Shakespeare is so popuar because he's the most popular playwright of the current lingua franca of the world. That's all there is to it. And I say that as someo

Shakespeare is so popuar because he's the most popular playwright of the current lingua franca of the world. That's all there is to it. And I say that as someone who absolutely adores Shakespeare and who's from the country that had the first ever Shakespeare society (hint: it's not an anglophone one).