2019/10/02 by M. G. Aune · 1 citation
Arts and Humanities · Economics, Econometrics and Finance · #Cinema and Media Studies #Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary Criticism
paper · doi:10.1080/01956051.2018.1559132
openalex publication_date 2019/10/02 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/29
: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.