Is Shakespeare still relevant? “Yes,” says actor Sir Ian McKellen. “Shakespeare more than any other writer who ever lived understood us. It’s almost as if he invented us, invented our emotions, our relationships, our difficulties we have getting on together…. the trouble with Shakespeare is it is very, very, very difficult to read.” In the same article from The Independent, Dame Helen Mirren even goes so far as to say that Shakespeare should not be taught in schools, and is adamant that a child’s first encounter should be through live theatre.…