It can be useful to read him before seeing the play performed, because you can follow more easily. And, lamentably, sometimes they cut him. He likes to pace a story. Some directors like to hurry his pacing and cut him to hurry his pace.
But cancelling him is a crime against humanity. No really.
Buy him in hard cover, buy him in one-play editions that have difficult language explained on the opposite page, keep him as your own.
Shakespeare is great both read and watched.
Oh yes, he's about being performed. Oh yes.
It can be useful to read him before seeing the play performed, because you can follow more easily. And, lamentably, sometimes they cut him. He likes to pace a story. Some directors like to hurry his pacing and cut him to hurry his pace.
But cancelling him is a crime against humanity. No really.
Buy him in hard cover, buy him in one-play editions that have difficult language explained on the opposite page, keep him as your own.