Shakespearean Drama

Shakespearean Drama, Disability, and the Filmic Stare synthesizes Laura Mulveys male gaze and Rosemarie Garland-Thomsons stare into a new critical lens, the filmic stare, in order to understand and analyze the visual construction of disability in adaptations of Shakespearean drama. The book explores the intersections of adaptation studies, film studies, Shakespeare studies, and disability studies to analyze twentieth and twenty-first century representations of both physical disability and madness in global cinematic film, television film, and digital broadcast cinema in Shakespeares works. Shakespearean Drama, Disability, and the Filmic Stare argues that the filmic stare does not differentiate between male and female characters with disabilities, or between powerful and powerless figures in disability representation. This multi-disciplinary volume is ideal for disability studies scholars, Shakespeare scholars, and those interested in adaptations of Shakespeares famous works.