SHAKESPEARE THROUGH THE AGES
1623, the playwright and poet Ben Jonson wrote that his friend Shakespeare “was not of an age, but for all time”. But Jonson could scarcely have imagined the impact and influence Shakespeare would have on four centuries of thinkers, writers, composers, visual artists, stage and film directors, actors and scholars. Shakespeare’s collaborator John Fletcher had already produced the first sequel to one of Shakespeare’s plays. is a continuation of . Kate has died, and Petruccio meets a new match in his second wife, Maria. Following Fletcher’s example, we throughout the ages have continued to collaborate with Shakespeare. We admire him and we want to
