[henrikschroder]

One thing that never ceases to amaze me is that there are so many succesful modern retellings of his plays. Something about the stories are just timeless.

Watch the originals, by all means, but the reimagined ones are not too shabby either:

Romeo + Juliet, modern day "Verona Beach"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VBsi0VxiLg

Much Ado About Nothing, set in modern days:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnmZc8uoEbo

Hamlet, set in the 1800's

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rd74Gniz-A

Richard III, set in WW2:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXc0-EME0C8

[ZeroGravitas]

His stories were timeless, even when he first wrote them, as they often drew on existing stories:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakespeare%27s_plays#Source_m...