The Guardian view on Shakespeare's 400th anniversary: the play's the thing | Editorial
The Bard was the best of us, so to mark four centuries since his death we should make a resolution to see one of his plays this year, ideally in Stratford-upon-AvonUnfortunate the land that has need of heroes, wrote Bertolt Brecht in an often quoted line. But perhaps Brecht was in error. Whatever our other problems, Britain is a very fortunate land in at least one enduring respect. That's because, for the last four c…