Bag Quote by Michel Faber

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

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

— John Bradshaw

With Shakespeare, because you invest so much time in working on material, it always sort of stays with you to some degree.

— Christian Cooke

I am rather partial to Shakespeare, though I haven't done loads. But when it's done right, there's nothing like it. There are layers upon…

— Sophie Okonedo

We've seen Shakespeare done a billion times to make it seem relevant today. We love period dramas. We love to long for a time…

— Claudia Jessie

Shakespeare and his work will always be relevant. He wrote those pieces hundreds of years ago and we haven't really changed as humans, have…

— Michelle Dockery

Shakespeare is practically our only link with the classic and the past. The future of education has much to do with whether we will…

— Allan Bloom

I think that one of the reasons Shakespeare withstands the test of time is that his themes are so universal.

— Rebecca Serle

Shakespeare's stories are still very strong. He structured fantastic stories about things that were fundamental to the human being and psyche.

— James McAvoy

Any good piece of material like Shakespeare ought to be open to reinterpretation.

— Denzel Washington

Shakespeare is a seminal story-teller. I don't think he imagined he was writing classics or that he was writing great poetry. I don't think…

— Naseeruddin Shah

Shakespeare doesn't belong to the past. If his material is valid, it is valid now. It's like coal. The only meaningfulness of a piece…

— Peter Brook