Shakespeare in modern English

[AtorBoltox]

How is this even a question? Who would want to read or watch Shakespeare with bland, modern dialogue?

[AtorBoltox]

Perhaps I would have done better had I had a poll of original Beowulf vs modern translation.
Or do you all speak fluent medieval English, as well:

http://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/basis/beowulf-oe.asp

You realize the original Beowulf was written in Old English, which is basically a different language, and Shakespeare's plays are written in modern English? Of course having a modern translation is useful to understand Shakespeare, but it's not better than the original just because it's easier for you to understand.

[AtorBoltox]

What about all those for whom English is a second language? That's an interesting question.
English is not an easy language to learn if it isn't your first language and I admit that I am not even fluent in other dialects of English, either, like British.

Ugh