[goldstategop]

Err... Shakespeare is the greatest English writer and the greatest writer in world literature. Every one else lives in his shadow.

(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)

[speedy]

Incredible how the popularity of his work has been sustained. In the course of any given two-year period in New York, you could probably see every one of his plays performed at least once. The towering literary figure of the English language for four centuries and going strong.