“This is what Shakespeare would have wanted.”
“Shakespeare wouldn’t have wanted this.”
No! You’re both wrong! Shakespeare wanted one thing and one thing only. To sell tickets.
If people spend money at the Globe theatre and don’t steal his bones then his ghost is happy
“Good friend for Jesus sake forbeare, To dig the dust enclosed here. Blessed be the man that spares these stones, And cursed be he that moves my bones.”
Shakespeare’s actual grave. He put a curse on anyone that tries to touch his bones. That’s what Shakespeare wants. Buy tickets and don’t touch his bones.
[image description: a photo of shakespeare’s grave with the plaque transcribed above]
“Buy my stuff and leave me alone”- every writer’s creed