Roméo et Juliette: de la Haine à l'Amour

A Controversial Adaptation

Authors

  • Cristina Paravano Università degli Studi di Milano – University of Milan

Abstract

This essay examines the adaptation strategies adopted in Gérard Presgurvic's critically controversial Roméo et Juliette: de la Haine à l'Amour (2001). It investigates the factors which brought about the controversial response in France in 2001, analyzing the reception of the show from three perspectives: the audience, the critics, and the subsequent adaptors of the work. The essay also discusses the reasons for the negative reaction to its adaptation in 2002 in England, the country where Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet was staged for the first time.

Author Biography

Cristina Paravano, Università degli Studi di Milano – University of Milan

Cristina Paravano is Adjunct Lecturer at the University of Milan, where she obtained a Ph.D. in English Studies. Her research interests lie in the areas of early modern English drama, Shakespeare and appropriation, and dystopian literature. She authored a monograph on multilingualism in the plays of Richard Brome (2018), and has published articles in English Text Construction, SEDERI Yearbook, Notes & Queries, Shakespeare, and New Theatre Quarterly, as well as several chapters in edited collections.

Issue Cover text: B&L, Vol. 12, No. 2, 2019. Image: One actor lovingly massages another shoulders.

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Published

2019-05-01

Issue

Vol. 12 No. 2 (2019): Spring/Summer

Section

Articles