In Elizabethan England, "bard" William Shakespeare played to the "lowest common denominator", wrote sexy & politically provocative dialogue and "borrowed" heavily from what his contemporaries thought of as "classic" themes.
In other words, he wasn't anywhere near as boring, profound, prescient, stuffy, classy or original as perceived in high school English classes.
Fast forward to the present, dragging the tragedy "King Lear" along: Author Christopher Moore has turned it into a modern comedy called "Fool."
From NPR's Talk of the Nation, March 12th.
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