Barry Edelstein, with New York’s Public Theatre for more than 20 years, talks about his role in bringing Shakespeare to the park, to the stage, to modern audiences, and the history of New York’s passion for the Bard. Do we do Shakespeare better than the Brits? Ah, there’s the rub.

What more can you say? thanks to ‘tediousoldfools’

Polonius: What do you read, my lord?
Hamlet: Words, words, words.