Shakespeare on screen : The Henriad

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Shakespeare on screen : The Henriad is written by Nathalie Vienne-Guerrin (éd.) and published by Presses universitaires de Rouen et du Havre. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 2877758419 (ISBN 10) and 9782877758413 (ISBN 13).

Filming plays from a tetralogy of history plays implies specific problems and strategies. The papers in this volume show that the plays are parts of a series, and can hardly be staged or filmed without referring to one another. What does the big screen bring to the representation of history, battles and national issues? When do ideological interpretations stop being triggered by the text itself? By deciphering the different ways in which meaning is created and ideology is conveyed, whether it be through specific aesthetics, performances, intertextuality or cultural codes, the papers in this volume all take part in the on-going exploration of what Shakespeare's contrasting afterlives keep saying, not only about the dramatic texts but also about ourselves.