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Reimagining Shakespeare in 2020


December 25, 2020 โ€“ Shakespeare has been dead for more than 400 years, but to UNM English professor Marissa Greenberg, his work is alive all around usโ€”in movies, books, opera, ballet, comic books, video games, even podcasts. Correspondent Gwyneth Doland chats with Greenberg about how artists and writers today are making Shakespeare relevant to a new generation.  

Correspondent: Gwyneth Doland 

Guests: 
Marissa Greenberg, professor, UNM Department of English Language & Literature 

Recommendations: 
Greenberg recommends these movies based on Shakespeare plays:  

  • Ten Things I Hate About You  
  • Sheโ€™s The Man 
  • Akira Kurasawa: Throne of Blood and Ran 
  • Baz Luhrmanโ€™s Romeo Plus Juliet 
  • My Own Private Idaho 
  • Scotland, PA 
  • Romeo Must Die 
  • The Lion King 
  • Ophelia 

Podcasts: 

For More Information: 
The Real ‘Hamnet’ Died Centuries Ago, But This Novel Is Timeless โ€” NPR 
In ‘Gap Of Time,’ Shakespeare Is Updated, But Not Upstaged โ€” NPR 
Elsinore Smartly Reimagines Hamlet with Ophelia as the Hero โ€” Wired 
โ€œPandemic Pedagogyโ€ โ€” UNM Faculty Lightning Lounge talk by Marissa Greenberg 

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