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The essays here read the Shakespeare films of the 1990s as key instruments with which western culture confronts the anxieties attendant upon the transition from one century to another. Such films as Hamlet , Love's Labour's Lost , Othello , Shakespeare in Love and William Shakespeare's... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Kenneth Branagh: Add a description of this character.
- Richard Iii
- William Shakespeare
- Mckellen
- Pacino
- Mazursky
- Christine Edzard
- Juliet
- Baz Luhrmann
- Phillip
- Tromeo
- Parker
- Rosalind
- Greenaway
- Kaufman
- Diana
- Loncraine
- Zeffirelli
- Routledge
- Oliver
- Anne
- Capulet
- Love
- Richard Burt
- Miranda
- Murray
- Mark Thornton Burnett
- Edward
- Polonius
- Peter Brook
- Joe
- Marlowe
- Laurence Olivier
- Kalibanos
- Jessica
- Antonia
- Viola
- Claudius
- Jarman
- Beck
- Jaques
- Henry
Setting & Locations edit
- London
- New York
- Venice
- Desdemona
- Cyprus
- Richmond
- Tempest
- Orlando
- Hollywood
- Cambridge
- England
- Boy
- Othello
- Laertes
- Paris
- Stratford
- Beard
- Manhattan
- United States
- Bleak Midwinter
- Shylock
- Ophelia
- Britain
- Titania
- Sands Films
- St. Martin
- America
- West Side Story
- Wall Street
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First Sentence edit
In a pivotal scene from Lloyd Kaufman's Tromeo and Juliet, Tromeo, having just stuffed tampons up Juliet's father's nostrils, reaches back to grab a hefty hardback volume from his lover's bed.
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 791.436
Subjects edit
- Books › Literature & Fiction › World Literature › British › Shakespeare
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Authors, A-Z › ( S ) › Shakespeare, William
- Books › Literature & Fiction › Drama › British & Irish
- Books › Entertainment › Movies › Theory
- Books › Entertainment › Movies › Adaptations
- Books › Entertainment › Movies › History & Criticism
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