"Shakespeare at the Cineplex provides a full account of the rich variety of the Shakespeare films released in the long decade, from Hollywood - saturated productions like Franco Zeffirelli's Hamlet and Michael Hoffman's A Midsummer Night's Dream to more modest, low-budget, experimental offerings like Christine Edzard's As You Like It and Adrian Noble's A Midsummer Night's Dream.".

"While Crowl credits Branagh for the remarkable renaissance of Shakespeare on screen and places his four films at the heart of the decade's achievement in the genre, he also has high praise for films as diverse as Trevor Nunn's Twelfth Night, Julie Taymor's Titus, and Michael Almereyda's Hamlet.".

"Written in an engaging style, Shakespeare at the Cineplex will appeal to the broad, popular audience attracted to Shakespeare by the work of Branagh and his contempories as well as to students and scholars of Shakespeare in performance."--BOOK JACKET.