"Bad Shakespeare: Adapting a Tradition" https://www.worldshakesbib.org/entry/bbbc1784/ Author: Holdefer, Charles. Type: Book Chapter Year: 2013 Publication Information: Wells-Lassagne, Screening Text: Critical Perspectives on Film Adaptation, 197–206. : Wells-Lassagne, Screening Text: Critical Perspectives on Film Adaptation Annotation: Analyzes deliberately poor renditions of Shakespeare ("bad Shakespeare") in movie adaptations of novels where the bad Shakespeare appears. Contends that "bad Shakespeare shifts the focus from the original source and its ostensible purpose, and puts it on the very idea of representation, and on the potential appeal of interesting failure." Language: English Persons: Wells-Lassagne, Shannon; Hudelet, Ariane Tags: Film, Cinema, Television, Radio, Productions WSB Update: Winter 2014 WSB Record Number: bbbc1784