Orson Welles, Shakespeare, and Popular Culture

Orson Welles, Shakespeare, and Popular Culture
Author: Michael A. Anderegg
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Total Pages: 250
Release: 1999
Genre: English drama
ISBN: 9780231112291


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Anderegg considers Welles's influence as an interpreter of Shakespeare for twentieth-century American popular audiences, drawing on his knowledge of the abundant, lowbrow popularity of Shakespeare in nineteenth-century America. Welles's three film adaptations of Shakespeare, Macbeth, Othello, and Chimes at Midnight, are examined.


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Categories: English drama
Type: BOOK - Published: 1999 - Publisher: Columbia University Press

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