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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).
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Shakespeare, Film and Violence: Doing Violence to Shakespeare
Shakespeare, Film and Gender: Critical and Filmic Representations of Hamlet
Shakespeare, Film and Sexuality: Politically Correct Sexuality in Film Adaptations of Romeo and Juliet and Much Ado About Nothing
Shakespeare, Film and Race: Screening Othello and The Tempest
Shakespeare, Film and Nationalism: Henry V, the Movies
Conclusions
Appendix One: Student Exercises
Appendix Two: Evaluations
Bibliography
Filmography
Index.
Product details

Published | 10 Jul 2000 |
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Format | Paperback |
Edition | 1st |
Extent | 186 |
ISBN | 9780333652121 |
Imprint | The Arden Shakespeare |
Dimensions | 216 x 140 mm |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |