I thought it was illegal not to have read Hamlet by 21?<p>Seriously though, give it another try. Shakespeare&#x27;s wide-ranging enough that there&#x27;s likely to be <i>something</i> to your taste. And with his comedies, especially, I&#x27;d recommend watching Shakespeare and not reading him- that&#x27;s how his plays were meant to be experienced. Although it&#x27;s nice to read an annotated version and discover all the (often dirty) jokes you didn&#x27;t get.<p>Added benefit to reading Shakespeare: you&#x27;ll understand about 40% more literary allusions (read the Bible, Ovid, Homer, and Virgil to get the rest).