, and Helena Bonham Carter as Ophelia.
Hatchuel, Sarah. Shakespeare, From Stage to Screen. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2004.
This book gave me a really solid background on the transition William Shakespeare's plays have made throughout the ages. Hatchuel covers Shakepeare stage productions from the Elizabethan era to the film versions of his plays today. This gave me an understanding of why some of the changes have been made to his plays when they are transferred to the screen.
Hindle, Maurice. Studying Shakespeare on Film. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
Hindle's discussion of Kozintsev was very good. It helped me think about the film in a variety of ways.
Kozintsev, Grigori. Shakespeare: Time and Conscience. New York: Hill and Wang,
1966.
This is a fascinating book from a teacher's perspective. Kozintsev analyzes Shakespeare, and it helped me gain insight into Kozinstev's film. There is an entire section in the book on Hamlet that is particularly informative and interesting. While it is not necessary to read this book to analyze the film, I feel better prepared to teach the film having read this book.
Leaming, Barbara. Grigori Kozintsev.Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1980.
I read this out of simple curiosity. Kozintsev's film is my favorite of the ones I use in this unit, and it comes out of a distinctly different culture. I thought it would be helpful to learn the life that led to the creation of the film. This is only useful if you are planning to cover the context during which the films were created. I hope to cover this at some point in my unit, so this book was helpful to me.
Rothwell, Kenneth S. A History of Shakespeare on Screen. Cambridge: Cambridge UP,
1999.
Rothwell's book is cited in many of the sources in this bibliography. The general consensus seems to be that if you are studying Shakespeare films you need to read this book. I did find his information on Zeffirelli and Kozintsev helpful.
O'Brien, Peggy, ed. Teaching Hamlet and Henry IV Part 1. Shakespeare Set Free Ser.
New York: Pocket Books, 1994.
This book comes from the Folger Shakespeare Library and is full of fun activities for teachers to use when teaching the Bard. It is a wonderful source for daily activities.
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