LITERATURE, FILM AND SHAKESPEARE
LITERATURE, FILM AND SHAKESPEARE

Summary/Abstract: SHAKESPEARE IS WITHOUT DOUBT THE AUTHOR OF THEATER THE MOST ADAPTED TO THE CINEMA, EITHER IN FAITHFUL TRANSPOSITIONS OF ITS PLAYS OR IN ADAPTATIONS TO OTHER SETTINGS IN TIME AND SPACE. THE FIRST QUESTION THAT OPENS THIS CHAPTER IS: WHY DOES THE SHAKESPEAREAN DRAMA TRANSFER SO EASY TO THE SCREEN? A POSSIBLE ANSWER TO THIS MYSTERY COULD BE RELATED TO THE SIMILARITIES, BUT MOREOVER TO THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE STRUCTURE OF THE ELIZABETHAN THEATRE AND THE CINEMATIC PRODUCTIONS. BOTH OF THESE FORMS OF ARTISTIC REPRESENTATION ARE BASED ON A RAPID AND AS NATURAL AS POSSIBLE CHANGE OF SCENES, WHICH GIVES THE POSSIBILITY TO THE THEATRE OR TO THE CINEMA PRODUCER TO CHANGE THE FOCUS OF THE SPECTATOR WHEN LEAST EXPECTED.

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