Books Quote by Lytton Strachey

Shakespeare is, after all, Britain's greatest poet and dramatist.

— Sam Wanamaker

Shakespeare is so fundamental to the way we see story. A tremendous amount of narratives come from him - more than many authors are…

— Rebecca Serle

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

— Virginia Woolf

Shakespeare has been praised in English more than anything mortal except poetry itself. Fame exhausts thought in his eulogy.

— George Edward Woodberry

On occasion, a well-constructed drama can do what no reality or news program can do, what Shakespeare does brilliantly, is it can show both…

— Mandy Patinkin

When the drama attains a characterization which makes the play a revelation of human conduct and a dialogue which characterizes yet pleases for itself,…

— Anonymous

You could argue we are a different audience today,but on the other hand what is it that makes Shakespeare great? It is that he…

— Sam Wanamaker

Particularly for English people, Shakespeare is always at the forefront of both drama and the English language. He's always been there. I can't remember…

— Jamie Campbell Bower

English literature is a glorious inheritance which is open to all - there are no barriers, no coupons, and no restrictions. In the English…

— Winston Churchill

You can find more traditional Shakespeare than we do. But what we want to bring to these works is energy, passion, freshness.

— John Bradshaw

What, if not Shakespeare, is open for interpretation?

— Kelly Asbury

“In reality there is no kind of evidence or argument by which one can show that Shakespeare, or any other writer, is "good". Nor…

— George Orwell