A collection of recent adaptations of four of Shakespeare’s most famous plays (A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet and Hamlet) was published by Penguin, in a series entitled OMG Shakespeare. The new titles are: A Midsummer Night #nofilter…
BY LOOKING LIKING: BAZ LUHRMANN S WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE S ROMEO+JULIET
Twenty years since its release onto the big screen, Baz Luhrmann’s William Shakespeare’s Romeo+Juliet continues to attract viewers, divide critics and remain unchallenged, in a league of its own, when it comes to film adaptation of Shakespeare’s plays. This article…
ADAPTING SHAKESPEARE – CONVERTING SHYLOCK IN MICHAEL RADFORD’S THE MERCHANT OF VENICE
This article aims to explore the extension and evolution of Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice through Michael Radford’s 2004 cinematic adaptation. By investigating the concept of adaptation and the significance of intertextuality, Shakespeare’s source text is considered alongside Radford’s twenty-first…
RELIGION AND CULTURAL IDENTITY IN SHAKESPEARE’S ROMEO AND JULIET AND THE MUSICAL WORKS IT INSPIRED
Protean Shakespeare thrives not only in the theatre, but also through what Bolter and Grusin call remediation. This article analyses the religious stances in the play and then shows how opera, symphony and musical have been adapting the veteran Elizabethan…