The present checklist intends to provide a selective annotated reference guide to the most important publications in the field of Shakespeare on film and television. The entries mainly consist of books and journal issues, but a few representative chapters from books and articles in journals have also been included. The annotations corresponding to each entry usually provide a brief evaluation and an indication of the films or television programmes discussed. Divided into five categories, the first section presents a list of bibliographies and filmographies. The second focuses on critical works and the third on journals or special journal issues providing coverage of the field. Section four lists screenplays and other related works, and the final section is devoted to current research and volumes forthcoming in 2002 and beyond. For reasons of space, the titles of Shakespeare’s plays appear in abbreviated form. There can be no doubt that the next few years will witness a spectacular increase in the number of publications, and I would be especially grateful if readers could alert me to new or future references in the field so that I could include them in the relevant section of The World Shakespeare Bibliography.
