Hello Gothic People!It is a new term of the gleefully grotesque and the magnificently macabre, Gothic Reading Group and the theme this year is ‘Adaptation’. To celebrate, I intend to start a new series where I talk a little bit about the background to the original, the adaptation and discuss some of the differences between … Continue reading Doppelgangers – Volume 01: The Shining
Category: Adaptation
Review: The Handmaid’s Tale
In this post, Sheffield Gothic's Hannah Moss reviews Hulu's recent series, The Handmaid's Tale. To explore the Gothic origin's of the show's source material, check out Hannah's previous discussion of Atwood's novel here. You only have to turn on the TV or flick through a magazine to see that The Handmaid’s Tale is a hot … Continue reading Review: The Handmaid’s Tale
But is it Gothic? – Macbeth (2015) dir. Justin Kurzel
On Wednesday, Sheffield Gothic Reading Group gathered to watch and discuss Justin Kurzel’s 2015 film adaptation of Macbeth. Brace yourself for gratuitous FassbenderyThis brutal, stripped-back take on the Scottish play is emotionally demanding from start to finish; the film opens with the harrowing image of the Macbeths grieving at their infant’s funeral –something that is only … Continue reading But is it Gothic? – Macbeth (2015) dir. Justin Kurzel
Steven Guscott: ‘In an ideal world it shouldn’t matter, but we don’t live in an ideal world’
Steven Guscott, author of The Diary of V. Frankenstein, draws from Mary Shelley's Frankenstein to create an alternate history novel, with equality at its core.Interview date: 26th May 2016, 11am.Conducted by Daniel Southward via Skype.It's a somewhat quiet day in Sheffield's Jessop West building as I sit down to interview Steven Guscott, author of The Diary … Continue reading Steven Guscott: ‘In an ideal world it shouldn’t matter, but we don’t live in an ideal world’
Review: Liam Scarlett’s ‘Frankenstein’ at the Royal Opera House
Coinciding with the bicentenary of the notorious ‘Summer of 1816’, Liam Scarlett’s adaptation of Shelley’s Gothic masterpiece 'Frankenstein' was screened in cinemas nationwide last week, live from the Royal Opera House. A co-production by the Royal Ballet and the San Francisco Ballet, this adaptation featured Federico Bonelli as Victor Frankenstein, Laura Morera as Elizabeth Lavenza, and … Continue reading Review: Liam Scarlett’s ‘Frankenstein’ at the Royal Opera House
We need Eyre! Sheffield Gothic watches Cary Fukunaga’s ‘Jane Eyre’ (2011)
On Wednesday, Sheffield Gothic assembled to watch Cary Fukunaga’s Jane Eyre (2011): an elegant, superbly cast adaptation of Charlotte Brontë’s classic novel. Of course, I’m incredibly biased. I adore the Brontës and believe that Jane Eyre is one of the most (if not the most) radical female characters of the Nineteenth Century, so of … Continue reading We need Eyre! Sheffield Gothic watches Cary Fukunaga’s ‘Jane Eyre’ (2011)
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