Shakespeare has rarely translated well to film, and even when it does — "Shakespeare in Love," "William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet" — it's usually in a modernistic, revisionist way that steps outside the rigid confines of the Bard's plays. And the reason is simple: With nigh on half a millennium separating our version of the English language from his, it's very difficult for anyone who's not a Ph.D. in literature to comprehend just what the heck the characters are saying.
Coriolanus
Coriolanus
Coriolanus
Shakespeare has rarely translated well to film, and even when it does — "Shakespeare in Love," "William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet" — it's usually in a modernistic, revisionist way that steps outside the rigid confines of the Bard's plays. And the reason is simple: With nigh on half a millennium separating our version of the English language from his, it's very difficult for anyone who's not a Ph.D. in literature to comprehend just what the heck the characters are saying.