Alexandra Petri wonders if the Bard should be, or not be, our literary touchstone
(NEWSER) - Is Shakespeare still relevant today? Before you answer, consider how many of his plays would be ruined by the addition of cellphones, writes Alexandra Petri of the Washington Post . "Soon, if we do a modern staging, we'll have to stipulate that, 'In fair Verona, where we lay our scene/The cell reception was spotty/From ancient grudge that brake the AT&T." Yesterday was Shakespeare's birthday, and it led Petri to wonder if he's one of those celebrities "who are famous primarily because they are famous." More»
