A new season of films celebrates how different directors have found a way to bring Shakespeare's work forward, from Baz Luhrmann to Derek Jarman What is the Shakespeare canon if not the ideal treasure trove of IP? Truancy laws mandate that students develop at the very least a passing familiarity with Romeo and Juliet, the highest-brow pop culture artifact nonetheless considered universally common knowledge, and the t…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:42AM on July 1, 2024