Shakespeare Insults

Not everyone though considers that the master bard is a genius of the English Language - here are some insulting quotes about the master bard:-

When I read Shakespeare I am struck with wonder
That such trivial people should muse and thunder
In such a lovely language
DH Lawrence

And Hamlet - How boring, how boring
To live with so mean and self conscious
Blowing and Snoring
Ibid

The players have often mentioned it as an honour to Shakespeare that, in his writing, whatsoever is penned, he never blotted out a line. My answer hath been "Would that he have blotted a thousand"
Ben Johnson

I am more easily bored with Shakespeare and have suffered more ghastly evenings with Shakespeare than with any other dramatist I know
Peter Brook

It would be positive relief to dig him up and throw stones at him
George Bernard Shaw

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