Filmed Shakespeare criticism has largely centred on aesthetic critiques of filmic devices, or on comparisons between the film and the source text. Employing a new angle, this book explores the reasons why contemporary filmed Shakespeare prompts cultural anxiety about high-cultur…
"Breaking from traditional critiques of Shakespeare films based on either the aesthetics of the films or on a comparison between the film and source text, this new analysis of recent Shakespeare movies seeks to explain what makes such films commercial successes. Focusing particu…
This book seeks to understand what makes Shakespeare a marketable commodity for the Hollywood film industry, and to explain the explosion of interest in filmed Shakespeare adaptations since 1990. It will appeal to a broad readership, not only in the growing field of Shakespeare …