- Title Pages
- List of Figures
- Acknowledgements
- A Note on References
- Introduction
- 1 Textual Shakespeare
- 2 Shakespeare and Poetry
- 3 Shakespeare and The Novel
- 4 Shakespeare and Translation
- 5 Shakespeare Anthologized
- 6 Shakespeare and Biography
- 7 Shakespeare and Early Modern Music
- 8 Shakespeare and Opera
- 9 Shakespeare and Classical Music
- 10 Shakespeare and Musical Theatre
- 11 Shakespeare, Ballet and Dance
- 12 Shakespeare and Popular Music
- 13 Shakespeare and Drama
- 14 Shakespeare and The Renaissance Stage
- 15 Shakespeare and The Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Stage
- 16 Shakespeare and The Victorian Stage
- 17 Shakespeare and The Modern Stage
- 18 Shakespeare and Contemporary Performance Spaces
- 19 Shakespeare for Children
- 20 Shakespeare and Teenagers
- 21 Shakespeare and The Comic Book
- 22 Shakespeare, Portraiture, Painting and Prints
- 23 Shakespeare, Sculpture and The Material Arts
- 24 Shakespeare Exhibition and Festival Culture
- 25 Shakespeare and Silent Film
- 26 Shakespeare on Film, 1930–90
- 27 Shakespeare on Film, 1990–2010
- 28 Shakespeare on Television
- 29 Shakespeare and Radio
- 30 Shakespeare on The Internet and in Digital Media
- Notes on Contributors
- Index
Shakespeare on Film, 1990–2010
Shakespeare on Film, 1990–2010
- Chapter:
- (p.502) 27 Shakespeare on Film, 1990–2010
- Source:
- The Edinburgh Companion to Shakespeare and the Arts
- Author(s):
Ramona Wray
- Publisher:
- Edinburgh University Press
This chapter provides an overview of Shakespeare in his cinematic incarnations during the period 1990–2010. It also argues that Shakespeare films are distinctive for referencing related trends in cinema history as well as themselves. All three films presented support a transferable model that sees A Midsummer Night's Dream as making available fresh paradigms for self-expression and thereby carve out a place for this play in particular as inculcating importantly assertive energies. The deployment of an underlying concept in Shakespeare film constitutes a response to the cultural associations that surround the Shakespearean word. Midsummer Night's Dream is significant not just as a recasting of Shakespeare's play but also as an exercise in nostalgia. Shakespeare's filmic haunts have diversified, following the travels and travails of global capital, as he continues to operate as treasure-house of meanings and applications open to reinvention.
Keywords: Shakespeare, films, cinematic incarnations, A Midsummer Night's Dream, filmic haunts
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- Title Pages
- List of Figures
- Acknowledgements
- A Note on References
- Introduction
- 1 Textual Shakespeare
- 2 Shakespeare and Poetry
- 3 Shakespeare and The Novel
- 4 Shakespeare and Translation
- 5 Shakespeare Anthologized
- 6 Shakespeare and Biography
- 7 Shakespeare and Early Modern Music
- 8 Shakespeare and Opera
- 9 Shakespeare and Classical Music
- 10 Shakespeare and Musical Theatre
- 11 Shakespeare, Ballet and Dance
- 12 Shakespeare and Popular Music
- 13 Shakespeare and Drama
- 14 Shakespeare and The Renaissance Stage
- 15 Shakespeare and The Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Stage
- 16 Shakespeare and The Victorian Stage
- 17 Shakespeare and The Modern Stage
- 18 Shakespeare and Contemporary Performance Spaces
- 19 Shakespeare for Children
- 20 Shakespeare and Teenagers
- 21 Shakespeare and The Comic Book
- 22 Shakespeare, Portraiture, Painting and Prints
- 23 Shakespeare, Sculpture and The Material Arts
- 24 Shakespeare Exhibition and Festival Culture
- 25 Shakespeare and Silent Film
- 26 Shakespeare on Film, 1930–90
- 27 Shakespeare on Film, 1990–2010
- 28 Shakespeare on Television
- 29 Shakespeare and Radio
- 30 Shakespeare on The Internet and in Digital Media
- Notes on Contributors
- Index