Is William Shakespeare just too popular for his own good? Should we be putting his plays on hold, and taking a look at some of the other great plays in literature? Or, should we just get on with it, enjoying Shakespeare along with all the others?

In an article for The Guardian, Mirand Sawyer says: "We should be brave enough to go a year without Shakespeare: to ban him from our theatres for just 365 days, just to see what else is out there, what other plays are worth digging up, or commissioning, or reinterpreting." Join our discussion about banning Shakespeare: What do you think about Shakespeare?

Read more about William Shakespeare, and then be sure to take the Brush up on Your Shakespeare--Quiz. Also, to get some background, take a look at this profile of William Shakespeare, along with Matthew Arnold's Shakespeare. Then, take a look at more details on Shakespeare, from the Biographical Dictionary of English Literature.