Shakespeare on Film and Media

3-0-9 units. HASS-H · Undergraduate

Examines the adaptation, performance and interpretation of Shakespearean plays on film and video. Focus varies from term to term, to include films such as the Olivier and Almereyda versions of Hamlet and Baz Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet ; "spin-offs" such as Kurosawa's Throne of Blood and Shakespeare in Love ; or theatrical videos of English language and international productions.