A Comparative Study of Two Film Versions of Shakespeare’s Richard between the Cinema Screen and the Audience

Examining the Artistic Approaches and Narrative Techniques in Film Adaptations of Shakespeare's Richard

Abstract

The film adaptations of two Shakespearean history shows, Henry V and Richard III. Most entertainment companies have transferred these two works from theatre to the screen and not all that successfully because of William Shakespeare's immense importance on the dramatic stage. Obviously, each chief has his own style of shooting the Shakespearean play others adopt a dramatic system of shooting the scenes, while others follow a movie one. The movie style thus provides exceptional meaning to the physical aspect of the movies while the dramatic mode focuses in the linguistic perspective and the chiefs fire the films as showy games.