Shakespearean Spinach
- Synopsis
- The 2015 Alice Griffin lecture given by Professor Peter Holland. What do Popeye, the Dude, R2-D2 and Quentin Tarantino have in common? Professor Holland is fascinated by the burgeoning world of Shakespearean spin-offs, mash-ups, dramatisations and novelisations, and to mention the success authors are having turning cult films into dramas using something approximating blank verse. With hidden codes, unlikely heroes, complex puns and a gentle pillorying of scholarly efforts, these riffs lend an intriguing dimension to pop culture’s engagements with Shakespeare.
- Series
- Alice Griffin Lecture
- Language
- English
- Country
- New Zealand
- Medium
- Video
- Technical information
- Colour / Sound
- Recording date
- 2015
- Duration
- 53 mins
Credits
- Contributor
- Peter Holland
Additional Details
- Production type
- Documentary/Educational/News
- Keywords
- popular culture; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Shakespeare on film; mash-ups; fandom
- Related items
- Shakespearean Spinach
Notes
- Notes
- Accessed on YouTube 8/2016.
- General
- The 2015 Alice Griffin Lecture was given at the University of Auckland as part of the Auckland Writers Festival, by Professor Peter Holland, University of Notre Dame. Professor Holland is the 2015 University of Auckland Alice Griffin Fellow in Shakespeare Studies.
- History
- Posted 7 June 2015.
Online Availability
Production Company
How to cite this record
Shakespeare, "Shakespearean Spinach". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av77292 (Accessed 20 Sep 2024)