Adapting Dickens for the screen (2022)
Thesis
Kelsall, H. A. Adapting Dickens for the screen. (Thesis). Keele University. https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/425033

This thesis examines the value of film and television adaptations of Dickens’ novels; Oliver Twist, A Christmas Carol, Bleak House and Great Expectations. Adaptations are bound to the multiple landscape, where they emerge from social, economic, comme... Read More about Adapting Dickens for the screen.

Post-millennial South African theatre: politics, legacies and futures (2019)
Thesis
Croton, R. Post-millennial South African theatre: politics, legacies and futures. (Thesis). Keele University. https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/413836

During both the apartheid and post-apartheid eras, South African theatre has been a vital source of resistance and creativity. South African theatre-makers have proven the continuing vitality of representing resistance through postcolonial drama. The... Read More about Post-millennial South African theatre: politics, legacies and futures.

The labour of feminist performance: postfeminism, authenticity, and celebrity in contemporary representations of girlhood on screen (2018)
Thesis
Seaton, W. A. The labour of feminist performance: postfeminism, authenticity, and celebrity in contemporary representations of girlhood on screen. (Thesis). Keele University. https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/412023

This thesis examines the labour that is made visible by the individual on-screen performances of five distinct postfeminist identities from contemporary popular culture. Each chapter focuses on one of three texts: the English-language film adaptation... Read More about The labour of feminist performance: postfeminism, authenticity, and celebrity in contemporary representations of girlhood on screen.

A textual and theoretical reframing of Derek Jarman’s films in the context of British cinema in the 1970s and 1980s
Thesis
Davies, W. J. A textual and theoretical reframing of Derek Jarman’s films in the context of British cinema in the 1970s and 1980s. https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/407273

The purpose of this work is to present a reframing and repositioning of films made by Derek Jarman via in-depth textual analysis (rarely seen previously) and attention to relevant theoretical connections (such as heritage, pastiche, camp, adaptation)... Read More about A textual and theoretical reframing of Derek Jarman’s films in the context of British cinema in the 1970s and 1980s.