“He was not of an age, but for all time!” - Ben Jonson
The above quote, written about William Shakespeare, is as true today as it was in Jonson's time.
I am currently reading a book about The Bard. Given the power of the unhinged evangelicals, the rise of Doug Ford in Ontario, and, of course, the madness in the Benighted States of America, the following sentence by Stephen Greenblatt resonated with me:
"Shakespeare was fascinated by the crazed ranting of those who hate modernity, despise learning and celebrate the virtue of ignorance."
Not much has changed in 400 years, eh?
