Ooh! Ooh! Great post on The Guardian UK blog. Lyn Gardner discusses the overabundance of Shakespeare. Here are some snippits:

“Shakespeare is our cultural medicine, often nasty but we swallow it all the same because like cod liver oil we think it must be good for us.”

“theatre just offers far too many revivals of the plays that are mind-numbingly dull and staged by directors and companies that have too much reverence, not enough passion and no urgent reason to stage that particular play at this particular moment.”

“Every Shakespeare revival should treat the play as if it was brand new and the ink barely dry on the page, and until that happens and we have worked out how Shakespeare really can be our contemporary in 21st century Britain, maybe we should do him a favour and give him a rest.”

Um…amen. I wonder how often Shakespeare would be done if it weren’t free. Also, spelling “favor” with a U is so freakin’ adorable.