[pumpum]

i believe it to be sort of an upper class thing !! and that the very reason he is so talked about is because the education systems in those countries perpetuates the myth that he was this great historical figure but in actual fact this is not the case.

ill give u an example - in british history there was a guy called sir Frances Drake who is written about with much admiration and taught to schoolkids as a hero for fihghting off the spanish armada ! - then when u leave school and and educate urself u also learn that in actual fact he was also a slave trader !!! therfore i believe the answer to why shakespeare is revered in so many contries is because the education systems teach it in a sort of tyrannical way !! and anyone who questions it is seen to be a nut !