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Screening gender in Shakespeare's comedies : film and television adaptations in the twenty-first century /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cieślak, Magdalena (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2019]
Series:Remakes, reboots and adaptations.
Subjects:
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Film adaptations.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Television adaptations.
Shakespeare, William, > 1564-1616 > Comedies.
Sex role in motion pictures.
Women in motion pictures.
Sex role on television.
Women on television.
Film adaptations > History and criticism.
Table of Contents:
  • Doing it "straight". Michael Radford's The merchant of Venice
  • Kenneth Branagh's As you like it
  • Julie Taymor's The tempest
  • Joss Whedon's Much ado about nothing
  • BBC's Shakespeare-told: retelling Shakespeare for political correctness. BBC's Shakespeare-told Much ado about nothing, dir. Brian Percival
  • BBC's Shakespeare-told The taming of the shrew, dir. David Richards
  • BBC's Shakespeare-told A midsummer night's dream, dir. Ed Fraiman
  • Conclusion: girl power or Will power?
  • Epilogue: Bridget Jones's baby.