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Me and Orson Welles

Brutus stabs Caesar during the performance of Julius Caesar in the film Me and Orson Welles

Brutus stabs Caesar during the performance of Julius Caesar in the film Me and Orson Welles.
Photo: Liam Daniel.

Shakespeare

If Welles was the artistic genius of his time, then Shakespeare can undoubtedly be considered the same for Elizabethan England. Why is Shakespeare one of the cornerstones of English Literature and culture? What makes him stand apart from others not only of his own time but also now? What do we know about Shakespeare? And does he deserve the fame and cultural value that is now attached to him?