Includes bibliographical references, filmography (pages [215]-223) and index.
Contents
Introduction: All the screen's a stage: the critical-theoretical background to the present study -- Stage drama and silent film: 'inexplicable dumb-shows'? -- From 'cinefied' theatre to 'theatred' film -- Simulcast and 'captured live' versions of stage dramas: 'a monster of the multitude'? -- Filmed theatre: 'cinema can be theatrical' -- The play-within-the-film -- Cinematic transformations: 'the truth of cinematography' -- Conclusion.
