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Shakespeare Films: Mirrors of Their Times

A teaching activity for the Shakespeare classroom

Films:

For further reading:

  • Henderson, Diana E., ed. A Concise Companion to Shakespeare on Screen. Malden, MA: Blackwell, 2006.
  • Jackson, Russell, ed. The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare on Film. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000.
  • Shaugnessy, Robert, ed. Shakespeare on Film. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1998.

Electronic Quarto Editions at the Shakespeare Archive

Film Critic's Worksheet (Download .pdf)
Film Critic's Worksheet (Download .doc)

For more information, contact Karen Nelson (knelson@umd.edu)

 

Updated December 10, 2009

Links

BBC. British History Timeline

PBS. American Experience

Life Magazine. Cover Search, 1948.
Cover Search, 1964.
Cover Search, 1991.

Center for History and New Media, George Mason University. History Matters

Learning Technology Center, University of Texas at Austin. The Presidential Timeline

Matthew White. Historical Atlas of the Twentieth Century, 4th Quarter

MIT, Shakesepeare Electronic Archive. Hamlet on the Ramparts

Daniel Seltzer, director. Shakespeare & His Stage: Approaches to Hamlet [UM ONLY]

 

 
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