About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 325. Not illustrated. Chapters: Television Programs Based on Media, Television Programs Based on Plays, Television Series Based on Actual Events, Band of Brothers, the Sunshine Boys, the Untouchables, List of William Shakespeare Film Adaptations, Homicide: Life on the Street, Romeo and Juliet on Screen, the Bronx Is Burning, the Pacific, Rising Damp, Baa Baa Black Sheep, Roots: the Next Generations, Play of the Week, Bat Masterson, Meet the Browns, From the Earth to the Moon, Angels in America, a Raisin in the Sun, the Corner, Mama, Othello, Lackawanna Blues, E/r, Mister Roberts, Barefoot in the Park, the Oddball Couple, the New Odd Couple, the Laramie Project, Toma, the Lion in Winter, My Sister Eileen, 12 Angry Men, the Atlanta Child Murders, King, Bernhard, Schavuit Van Oranje, La Ville Dont le Prince Est Un Enfant, the Love Letter, the Andersonville Trial, Paradise Lost, the Magnificent Yankee, a Woman Called Moses, up 'n' Under, a Streetcar Named Desire, Spoonface Steinberg, Miss Rose White, the House of Blue Leaves, That Championship Season, Blue/orange, Freak, the Devil's Disciple, the Emperor Jones, Primo, Master Harold...and the Boys, Come Back, Little Sheba, an Inspector Calls, the Time of Your Life, the Human Voice, Would Be Kings, Domo-Kun, Victor/victoria, Lemon Sky, Inside U.s.a. With Chevrolet. Excerpt: More than 420 feature-length film versions of William Shakespeare's plays have been produced, making Shakespeare the most filmed author ever in any language. Some are faithful to the original story and text, while others are adaptations that use only the plots rather than his dialogue. In the 1900s when the silent film industry began to develop in Europe and America, Shakespearean plays became a small part of its repertoire. In France and Italy at that time cinema was not considered an art form in itself, but as a m...
