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Title:
Predstava Hamleta u Mrduši Donjoj [The Performance of Hamlet in Central Dalmatia]
Director:
Papić, Krsto.
Type:
Production
Year:
1973
Additional:

Based on Predstava Hamleta u selu Mrduša Donja by Ivo Brešan (q.v.). Written and directed by Krsto Papić. Produced by Sulejman Kapić. Cinematography by Vjenceslav Orešković. Edited by Lida Branis.

Venue:
Jadran Film. ca. 95 minutes. (1973)
Annotation:

With Rade Šerbedžija (Joco / Hamlet), Milena Dravić (Anđa / Ophelia), Krešimir Zidarić (Bukara / the King), Fabijan Šovagović (Andro), Izet Hajdarhodžić (Joco's father), Ljubiša Samardžić (Mačak), Mate Ergović (Simurina), Zvonko Lepetić (Mile), Zdenka Heršak (Mara), and others.

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Title:
Hamlet u selu Mrduša Dona ili Hamlet zna što narod ne zna [Hamlet in the Village of Mrduša Donja or Hamlet Knows what the People Don't Know]
Director:
Kupusović, Sulejman.
Type:
Production
Year:
2011
Additional:

Adapted and directed by Sulejman Kupusovic from Ivo Brešan's Predstava Hamleta u selu Mrduša Donja (q.v.). Scenography and costume design by Marijela Hašimbegović; stage managed by Nihad Kapic.

Venue:
National Theatre, Sarajevo, 2011, and on tour 2011-2012.  (2011)
Annotation:

With Josip Pejakovic (Hajraga),  Milan Pavlovic (Secretary),  Mirsad Tuka (Meša), Nerman Mahmutovic (Šuco), Amina Begovic (Safeta), Mirvad Kuric (Baja), Aldin Omerovic (Suljo), Merima Lepić-Redžepović (Azra), Slaven Vidak (Zulfo), Sanela Pepljak (Remza), and Riad Ljutovic (Spitz).

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Title:
"Hamlet Domesticus: Three Directors' Productions of Hamlet on the Modern Croatian Stage"
Author:
Penjak, Ana.
Type:
Book Chapter
Year:
2014
Publication Information:
Steijn, Staged Experiences, 213–19.
Annotation:

"Investigates three different theatrical versions of Hamlet, Ivo Brešan’s Predstava Hamleta u Selu Mrduša Donja (The Performance of Hamlet in Central Dalmatia), Slobodan Šnajder’s Gamllet, and Luko Paljetak’s Poslije Hamleta (After Hamlet)" (q.v. all). Suggests that these interpretations of Hamlet offer insights into Croatian history and culture and respond to the political moments in which they were performed. English summary, 213.

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Title:
"Anatomy of a Passion: Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale as Case Study"
Author:
Charland, Louis C.; White, R.S..
Type:
Book Chapter
Year:
2015
Publication Information:
Broomhall, Ordering Emotions in Europe, 1100-1800, 197–224.
Annotation:

Argues that "Shakespeare draws on the quasi-medical thoery of the passion of jealous" in Winter's Tale, focusing on Leontes' jealousy.

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Title:
"Slaying the Dragon in Shakespeare's Coriolanus: A Jungian, Archetypal Analysis"
Author:
Russell, Jesse.
Type:
Journal Article
Year:
2023
Publication Information:
International Journal of Jungian Studies 15 (2023): 136–56.
Annotation:

Building on Coriolanus's self-description as a "lonely dragon," presents Coriolanus as an archetypal dragon: predatory, greedy, and "think[ing] of himself as being superior to the human condition." Positions Aufidius as archetypal dragon slayer. Suggests that Shakespeare's dragon imagery draws on Scandinavian literature and Nordic myth.  English summary, 136.

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