Shakespeare's Influence | Shakespeare as a World Figure: Translation and Performance Around the World
When Shakespeare first acquired his reputation as a world figure in literature, the term had a much narrower meaning than it has today. In using it today, we must increasingly have in mind the entire world, including the Middle East, South and East Asia, Latin America, and Black and Muslim Africa, as well as all of Europe and the farscattered lands of the English-speaking peoples.
In 1963, Louis Marder noted that Shakespeare's plays had been translated into at least sixty-eight languages and that more than 105 nations had sent their flags to be unfurled in celebration of Shakespeare's...
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