On a Romantic Island: Shakespeare and Mamma mia

• Authors: Jana B. Wild
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The paper concerns the blockbuster musical film Mamma mia, loosely using some of Shakespearean patterns, topoi and plots. Set on a small Greek island, idylic and exotic, the film offers a contemporary romantic story with new/reversed roles in terms of gender, parenthood, sexuality, marriage and age, pointing to a different cultural paradigm. While the Shakespearean level is recast, remixed and probably less visible, the priority is given to the utopia of the 1970s and to the question of its outcome and transformation.

Keywords

EN

Mamma mia; musical; popular culture; Shakespeare; The Tempest

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Łódzki. Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
• Journal: Multicultural Shakespeare: Translation, Appropriation and Performance
• Year: 2019
• Volume: 20
• Issue: 35
• Pages: 151-161

Dates

published

2019-12-30

Contributors

author

Jana B. Wild

• Academy of Performing Arts Bratislava, SK

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Identifiers

DOI

10.18778/2083-8530.20.11