Ophelia

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Weary, Stale, Flat and Unprofitable? The State of Shakespeare Onscreen

BD Kooyman Dec 8, 2019 6 min read

Three feature films inspired by Shakespeare and his work - Kenneth Branagh’s All is True, Claire McCarthy’s Ophelia, and David Michôd’s The King - made fleeting theatrical appearances in Australian ar…

Ophelia Review - A Welcome Recontextualisation of Shakespeare's Hamlet

Andrew F Peirce Aug 3, 2019 3 min read

Reviews Claire McCarthy Clive Owen Daisy Ridley Drama George MacKay Hamlet history Lisa Klein Naomi Watts Ophelia recontextualisation Review Shakespeare women

The power of enduring stories is that they can be reshaped, remoulded, transmogrified, and morphed throughout time to become echoes of what they once were. Shakespeare’s Hamlet is one such story, havi…

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