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Title:
"From Melodrama to Tragedy and Back: Closing the Melodramatic Gap between Bollywood and Hollywood Shakespeare Adaptations"
Author:
Földváry, Kinga.
Type:
Journal Article
Year:
2024
Publication Information:
Shakespeare Studies 52 (2024): 129–45.
Annotation:

Shows hows Vishal Bhardwaj's Haider (q.v.) exemplifies how Bollywood and Hollywood cinematic practices have become more similar, with Bollywood productions toning down formal, melodramatic elements and Hollywood amplifying melodramatic elements. Traces hybridity and melodrama across multiple adaptations of Shakespeare on screen.

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Title:
"A Discursive 'She': The [Mis]Prints and Possibilites of Emilia in Shakespeare's Othello"
Author:
Kennedy, Lindsay Adams.
Type:
Journal Article
Year:
2024
Publication Information:
Shakespeare Studies 52 (2024): 109.
Annotation:

Rehabilitiates the folio text of Othello's "She ha's done my Office," suggesting that it offers evidence that Emilia slept with Othello to advance Iago's career.

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Title:
"What's Shakespeare to the Prison, and What's the Prison to Shakespeare?: Wrestling with the Value of Shakespeare Behind Bars"
Author:
Windhauser, Kevin.
Type:
Journal Article
Year:
2024
Publication Information:
Shakespeare Studies 52 (2024): 59–65.
Annotation:

Reflects on career path from early modern literary scholar to "full-time director of a college-in-prison program," emphasizing the value of teaching Shakespeare in prisons for committed instructors and incarcerated people.

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