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Orson Welles, Shakespeare, and Popular Culture
Orson Welles Shakespeare and Popular Culture Author:Michael Anderegg 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.