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The BUFVC offers two new resources for those studying audiovisual Shakespeare: an international database encompassing over 6,000 individual media items relating to the Shakespeare and his work and a new book dedicated to him published in the BUFVC.

An International Database
Currently in its test phase, with its formal launch scheduled for the Summer, this website includes a database of over 6,400 records relating to Shakespeare on film, television, radio and the web. It can be searched by play title or type, character (both canonical and not), period, individuals, production companies and much more besides. Audio production, especially those made for radio, have been made a special priority of the project with details of hundreds of productions produced in many different countries.

Shakespeare on Film, Television and Radio, The Researcher’s Guide
Edited by Olwen Terris, Eve-Marie Oesterlen & Luke McKernan

Everything about the how as well as the why of studying audiovisual Shakespeare is provided here, from silent cinema to the multiplex, and from cat’s whiskers to YouTube. The Guide will become a standard text for anyone interested in the most filmed and the most widely broadcast of all writers. It includes:
Compact historical and critical overviews on Shakespeare across the media
A reference section including guides to archives and their use, advice on copyright and citation
A guide to Shakespeare productions selected and recommended by leading scholars
Original documents from the British entertainment industry

Contributors to the book include Michael Anderegg,
Dr Judith Buchanan, Professor Richard Burt, Christie Carson, Susanne Greenhalgh, Mike Flood Page, Professor Roberta Pearson and Professor Kenneth S. Rothwell.