[Angus]

Whatever your preference there's no denying that Shakespeare is probably the greatest every playwright - who else can boast around four and a half centuries of their works being performed in every corner of the globe, and providing inspiration for so many other artistic forms of expression? There are probably very few places on earth where he has not been heard of. Best of all he was English and enriched our language so much - many of our adages and expressions have been lifted directly from his plays.