Essay about Film Retellings of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet

regards to Shakespeare’s timelessness Peter Chrisp explains that “there have been more than 500 film and TV adaptations of Shakespeare’s dramas” (Chrisp 65; Mabillard). Furthermore, in the introduction to Gnomeo and Juliet, a Red Good Gnome says, “The story we are about to tell has been told before… a lot” (Asbury, “Gnomeo & Juliet”). While likely meant as simply another comedic line in film, there is significant truth to that statement. Regarding this, within the theater and film industries Romeo and Juliet

John Madden’s interpretation of Romeo and Juliet in Shakespeare in Love pushes the boundaries of William Shakespeare’s stigma of gender roles, focusing especially on the main characters; Will Shakespeare and Viola De Lesseps. Throughout the entire movie Madden had put an interesting subtext to how he chooses to approach gender. Putting this twist on the traditional masculine/feminine roles is accomplished through a great deal of detail in line rearranging, reorganising and rewording. By allowing

of Romeo and Juliet in Shakespeare in Love pushes the boundaries of William Shakespeare’s stigma of gender roles, especially those of the main characters; Will Shakespeare and Viola De Lesseps. Throughout the entire movie Madden had put an interesting subtext to how it chooses to approach gender. Putting this twist on traditional masculine/feminine roles is executed through a great deal of line rearranging, reorganising and rewording. By allowing Will to speak lines reserved in Shakespeare’s play

wrote Romeo and Juliet somewhere between 1591 and 1595 and the tragedy, which was based on an Italian tale that was translated into verse in 1562 and prose in 1567, was first performed in 1597. Set in Verona, Italy, the story is the tale of two star-crossed lovers and has become a major trope within popular culture, so much so that it has been adapted to screen several times within the last century. In 1936, George Cukor's version stared Norma Shearer as Juliet and Leslie Howard as Romeo and the

Romeo and Juliet comparing stuff with zeff and luh One story changed with two adaptations. One a traditional Shakespearean film and the other a product of the MTV generation. Two very different films of the same love story. From the generations they come from they are very good examples of the things people were doing then but as an interpretation of text they both lack something which gives the story its element. Zeffirelli’s film best portrays love and passion. Both Baz Luhrmann

unique and have timeless theme that touch everyone’s heart, and are still widely studied and performed in today’s society. During the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, England enjoyed a time of prosperity and stability that led to a new era for England. Shakespeare’s works epitomize arts of the Elizabethan Epoch; through his uses of beautiful and poetic language, iambic pentameter is nearly always used in his style of poetry. Shakespeare wrote about timeless themes about

Less than subtle cinematography shows it in their expressions. A question is presented right before this moment, and it was only previously touched upon. While walking through the graveyard, the couple pause by Shakespeare's grave. Many of the general populous may have overlooked this, or simply not known that he is most certainly not buried in Los Angeles. But there is a possibility that Martin utilized the scene as a question posed to the viewing audience. Has

Opening on September 19th, 2013 and closing on December 8th, 2013, Romeo and Juliet, performed at The Richard Rodgers Theatre, was nothing short of impactful. Under the direction of David Leveaux, Romeo and Juliet ran for a total of 93 performances. The Design team includes artists Jesse Poleshuck, Fabio Toblini, David Weiner, and David Van Tieghem; These famous artists only add to the star power leading man, Orlando Bloom, brings to the production. Produced by James L. Nederlander, Terry Allen Kramer

The film shows various classes and the societal views of each. After the ship has hit the iceberg and is sinking, the lower class individuals are locked into the lower deck. With the limited number of lifeboats, killing off the poor allows the rich more chances at survival. The rich, it can be implied, are more deserving of life than the poor. A second illustrator of differences in class is the fact that Rose is of upper class and Jack is poor. Their relationship is short lived and not approved by

between Romeo and Juliet and West Side Story are too frequent to categorize in such limited space, it is impossible for anyone familiar with both texts to not notice the obvious similarities between the two works ("Theme").  From the opening scenes in both, up through the rumble in West Side Story/death of Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet, the plays mirror each other (Poelstra).  It isn't until the last part of West Side Story, where Tony (our modern-day Romeo) dies and Maria (Tony's Juliet) doesn't