Interpreting Shakespeare on Screen

Interpreting Shakespeare on Screen
ISBN-10
1349910309
ISBN-13
9781349910304
Category
Literary Criticism
Pages
181
Language
English
Published
2000-12-02
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Author
Hester Bradley

Description

This book explores Shakespeare films as interpretations of Shakespeare's plays as well as interpreting the place of Shakespeare on screen within the classroom and within the English curriculum. Shakespeare on screen is evaluated both in relation to the play texts and in relation to the realms of popular film culture. The book focuses on how Shakespeare is manipulated in film and television through the representation of violence, gender, sexuality, race and nationalism. Cartmell discusses a wide range of films, including Orson Welles' Othello (1952), Kenneth Branagh's Much Ado About Nothing (1993), Peter Greenaway's Prospero's Books (1991), Baz Luhrmann's William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet (1996) and John Madden's Shakespeare in Love (1998).

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