{"product_id":"orson-welles-shakespeare-and-popular-michael-anderegg-9780231112291","title":"Orson Welles, Shakespeare, and Popular Culture","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the earliest days of radio to the golden age of television and beyond, Orson Welles has occupied a unique place in American culture. In \u003ci\u003eOrson Welles, Shakespeare, and Popular Culture, \u003c\/i\u003e Michael Anderegg considers Welles's influence as an interpreter of Shakespeare for twentieth-century American popular audiences. Exploring his works on stage, radio, and in film, Anderegg reveals Welles's unique position as an artist of both high and popular culture. At once intellectually respected and commercially viable, the Shakespeare Welles gave the American public reflects his unique genius as a writer, director, and actor. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom early plays in school to the \u003ci\u003eEverybody's Shakespeare\u003c\/i\u003e books and the Mercury Text Records adaptations, Anderegg illustrates how Welles tried to transcend the barriers between the classical and the popular. He argues that \"Welles the Shakespearean\" sought to be a restorer as well as an innovator by drawing on his knowledge of the abundant, lowbrow popularity of Shakespeare in nineteenth-century America. Welles's three film adaptations of Shakespeare, \u003ci\u003eMacbeth, Othello, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eChimes at Midnight, \u003c\/i\u003e are examined. From his peculiarly \"Scottish\" version of Macbeth, to his postmodern reading of the history plays in \u003ci\u003eChimes at Midnight, \u003c\/i\u003e Welles's interpretive strategies--and the public's reception of them--are considered. In the final chapter, Anderegg surveys Welles's work as an actor--his legacy and myth--and reexamines the common view that he squandered his talents in the era after \u003ci\u003eCitizen Kane.\u003c\/i\u003e Taking into account his non-Shakespearean roles, Anderegg shows Welles to have been a markedly \"Shakespearean\" actor and, in his versions of the Bard's plays, a key arbiter of culture.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Anderegg\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0231112297\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780231112291\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Columbia University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/1998\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.73lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.98h x 6.00w x 0.58d","brand":"Michael Anderegg","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46140673851647,"sku":"9780231112291","price":34.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_39ba7498-eef0-43c0-b288-9e41fcc7bbb6.jpg?v=1726596709","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/orson-welles-shakespeare-and-popular-michael-anderegg-9780231112291","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}