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Much Ado About Nothing

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ABR Arts 24 July 2013

Much Ado About Nothing

by
ABR Arts 24 July 2013

There have been more than 900 Shakespearean film adaptations of one kind or other, for screens large and small, dating back to scenes from Macbeth in 1898. The Stratford playwright would have become rich beyond the dreams of avarice from film rights alone; equally, though, I think he would have acknowledged that film-makers have notched up a pretty honourable record in bringing his plays to the cinema. Certainly, such screen versions have been essentially aimed at arthouse audiences, but he might well have been pleased at some of his successes among the groundlings. Think of Zeffirelli’s Romeo and Juliet and how well it chimed with the youthful Zeitgeist in 1968.

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