Dedication

pp v-vi

Contents

pp vii-vii

List of figures

pp viii-x

Acknowledgements

pp xi-xiv

Introduction: Shakespeare meets genre film

pp 1-16

Part I - Classic Hollywood cinema

pp 17-18

Introduction

pp 19-33

1 - Will in the Wild West: Western adaptations of Shakespeare

pp 34-71

2 - Shakespeare the tear-jerker: From woman’s film to global melodrama

pp 72-103

3 - Dark-minded Othellos, mobster Macbeths: <italic>Film noir</italic>, gangster, gangster <italic>noir</italic>

pp 104-144

Part II - Contemporary blockbusters

pp 145-146

Introduction

pp 147-169

4 - Back to school, Will: Shakespeare the teen idol

pp 170-209

5 - Shakespeare the undead: A renaissance of vampires and zombies

pp 210-246

6 - Will, Bill and the Earl: Versions of the author in contemporary biopics

pp 247-284

Conclusion

pp 285-289

Bibliography

pp 290-309

Filmography

pp 310-315

Index

pp 316-319