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In this lively analysis of both modern film and level productions of Shakespeare, Samuel Crowl provides attractive insights into the ways in which these productions have been affected by each other as well as by modern-day developments in critical methods to Shakespeare's takes on. Crowl's study shows the unusual resonances between Roman Polanski's 1971 film of Macbeth and Adrian Noble's heralded recent production of the play for The Royal Shakespeare Company; argues that Orson Welles's movies of Othello and Cabins at Midnight aren't only fantastic reimagining of Shakespeare in another art form but make a robust contribution to your contemporary understanding of performance as interpretation; and chronicles the impact of Peter Hall's creation of the Royal Shakespeare Company, in 1960, on performance methods to Shakespeare before 30 years. Shakespeare Observed provides full interpretative readings of key recent Shakespeare productions in Great britain and includes a romantic behind-the-scenes glimpse into the rehearsal process that produced Ron Daniels's psychologically recharged version of Romeo and Juliet for the RSC in 1980.The final chapter uses Kenneth Branagh's highly successful film of Henry V as an overview exemplory case of the trends and affects Crowl's analysis traces, witnessing the film as gathering its interpretative energies from both Olivier's famous film version of the play and Adrian Noble's level production having Branagh as the ruler. Written in a style that places a premium on acquiring the vivid and frequently dazzling moments of level and film performances of Shakespeare, Crowl's analysis will be of interest to the serious film and theatergoer as well as to the scholar and scholar. Shakespeare Observed joins an evergrowing list of recent critical works that have significantly widened and redefined the limitations of Shakespeare studies in our time.
