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Shakespeare is the one who gets re-interpreted most frequently.

People have known of Shakespeare's homosexuality down through the ages.

Now we sit through Shakespeare in order to recognize the quotations.

I'm lucky enough to work with, I think, the greatest writer there's ever been, Shakespeare. Whose collected works would always be under my pillow if I was only ever allowed one book to keep, and who never bores me.

There's that old adage about how there's only seven plots in the world and Shakespeare's done them all before.

Nobody knows anything about Shakespeare the person. It's all legend, it is all rumor.

This is not writing at all. Indeed, I could say that Shakespeare surpasses literature altogether, if I knew what I meant.

I surrendered to a world of my imagination, reenacting all those wonderful tales my father would read aloud to me. I became a very active reader, especially history and Shakespeare.

Doing Shakespeare in the Park has always been a dream. Everyone else says Hamlet, but I want to play Romeo.