CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- PART ONE: DIRECTORS -- THE THREE SHAKESPEARE FILMS OF ORSON WELLES -- THE THREE SHAKESPEARE FILMS OF FRANCO ZEFFIRELLI -- THE THREE SHAKESPEARE FILMS OF LAURENCE OLIVIER -- THE FIVE SHAKESPEARE FILMS OF KENNETH BRANAGH -- PART TWO: PLAYS -- THE COMEDY OF ERRORS -- HENRY VI -- TITUS ANDRONICUS -- THE TAMING OF THE SHREW -- THE TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA -- LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST -- RICHARD III -- THE MERCHANT OF VENICE -- A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM -- AS YOU LIKE IT -- KING JOHN -- RICHARD II -- HENRY IV PART I -- HENRY IV PART II -- HENRY V -- ROMEO AND JULIET -- JULIUS CAESAR -- HAMLET -- MACBETH -- MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING -- TROILUS AND CRESSIDA -- TWELFTH NIGHT -- OTHELLO -- MEASURE FOR MEASURE -- ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL -- THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR -- KING LEAR -- TIMON OF ATHENS -- ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA -- CORIOLANUS -- CYMBELINE -- PERICLES -- THE WINTER'S TALE -- THE TEMPEST -- HENRY VIII -- PART THREE: SHAKESPEARE ADAPTATIONS -- INTRODUCTION -- YELLOW SKY (WILLIAM WELLMAN, 1948) -- HOUSE OF STRANGERS (JOSEPH L.MANKIEWICZ, 1949) -- BROKEN LANCE (EDWARD DMYTRYK, 1954) -- JOE MACBETH (KEN HUGHES, 1955) -- FORBIDDEN PLANET (FRED M.WILCOX, 1956) -- JUBAL (DELMER DAVES, 1956) -- THRONE OF BLOOD (AKIRA KUROSAWA, 1957) -- THE BAD SLEEP WELL (AKIRA KUROSAWA, 1960) -- AGE OF CONSENT (MICHAEL POWELL, 1969) -- HEIL CAESAR! (RONALD SMEDLEY, 1973) -- A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S SEX COMEDY (WOODY ALLEN, 1982) -- TEMPEST (PAULMAZURSKY, 1982) -- RAN (AKIRA KUROSAWA, 1985) -- HAMLET GOES BUSINESS (AKI KAURISMAKI, 1987) -- THE GODFATHER PART III (FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA, 1990) -- MEN OF RESPECT (WILLIAM C. REILLY, 1990) -- PROSPERO'S BOOKS (PETER GREENAWAY, 1991) -- MY OWN PRIVATE IDAHO (GUS VAN SANT, 1991) -- A THOUSAND ACRES (JOCELYN MOORHOUSE, 1997) -- THE TEMPEST (JACK BENDER, 1998) -- 10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU (GILL JUNGER, 1999).

O (AKA THE ONE -- TIM BLAKE NELSON, 2001) -- KING OF TEXAS (ULI EDEL, 2002) -- SHAKESPEARE RETOLD -- SHE'S THE MAN (ANDY FICKMAN, 2006) -- PART FOUR: FILMS WITH SHAKESPEAREAN REFERENCES -- INTRODUCTION -- MEN ARE NOT GODS (WALTER REISCH, 1936) -- TO BE OR NOT TO BE (ERNST LUBITSCH, 1942 -- AND ALAN JOHNSON, 1983) -- LES ENFANTS DU PARADIS (MARCEL CARNÉ, 1945) -- A DOUBLE LIFE (GEORGE CUKOR, 1947) -- PARIS NOUS APPARTIENT (JACQUES RIVETTE, 1961) -- SHAKESPEARE-WALLAH (JAMES IVORY, 1965) -- THE DEADLY AFFAIR (SIDNEY LUMET, 1966) -- THEATRE OF BLOOD (DOUGLAS HICKOX, 1973) -- THE GOODBYE GIRL (HERBERT ROSS, 1977) -- MEPHISTO (ISTVÁN SZABÓ, 1981) -- WITHNAIL AND I (BRUCE ROBINSON, 1986) -- DEAD POETS SOCIETY (PETER WEIR, 1989) -- ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD (TOM STOPPARD, 1990) -- THE HOUSE OF CARDS (PAUL SEED: 1990) -- IN THE BLEAK MIDWINTER (AKA A MIDWINTER'S TALE: KENNETH BRANAGH, 1995) -- SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE (JOHNMADDEN, 1998) -- THE KING IS ALIVE (KRISTIAN LEVRING, 2000) -- THEWEST WING, SERIES THREE,EPISODES 20-2 (CHRISTOPHER MISIANO, THOMAS SCHLAMME, ALEX GRAVES, 2002) -- STAGE BEAUTY (RICHARD EYRE, 2004) -- SLINGS AND ARROWS (PETER WELLINGTON, 2003-6) -- ANONYMOUS (ROLAND EMMERICH, 2011) -- CESARE DEVE MORIRE (PAOLO AND VITTORIO TAVIANI, 2012) -- THE HOUSE OF CARDS (DAVID FINCHER AND OTHERS, 2013) -- PART FIVE: TWO THEATRE REVIEWS -- INGMAR BERGMAN'S HAMLET -- PETER HALL'S ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA -- APPENDIX I: STOP PRESS -- RICHARD III (MICHAEL BOGDANOV, 1990) -- OTHELLO (GEOFFREY SAX, 2001) -- MAQBOOL (VISHAL BHARDWAJ, 2003) -- THE BANQUET, AKA THE CURSE OF THE BLACK SCORPION, (XIAOGANG FENG, 2006) -- OMKARA (VISHAL BHARDWAJ, 2006) -- GAME OF THRONES (VARIOUS DIRECTORS, 2011 -) -- APPENDIX II -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX.