Shakespeare and Film Theory with Scott Hollifield

Synopsis

Podcast series in which Dr Neema Parvini, author of Shakespeare’s History Plays: Rethinking Historicism and Shakespeare and Contemporary Theory: New Historicism and Cultural Materialism, interviews Shakespeare scholars and literary theorists from around the world in a bid to gain an understanding of current thinking in Shakespeare studies and in literary criticism more generally. In this edition Neema Parvini Interviews Scott Hollifield (University of Nevada) about his forthcoming book Shakespeare and Film Theory for the Arden Shakespeare and Theory series. Topics include: Roman Polanski’s MACBETH, Orsen Welles’s CHIMES AT MIDNIGHT, Baz Luhrmann’s WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE’S ROMEO + JULIET and the differences between Shakespeare on film and on television.

Series

Shakespeare and Contemporary Theory

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Audio

Subjects

Drama; Film studies

Keywords

film theory; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Shakespeare on film; Shakespeare on television

Online availability

URI

https://soundcloud.com/surreyshakespeare

Credits

Contributor

Neema Parvini; Scott Hollifield

Production Company

Name

University of Surrey, Department of English and Languages

Distributor

Name

iTunes U

Web

http://www.apple.com/education/itunes-u/ External site opens in new window