![]() ![]() Today, on the 450 th anniversary of his birth, he stands as a colossus who straddles the centuries, towering above all other writers, with the possible exception of Homer and Dante. The words of praise have, therefore, become words of prophecy because none of the Bard of Avon’s contemporaries could have foreseen the extent to which Shakespeare would conquer the world in the centuries after his death. ![]() These famous words of praise by the great poet, Ben Jonson, in honour of the even greater poet, William Shakespeare, were published in the First Folio edition of Shakespeare’s plays in 1623, only seven years after Shakespeare’s death. He was not of an age, but for all time! -Ben Jonson on William Shakespeare ![]() It is not merely that he has survived the test of time it is that his plays, and the truth and morality contained within them, transcend time. Shakespeare stands as a colossus who straddles the centuries. ![]()
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