So do you when you speak German and French. Shakespeare isn't just an English classic, he is an European and a World's classic and in Europe, many countries hav

So do you when you speak German and French. Shakespeare isn't just an English classic, he is an European and a World's classic and in Europe, many countries have lived intimately with him for centuries as well. Granted, not all went as far as the Germans and Klingons, but thinking that only the English people have a long lived history with Shakespeare is false. I looked at what Wikipedia had about Shakespeare's influence in non-English countries and was surprised that this is hardly mentioned. Is this really an obscure fact that for example in the 19th century Shakespeare was widely more popular in Germany than in Britain or that Goethe and Voltaire were avid admirers of Shakespeare?