Shakespeare was a hero who helped make English the most spoken language around the world, something that we have all benefited from. Why would anyone want to try to rewrite and reinterpret that ...

Because Shakespeare gave his hero and antihero equal weight, the contest between the actors playing them has never been that ...

Narrator: Shakespeare’s heroes can be fairly clear cut – brave, well-meaning characters, trying to do the right thing against the odds and their own failings, like Julius Caesar or King Lear.