SHAKESPEARE

Synopsis

Early films from the Paper Print Collection of the Library of Congress, Washington, DC, shown in their entirety. Titles are ‘The drunkard’s reformation’ (March 1909), made by the American Motoscope and Biograph Co. (AM & B), directed by D W Griffith, cameraman G W ‘Billy’ Bitzer; ‘Faust aux enfers’ (Dec 1903), filmed by George Melies, with Melies as Mephistopholes; ‘Uncle Tom’s cabin’ (July 1903), filmed by Edwin Porter for the Edison Company, with settings from a scenic company in Battle Creek, Michigan and dating from the 1880s; ‘Streeter’s Zouaves’ (Sept 1901), filmed by Edison, probably on a fairground racetrack in New Jersey; ‘Duel in Macbeth’ (July 1905), (AM & B), cameraman B W ‘Billy’ Bitzer; ‘Duel in By right of sword’ (Jan 1904), (AM & B), cameraman A E Weed.

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Video

Year of release

1991

Duration

59 mins

Availability

Sale

Credits

Contributor

Christopher Baugh

Additional Details

Production type

Fiction Films

Plays

Macbeth

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

cinema; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

Notes

These films are discussed in THE VICTORIAN AND EDWARDIAN STAGE ON FILM.

Sections

Title

Drunkard’s reformation, The

Title

Duel in ‘By right of sword’

Title

Duel scene from ‘Macbeth’

Title

Faust aux enfers

Title

Streeter’s Zouaves

Title

Uncle Tom’s cabin

Distributor

Name

University of Manchester, Department of Drama

Phone

061-275 3353

Address

Oxford Road
MANCHESTER
M13 9PL

Notes

contact: Ms Chris Grimshaw, sec’y