This unit explores Shakespeare's original texts as the basis for understanding creative decisions that shape filmic versions of Shakespeare's plays and theatre performance. Focusing on philosophical elements which underpin Shakespeare's complex characterisation and their realisation in performance, intellectual, historical, and cultural contexts of Shakespeare's ideas and different approaches to performing Shakespeare throughout history, the unit encourages students to think critically about individual directorial approaches to issues supported by Shakespeare's works, and about the works' continued relevance in our world. -- Course Website
Prerequisites: any Level 2 unit in English and Cultural Studies or MEMS2001 Classical Traditions and Transformations in Medieval and Early Modern Europe
