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

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

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Cieślak, Magdalena, author.
Imprint:	Lanham : Lexington Books, [2019] ©2019
Description:	ix, 279 pages ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Remakes, reboots, and adaptions Remakes, reboots, and adaptions.
Subject:	Shakespeare, William, -- 1564-1616 -- Film adaptations Shakespeare, William, -- 1564-1616 -- Television adaptations Shakespeare, William, -- 1564-1616 -- Comedies Shakespeare, William, -- 1564-1616. Sex role in motion pictures. Women in motion pictures. Sex role on television. Women on television. Film adaptations -- History and criticism. Film adaptations. Humorous plays. Sex role in motion pictures. Sex role on television. Women in motion pictures. Women on television. Criticism, interpretation, etc. Film adaptations. Television adaptations.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11876669

Hidden Bibliographic Details
ISBN:	9781498563741 1498563740 9781498563758
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Other form:	Online version: Cieślak, Magdalena, author. Screening gender in Shakespeare's comedies Lanham : Lexington Books, 2019 9781498563758

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgments
Introduction
I. Doing It "Straight"
1. Michael Radford's The Merchant of Venice
2. Kenneth Branagh's As You Like It
3. Julie Taymor's The Tempest
4. Joss Whedon's Much Ado About Nothing
II. BBC's ShakespeaRe-Told-Retelling Shakespeare for Political Correctness
5. BBC's ShakespeaRe-Told Much Ado About Nothing, dir. Brian Percival
6. BBC's ShakespeaRe-Told The Taming of the Shrew, dir. David Richards
7. BBC's ShakespeaRe-Told A Midsummer Night's Dream, dir. Ed Fraiman
Conclusion: Girl Power or Will Power?
Epilogue: Bridget Jones's Baby
References
Index
About the Author