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Was it the first Shakespeare film? The silent King John

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Herbert Beerbohm Tree as King John in King John by William Shakespeare. Oil on canvas. Charles Buchel, 1900. Victoria and Albert Museum.
Herbert Beerbohm Tree as King John in King John by William Shakespeare. Oil on canvas. Charles Buchel, 1900. Victoria and Albert Museum.

Michael Anderegg

is professor emeritus of English at the University of North Dakota. His books include "Orson Welles, Shakespeare, and Popular Culture" (1999), "Cinematic Shakespeare" (2004), and "Lincoln and Shakespeare" (2015). He wrote an essay for the Criterion Blue-Ray release of "Chimes at Midnight" and was interviewed for the Olive Films Blue-Ray of "Macbeth." — View all posts by Michael Anderegg

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[…] [16] Cette mise en scène fut l’objet du premier film shakespearien en 1899, cf. M. Anderegg, “Was it the First Shakespeare Film? The Silent King John”, Shakespeare and Beyond, Folger’s Shakespeare Library, novembre 2018 , [en ligne] : https://shakespeareandbeyond.folger.edu/2018/11/27/was-it-the-first-shakespeare-film-the-silent-king… […]

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