Author: Russell Jackson

Russell Jackson is Emeritus Professor of Drama at the University of Birmingham, UK. His books include The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare on Film (CUP, 2nd edition 2007), Shakespeare Films in the Making: Vision, Production and Reception (CUP, 2007) and Shakespeare and the English-speaking Cinema (OUP, 2014). He has worked closely in rehearsal with actors and directors as text consultant on many theatre and film productions. These have included Kenneth Branagh”s Shakespeare productions on stage and radio and film, and stage productions by Michael Grandage in Sheffield and London.