Ophelia's Space
Characterizing Shakespeare's Women in Popular Film
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11353034 |
|---|---|
| Authors | M G Aune (California University of Pennsylvania, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 47 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 198-206 |
| Publication date | 2019-10-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Popular Film and Television (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0195-6051 • E-ISSN: 1930-6458 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/01956051.2018.1559132 |
| OpenAlex | W2985972124 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 10 |
Responding to audience expectations about female characters' scarcity, the filmmakers of four popular adaptations of Hamlet—Laurence Olivier (1948) Hamlet. Directed by Laurence Olivier, performances by Laurence Olivier and Jean Simmons, Universal Pictures, 1948. [Google Scholar], Franco Zeffirelli (1990) Hamlet. Directed by Franco Zeffirelli, performances by Mel Gibson and Helena Bonham Carter, Warner Bros. 1990. [Google Scholar], Kenneth Branagh (1996) Branagh, Kenneth. Hamlet by William Shakespeare: Screenplay, Introduction, and Film Diary, Chatto & Windus, 1996. [Google Scholar], and Michael Almereyda (2000) Hamlet. Directed by Michael Almereyda, performances by Ethan Hawke and Julia Stiles, Miramax, 2000. [Google Scholar]—attempted to enhance Ophelia's character. By providing additional scenes and denser mise-en-scène, they tried to give the character greater agency
Art · Art history · Character (mathematics · HAMLET (protein complex · Literature · Performance art · Cinema and Media Studies · Philosophy · Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary Criticism
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |