... the interest provided by the synergy of Shakespearean verse (regardless of the quality of the speaking of that verse) and the modern context, which make this version worthy of analysis. With obvious influence from the stylistically modern Richard III (1996) and the audacious Romeo + Juliet (1996), Almereyda creates both a media saturated world and media-obsessed prince. The influence of the media and of technology provide a modernised context ... examples as this, although prevalent, are not as audacious as that which is undertaken in the scene, which in the "original" scenic order is Ac...

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