Jacob Debrock asked Andrew Dickson:

If Shakespeare were around in modern times, do you think his plays would focus on the same kind of themes that he tackled in his time, or would they have changed in some way?

Andrew Dickson Hey, that's a really good question. I guess we'll never really know -- he's not around to tell us! But I'm struck by the fact that, while our world is very different to the one Shakespeare knew 400 years ago, so many things remain the same: political intrigues, family conflict, racial tension, civil war, love ... It's fascinating that the plays continue to speak to so many people, no matter the situation they're in. It's not that they're timeless, exactly -- maybe more that they have a knack of being timely, no matter which times we're in.

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