Playfulness in Shakespearean Adaptations

ISBN-13: 9780367256463 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 254 str.

Marina Gerzic; Aidan Norrie

Opis

Drawing on theories of play and adaptation, Playfulness in Shakespearean Adaptations demonstrates how the practices of Shakespearean adaptations are frequently products of playful, and sometimes irreverent, engagements that allow new ‘Shakespeares’ to emerge, revealing Shakespeare’s ongoing impact in popular culture.

Spis treści

1. "Did Shakespeare really write this racy stuff?": Playfulness in Shakespearean Adaptations  Section 1: Page to Stage / Stage to Page  Page to Stage / Stage to Page  2. "This great stage of fools": Anachronisms and Mockery in Three Victorian Burlesques of King Lear  3. "Covering the main points": Playing with The Tempest in Margaret Atwood’s Hag-Seed  4. "I wish the bastards dead": Adapting Richard III in Children’s Literature  5. Playing with Genre and Form: The "Magic Art" of Graphic Novel Adaptation in Shakespeare  6. When Fictions Collide: Shakespearean Inspiration and Adaptation in Terry Pratchett’s Wyrd Sisters  Section 2: Practising Shakespeare On Stage and Screen  Practising Shakespeare On Stage and Screen  7. Byte-Size Shakespeare: The Irreverent Play of Shakespeare Republic  8. An Irreverent richard III redux: [Re]cripping the Crip  Section 3: Adapting the Man  Adapting the Man  9. Bill Begins: The Rise of the Contemporary Shakespeare ‘Origin Story’  10. William Shakespeare and Elizabeth I: The Special Relationship?  Section 4: Adapting the Plays  Adapting the Plays  11. Hamlet 2, Shakespeare, and Cruel Optimism  12. Sport, Meritocracy, and Shakespeare  13. "What’s in a gnome?": Gender, Intertextuality, and Irreverence in Gnomeo and Juliet