Bard example: can Shakespeare translate to the small screen?

Television history is littered with sub-par adaptations, but with some big name numbers coming soon – including King Lear and Hamlet – the material is still too attractive to ignoreIt’s generally agreed that Shakespeare, if he were alive today, would wish to write for TV. But what exactly? Drama commissioners might feel his stage work hadn’t shown enough interest in the police procedural, except for a few comic cops in much ado about nothing. But seeing as 14 of his 37 pl