This book contains new information on Shakespeare’s life and works, in line with the latest findings and theories on the authorship of his works. It compares the Greek translations with the English text of 8 plays and evaluates these versions, showing the pros and cons. An annotated bibliography of the Greek translations, which number more than 230 items, is also provided, thus placing Shakespeare first among foreign writers.
The history of Shakespeare’s plays on the Greek stage, one can say with certainty, has been gaining ground steadily. Better productions, and still better translations, on which the plays were based, made Shakespeare very popular as a dramatist.
In Greece, where naturally preference is given to productions of the three ancient Greek tragedians, Aeschylus, Euripides, and Sophocles, the English dramatist has not come second.
Since WW2, the popularity of Shakespeare’s plays has considerably increased. The prophetic line written by Shakespeare’s friend, Ben Jonson, came true and will be eternally valid, for Shakespeare was not of an Age, but for all Time!
