Bridget Gellert Lyons

This volume offers a complete continuity script of Chimes at Midnight (1996), including its famous battle sequence. Each shot is described in detail and is keyed to the original Shakespearian sources, thus making the volume an invaluable guide to Welles as an adaptor and creator of texts. The first complete transcription of the continuity script of Chimes is accompanied by the editor's critical introduction on Welles's transformation of Shakespeare; a special interview with Keith Baxter, one of the film's principal actors, which discusses its production history; reviews and articles; and a biographical sketch of Welles, a filmography, and a bibliography.