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  • Chapter 1 - Introduction – From Canon to Queer: Romeo and Juliet on Screen

  • Edited by Victoria Bladen, University of Queensland, Sarah Hatchuel, University Paul-Valéry Montpellier, Nathalie Vienne-Guerrin, University Paul-Valéry Montpellier
  • Book:
    Shakespeare on Screen: Romeo and Juliet
    Published online:
    10 October 2023
    Print publication:
    14 December 2023, pp 1-30

  • Summary

    The introduction provides an overview of Romeo and Juliet on screen, outlining the landmark adaptations as well as lesser-known adaptations and demonstrating the global, cross-cultural phenomenon of the play’s screen afterlives. It sets out the issues for adaptation that the Romeo and Juliet films have engaged with, such as: the intersections of love and violence that have proved continually relevant to the contemporary world, whether dealing with racial, ethnic, familial or gender violence in different cultural contexts; the challenges of translating Shakespeare’s language for the screen and across different linguistic and cultural contexts; how conventions of genre, gender and sexuality have been challenged and played with; what works can be classified as an adaptation or appropriation of Romeo and Juliet; and interfilmic dialogues. The introduction thus provides a framework within which to place the subsequent chapters and illuminate the central relevance of Romeo and Juliet on screen both for Shakespeare studies and for contemporary screen culture.

Shakespeare on Screen: Romeo and Juliet
  • Edited by Victoria Bladen, Sarah Hatchuel, Nathalie Vienne-Guerrin
  • Published online:
    10 October 2023
    Print publication:
    14 December 2023
  • From canonical movies to web series, this volume provides fresh insights into the myriad forms of Romeo and Juliet on screen around the world. Ranging far beyond the Anglo-American sphere, the international cast of contributors explore translations, adaptations, free re-tellings and appropriations from India, France, Italy and Japan and demonstrate the constant evolution of technologies in the production, reception and dissemination of 'Shakespeare on screen'. The volume is complemented by helpful online essays and an extended online film-bibliography which guides readers through the often overwhelming range of filmic resources now available, providing valuable resources for research and pedagogy.

  • 16 - Zeffirelli’s Shakespearean Motion Pictures: Living Monuments

  • from Part IV - Directors
  • Edited by Russell Jackson, University of Birmingham
  • Book:
    The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare on Screen
    Published online:
    11 December 2020
    Print publication:
    17 December 2020, pp 213-223

  • Summary

    This chapter explores Zeffirelli’s three Shakespearean films, The Taming of the Shrew (1967), Romeo and Juliet (1968) and Hamlet (1990), well known for the visual banquets they constitute, the memorable soundscapes they feature and their stimulating casting choices. The purpose of this chapter is to suggest that, as designer and director, Zeffirelli has managed to combine movement and fixity, so that these films can be regarded as living monuments. Far from being mere visual decoration, the designs that are at the heart of Zeffirelli’s films are infused with life and reinvigorate the vision of the plays. Analysing ‘household stuff’ coming to life in The Taming of the Shrew, the battle of energies in Romeo and Juliet and Hamlet’s labyrinth of fury, the chapter shows how the architecture and design of the films make them monuments. There is a lot of art in this matter. There is a lot of life in these monuments.

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