Reviving Juliet and Surviving Romeo in Shakespeare Web-Series

doi:10.1017/9781009200905.016

Chapter 15 - Reviving Juliet and Surviving Romeo in Shakespeare Web-Series

from Part III - Serial and Queer Romeo and Juliets

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 October 2023

Jennifer Flaherty

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Victoria Bladen ,

Sarah Hatchuel and

Nathalie Vienne-Guerrin

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Victoria Bladen: Affiliation:
University of Queensland
Sarah Hatchuel: Affiliation:
University Paul-Valéry Montpellier
Nathalie Vienne-Guerrin: Affiliation:
University Paul-Valéry Montpellier

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Summary

I will explore how web-series adaptations of Romeo and Juliet challenge and revise the famous (and infamous) narrative of the star-crossed lovers. Participating in a new model for Shakespeare on screen, these series change the plot of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, expanding the number and variety of the female characters, adapting Shakespeare to address issues of gender, sexuality and love in the digital age. The young women who create web-series such as Any Other Rosie, Any Other Vlog, Jules and Monty and Rome and Juliet shift the viewer’s focus away from Juliet and her complicated legacy.

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Romeo and Juliet Youtube appropriation series Rome and Juliet Any Other Rosie Jules and Monty Any Other Vlog transmedia ending gender

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Information: Shakespeare on Screen: Romeo and Juliet , pp. 231 - 241

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009200905.016 [Opens in a new window]

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Print publication year: 2023

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