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The transitory enthusiasm surrounding the advent of the new millennium raises questions about the cultural significance of William Shakespeare, ‘Man of the Millennium’. The unique prestige of Shakespeare’s plays makes them an incongruous element within the fastmoving film and entertainment industry. Whereas Shakespeare is here adapted with notable but volatile success to match market requirements, institutions of culture and education in Britain strive to preserve his integrity as a cultural icon. In Stratford and at the reconstructed Globe Theatre, an entire industry is founded upon this iconic status while the increasingly prolific community of Shakespeare scholars gratefully employs the pre-eminence of his plays as a basis for critical controversy. However, despite his continuing presence, Shakespeare’s significance as a vital cultural force is ultimately diminished in today’s diffuse cultural environment.
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The transitory enthusiasm surrounding the advent of the new millennium raises questions about the cultural significance of William Shakespeare, ‘Man of the Millennium’. The unique prestige of Shakespeare’s plays makes them an incongruous element within the fast-moving film and entertainment industry. Whereas Shakespeare is here adapted with notable but volatile success to match market requirements, institutions of culture and education in Britain strive to preserve his integrity as a cultural icon. In Stratford and at the reconstructed Globe Theatre, an entire industry is founded upon this iconic status while the increasingly prolific community of Shakespeare scholars gratefully employs the pre-eminence of his plays as a basis for critical controversy. However, despite his continuing presence, Shakespeare’s significance as a vital cultural force is ultimately diminished in today’s diffuse cultural environment.
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The transitory enthusiasm surrounding the advent of the new millennium raises questions about the cultural significance of William Shakespeare, ‘Man of the Millennium’. The unique prestige of Shakespeare’s plays makes them an incongruous element within the fastmoving film and entertainment industry. Whereas Shakespeare is here adapted with notable but volatile success to match market requirements, institutions of culture and education in Britain strive to preserve his integrity as a cultural icon. In Stratford and at the reconstructed Globe Theatre, an entire industry is founded upon this iconic status while the increasingly prolific community of Shakespeare scholars gratefully employs the pre-eminence of his plays as a basis for critical controversy. However, despite his continuing presence, Shakespeare’s significance as a vital cultural force is ultimately diminished in today’s diffuse cultural environment.