
Research on the Performance and Adaptation of Shakespeare's Historical Plays in the 20th Century
by Li Yanmei
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More than 400 years after its birth, Shakespeare's plays are still performed lively on the stage. This article selects the performances of Shakespeare's historical plays on the contemporary drama stage and the adapted film and television works as the research objects, sorting out the performances in various countries, summarizing the film and television expression methods that emerged in the 20th century, and the adaptation of Shakespeare's historical plays, and exploring people's new understanding of Shakespeare's historical plays in the new era. Historical dramas use an artistic method to interpret for modern people all the things that happened in the past in human history. When people "at this time" look at the people and things "then" with cold eyes, they are thinking about the real situation. The performances and film and television adaptations of Shakespeare's historical plays in the 20th century are also a way for modern people to re-examine themselves and express themselves. It has changed from the expression of historical plays in Shakespeare's period 400 years ago. At the same time, the interpretations of Shakespeare's historical plays in contemporary countries around the world are constantly filled with expressions of historical dramas - politics, human nature, and due to different national cultures. Social reality... In the Internet age and the tide of consumer culture in the 20th century, the interpretation of Shakespeare's historical dramas inevitably faces the situation of classics being consumed, and at the same time it also relies on consumer culture to spread; and how to use the world audience's love for Shakespeare's historical dramas to express Britain's political belief in re-emerging in the 21st century is also a content of great interest to this article.
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