Magdalena Cieslak is assistant professor of English at the University of Lódz.

The field of academic research on Shakespeare and screen adaptations has been rapidly expanding over the past decades, and Cieslak’s interdisciplinary study provides a welcome critical addition. . . In a highly topical book, also considering the ongoing #MeToo debate, the author explores the tensions and negotiations between early modern attitudes towards gender and the way twenty-first century adaptations relate to those issues in terms of current gender politics. . . . With all the insightful analysis in her timely book, Cieslak has hopefully also provided an impetus for further research in this highly topical field.

• Part I: Doing It “Straight”Chapter 1—Michael Radford’s The Merchant of VeniceChapter 2—Kenneth Branagh’s As You Like ItChapter 3—Julie Taymor’s The TempestChapter 4—Joss Whedon’s Much Ado About NothingPart II: BBC’s ShakespeaRe-Told—Retelling Shakespeare for Political CorrectnessChapter 5—BBC’s ShakespeaRe-Told Much Ado About Nothing, dir. Brian PercivalChapter 6—BBC’s ShakespeaRe-Told The Taming of the Shrew, dir. David RichardsChapter 7— BBC’s ShakespeaRe-Told A Midsummer Night’s Dream, dir. Ed FraimanConclusion: Girl Power or Will Power?Epilogue: Bridget Jones’s Baby

Magdalena Cieslak is assistant professor of English at the University of Lódz.

The field of academic research on Shakespeare and screen adaptations has been rapidly expanding over the past decades, and Cieslak’s interdisciplinary study provides a welcome critical addition. . . In a highly topical book, also considering the ongoing #MeToo debate, the author explores the tensions and negotiations between early modern attitudes towards gender and the way twenty-first century adaptations relate to those issues in terms of current gender politics. . . . With all the insightful analysis in her timely book, Cieslak has hopefully also provided an impetus for further research in this highly topical field.

• Part I: Doing It “Straight”Chapter 1—Michael Radford’s The Merchant of VeniceChapter 2—Kenneth Branagh’s As You Like ItChapter 3—Julie Taymor’s The TempestChapter 4—Joss Whedon’s Much Ado About NothingPart II: BBC’s ShakespeaRe-Told—Retelling Shakespeare for Political CorrectnessChapter 5—BBC’s ShakespeaRe-Told Much Ado About Nothing, dir. Brian PercivalChapter 6—BBC’s ShakespeaRe-Told The Taming of the Shrew, dir. David RichardsChapter 7— BBC’s ShakespeaRe-Told A Midsummer Night’s Dream, dir. Ed FraimanConclusion: Girl Power or Will Power?Epilogue: Bridget Jones’s Baby

Magdalena Cieslak is assistant professor of English at the University of Lódz.

The field of academic research on Shakespeare and screen adaptations has been rapidly expanding over the past decades, and Cieslak’s interdisciplinary study provides a welcome critical addition. . . In a highly topical book, also considering the ongoing #MeToo debate, the author explores the tensions and negotiations between early modern attitudes towards gender and the way twenty-first century adaptations relate to those issues in terms of current gender politics. . . . With all the insightful analysis in her timely book, Cieslak has hopefully also provided an impetus for further research in this highly topical field.

• Part I: Doing It “Straight”Chapter 1—Michael Radford’s The Merchant of VeniceChapter 2—Kenneth Branagh’s As You Like ItChapter 3—Julie Taymor’s The TempestChapter 4—Joss Whedon’s Much Ado About NothingPart II: BBC’s ShakespeaRe-Told—Retelling Shakespeare for Political CorrectnessChapter 5—BBC’s ShakespeaRe-Told Much Ado About Nothing, dir. Brian PercivalChapter 6—BBC’s ShakespeaRe-Told The Taming of the Shrew, dir. David RichardsChapter 7— BBC’s ShakespeaRe-Told A Midsummer Night’s Dream, dir. Ed FraimanConclusion: Girl Power or Will Power?Epilogue: Bridget Jones’s Baby