Shakespearean Spinach

Synopsis

The 2015 Alice Griffin lecture given by Professor Peter Holland. What do Popeye, the Dude, R2-D2 and Quentin Tarantino have in common? Professor Holland is fascinated by the burgeoning world of Shakespearean spin-offs, mash-ups, dramatisations and novelisations, and to mention the success authors are having turning cult films into dramas using something approximating blank verse. With hidden codes, unlikely heroes, complex puns and a gentle pillorying of scholarly efforts, these riffs lend an intriguing dimension to pop culture’s engagements with Shakespeare.

Series

Alice Griffin Lecture

Language

English

Country

New Zealand

Medium

Video

Technical information

Colour / Sound

Notes

Accessed on YouTube 8/2016.

Keywords

popular culture; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Shakespeare on film; mash-ups; fandom

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Shakespearean Spinach

Online availability

URI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzyyThClF00

Credits

Contributor

Peter Holland

Production Company

Name

University of Auckland, Faculty of Arts