Fictionalising Shakespeare’s ‘Lost Years’: Will’s Rise to Fame
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چکیده
While the lack of information on Shakespeare’s life poses a great challenge to biographers in their pursuit compiling poet’s definitive Life, it is early years his career–the so-called ‘Lost Years’–which represent perhaps biggest mystery historians. Consequently, biographies fill this gap by relying mostly speculation and theories rather than hard facts. For reason, period seems be favourite for fictional representations William life, offering most space creativity authors. Craig Pearce’s TV series Will (2017) specifically brings public version Years.’ Thus, gaps are filled setting story dystopian England incorporating anachronistic elements historical narrative. instance, Will’s arrival London struggles juxtaposed with soundtrack that comprised modern rock songs, while characters’ costumes, make-up, colourful hair tattoos reminiscent popular culture films such as The Hunger Games or Star Wars, well punk 1970s. This way, young man’s journey fame associated modern-day equivalent star’s ascension.
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عنوان ژورنال: Linguaculture
سال: 2023
ISSN: ['2067-9696', '2285-9403']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.47743/lincu-2023-1-0332