Silent Shakespeare

CoSMO

Renato Rizzoli¹ 

[1] Università di Torino;

关键词: Shakespeare on screen;    Hamlet;    Weimar;    Melodrama;    Gender crisis;   

DOI  :  10.13135/2281-6658/5130

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

The purpose of the paper is to analyse the figure of the female protagonist in Gade’s silent film version of Hamlet (1921), Asta Nielsen, the first internationally renown screen star. She is not only the heroine of the melodramatic plot who is trapped in a feigned male identity imposed on her by external circumstances and political reasons (according to Vining’s controversial reading of the original play), but because of her avant-guarde acting style and performance, and her androgynous look she becomes the symbol of Weimar ‘gender crisis’.

【 授权许可】

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