Includes bibliographical references (p. 168-177) and index.
Contents:
Introduction: Moving pictures -- The west coast: William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet and Clueless -- The east coast: Jane Austen in Manhattan and Hamlet (dir. Michael Almereyda, 2000) -- Across the pond: The real presence in In the bleak midwinter and 'Mr. Darcy is an actor': repetition in Bridget Jones's diary -- Across the ocean: Shakespeare wallah and Shakespearean performance; and Bride and prejudice (2004) -- Modernity: Mansfield Park (dir. Iain B. MacDonald, 2007), Becoming Jane (dir. Julian Jarrold, 2007), Pride and prejudice (dir. Joe Wright, 2005), Northanger Abbey (dir. Jon Jones, 2007) and Shakespeare retold -- Conclusion.
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